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Starz takes new route with new Girlfriend Experience
Starz will introduce a whole new set of characters for the second season of its…
Netflix buys Oprah net drama Greenleaf
Netflix has acquired Greenleaf, the drama series that plays on Oprah Winfrey and Discovery cable…
Katzenberg raises $590m for new venture
Jeffrey Katzenberg has created an LA-based media company, WndrCo, raising US$591.5 million for the venture….
Lionsgate ‘in talks to sell Epix stake’
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly set to offload its stake in US premium cable channel Epix…
Another top ABC Oz exec resigns
The top-level exits continue at Australian pubcaster the ABC, with its chief operating officer, David…
High-end TV investment spend hits £478m in UK
Spend on high-end TV production in the UK hit a record £478 million (US$600 million)…
Discovery and Sky go to war over channels
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
Octonauts prodco brings in former Disney exec
Kids prodco Silvergate has hired former Disney Studios Lat Am CFO Jeff Farnath as its…
Endemol Shine poaches MTG exec for Nordics
Endemol Shine Nordics has poached Modern Times Group programming exec Karin Stjärne to become its…
Ex-Viacom int’l chief Singh buys into app firm
Former Viacom International Media Networks emerging markets chief Bhav Singh has acquired a stake in…
Lionsgate buys into UK indie Potboiler
North America’s Lionsgate has bought into another UK prodco, this time taking a stake in…
Studio 100 buys M4E
Europe’s Studio 100 has acquired a majority interest in Germany’s m4E. Belgium-based Studio 100 has…
New president takes charge at NHK
Ryoichi Ueda has stepped into the president role at NHK, taking over from Katsuto Momii…
BBC Four buys Spanish drama
Spanish drama I Know Who You Are is headed for culture-themed UK network BBC Four….
TVN inks new Warner Bros. deal
Polish broadcaster TVN has agreed a new deal with Warner Bros., covering the studios TV…
Sacha Baron Cohen prodco making ITV pilot
Sacha Baron Cohen and Andrew Newman prodco Spelthorne Community TV is making JudgeMental, a new…
Hispanic content group brings in buyer
Florida-based Hispanic media group Olympusat has named cable veteran John Baghdassarian as its VP of…
Facebook hires Hugo Barra to lead VR efforts
Facebook has hired former Xiaomi and Google executive Hugo Barra to lead all of its…
Netflix revives Queer Eye
Global streamer Netflix is bringing back long-running US cable reality series Queer Eye for the…
Sky to offer pay TV without a dish
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky TV over broadband in the UK, marking the…
Peter Liguori leaves Tribune, linked to Sony
Veteran TV exec Peter Liguori has left US station group Tribune after four years at…
MTG offloads stake in TV Prima
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
Endemol Shine poaches BBC programming exec
Former BBC channel controller Kim Shillinglaw has hired BBC formats and features commissioning boss Donna…
Netflix in buying mode at Sundance
Netflix has had a busy Sundance, acquiring new docs and features from the ongoing film…
European deals for Curvy Supermodel format
Armoza’s Curvy Supermodel format has been picked up in Spain and optioned in France. The…
Sky buys MacGyver reboot for the UK
Sky has acquired MacGyver and the reboot of the 1980s series will launch on the…
All3Media backs MIPFormats Pitch
Execs from various All3Media international prodcos will judge the MIPFormats International Pitch at this year’s…
Millenials shun traditional pay TV
Millennials are the group most likely to cut the cord, or to have never had…
Red Arrow snags 200-hour Bellum deal
Red Arrow International has taken international rights to a slew of content from US indie…
Canada’s CraveTV orders OTT original
CraveTV has ordered What Would Sal Do?, a slacker comedy about a guy who discovers…