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