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BBC & Sky NZ strike new channels deal
Sky New Zealand and BBC Worldwide have renewed a deal for several BBC nets. The…
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BBC & Sky NZ strike new channels deal
Sky New Zealand and BBC Worldwide have renewed a deal for several BBC nets. The…
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Bobbles Indian OTT service launches in Europe
A new entertainment streaming service for fans of Indian entertainment programming has launched in Europe….
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White Gold shines at BBCWW’s Showcase
White Gold was the most popular show among buyers at the BBC Worldwide Showcase event…
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Scandi nets visit Nordic World
Scandinavian broadcasters are flocking to Oslo-based distributor Nordic World for locally-produced factual programming. The vendor…
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Sharon Levy’s Viacom exit confirmed
Viacom has confirmed Sharon Levy is leaving the US media giant as Spike TV transitions…
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Shine France COO exits as Endemol merger draws near
The COO of Shine France has followed Thierry Lachkar out of the door, as the…
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New director-general for Croatia’s HRT
Croatia’s parliament has named Kazimir Bacic as the new director-general of public broadcaster HRT. Bacic…
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TV Land’s Cox lands key role at Paramount Net
TV Land development chief Keith Cox is reportedly set to add the upcoming Paramount Network…
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African SVOD service gets in The QYou
Naspsers-owned South African subscription video-on-demand provider ShowMax has teamed up with short-form best-of-the-internet channel The…
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Discovery names new Italy general manager
Discovery Networks Italy has a new general manager. Alessandro Araimo has been appointed to the…
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WildBrain brings in ex-Little Dot Studios exec
UK-based online kids network WildBrain has hired a former executive from All3Media digital business Little…
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Walter Presents buys Spanish drama for UK, US
UK and US on-demand service Walter Presents has acquired exclusive rights to a Spanish-language thriller…
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Talpa extends The Story of My Life
Talpa Global has struck another deal for its celebrity ‘ageing’ format The Story of My…
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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise
ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…
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Passion sales chief resurfaces at DRG
Elin Thomas has joined UK-based distributor DRG just days after her exit from Passion Distribution…
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iQiyi bags 300 hours of CBeebies shows
Chinese on-demand player iQiyi is acquiring nearly 300 hours of preschool programming from UK-based kids…
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BBC announces Blue Planet II
The BBC has officially unveiled its latest blue-chip natural history series, Blue Planet II, and…
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Sat.1 comedy moves to Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has become the new home of German comedy Pastewka, which previously went…
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AMC poaches Dickie, rejigs international
Kevin Dickie is joining the international arm of AMC, and two other execs have been…
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Worldwide touts drama sales ahead of Showcase
BBC Worldwide has shopped several of its drama series to buyers, including SS-GB to RTL…
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Google & Bing step up in copyright fight
Various UK rights associations have partnered with search engines Google and Bing in a government-backed…
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Google & Bing step up in copyright fight
Various UK rights associations have partnered with search engines Google and Bing in a government-backed…
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France Télévisions falls for Love, Divina
France Télévisions has acquired teen novella series Love, Divina. The French pubcaster will air the…
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Game of Thrones star sets BBC One drama
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is set for a 17th century-set thriller drama based…
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BBCWW takes Bowie film global
HBO has bought David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the BBC feature doc about the…
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Tanner upped as Thomas exits Passion
Nick Tanner has been named head of sales at UK-based distributor Passion, replacing the outgoing…
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Scripps expands distribution operation
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired Gerbrig Blanksma from Off the Fence and upped Elise Ching…
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Discovery and Snapchat seal social deal
Discovery is to provide premium short-form video content exclusively for US users of social media…
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Imagina appoints sales chief
The distribution arm of Spain’s Mediapro has named Beatriz Setuain its new sales director. She…