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Legendary founder exits year after Wanda deal
Thomas Tull has resigned from US studio Legendary Entertainment a year after selling to Chinese…
Epix poaches BBCWW exec for content sales
US premium network Epix has poached a high-ranking BBC Worldwide America distribution executive. Sandy Ashendorf…
Mattel nabs Google Americas boss for CEO post
American kids entertainment company Mattel has hired the president of Google’s Americas business to become…
NATPE: A+E CEO seeks more international control
Nancy Dubuc has said the group will seek to take greater control of its channel…
MGM prepping action network with Sinclair
In the US, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer are set to debut an action-focused…
Komixx appoints veteran for Aussie expansion
Independent London- and LA-based kids prodco Komixx Media Group has appointed Amanda Morrison to expand…
NATPE: Tandem sets up Miami drama
StudioCanal prodco Tandem is setting up Deep City, a new Miami-based drama series with Nashville…
Channel 4 buys into Scottish indie
The UK’s Channel 4 has continued its investment in local indies by taking a piece…
NATPE: Nick shooting new series in Miami
Nickelodeon will shoot Formula, a new 60-part series for its Latin American nets, here in…
NATPE: organisation reaches out to the Next Gen
US trade body NATPE said yesterday it will launch a new initiative to help younger…
Univision, Televisa unify content efforts
US Hispanic broadcaster Univision and Mexican media giant Televisa have decided to pool their development…
Netflix ‘more indispensable’ than US networks
Netflix is the TV brand that US viewers would be most reluctant to give up,…
Deal round-up: Discovery buys Lebron James series
Discovery Networks has bought Latin American distribution rights for the new LeBron James series Cleveland…
Amazon India buys Zodiak Kids toons
Amazon Prime Video India has bought all four seasons of kids toon Horrid Henry. The…
Objective snaps up Channel 4 exec for US
UK-based Objective Media Group has hired Channel 4’s formats commissioner, Jilly Pearce, to lead its…
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man debuts on iTunes in US
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man will premiere its first season on iTunes. This is the first…
Canal+ backs Cannes int’l TV series festival
Canal+ has signed up as a partner with the Cannes mayor’s office to further the…
Euro MCN launches studio to target TV nets
Amsterdam-based multichannel network Zoomin.TV has created a studios arm to reversion its digital programmes in…
Ex-Warner Bros. UK exec joins ITV Studios prodco
Former Warner Bros. Television Production UK exec Mark Rubens has joined Shiver, the factual specialist…
Armoza names new head of sales
Israeli distributor Armoza Formats has appointed Sharon Levi as its head of sales, with another…
Electus exec starts sales unit for Silverman prodco
Electus International distribution veteran Cyrus Farrokh is joining former his bosses Ben Silverman and Howard…
Gamsu gets expanded Red Arrow role
Harry Gamsu has been handed an expanded role at Munich-based Red Arrow International overseeing all…
Euro, Canuck aviation nets unite services
Aviation-themed channels in France and Canada have joined forces to share their original content. Paris-based…
Sony Entertainment CEO resigns
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton has resigned from his post. Lynton (pictured) is leaving the…
Benelux nets look fowards to This Time Next Year
Deals for hot UK format This Time Next Year don’t appear to be slowing as…
Globo restructure as int’l business boss retires
Globo’s international business director, Ricardo Scalamandré, has begun his retirement process, handing the long-serving Raphael…
Sub-Saharan pay TV set to boom
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
Viacom names Lynn replacement in UK, CEE
Viacom has named James Currell as executive VP and managing director for the UK, northern…
Banijay rebrands Zodiak Rights
France’s Banijay Group has rebranded its sales arm, Zodiak Rights, just under a year after…
PBS boards BBC newspaper biz drama
US pubcaster PBS has come onboard upcoming BBC One six-part drama Press. The series –…