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Fox spreads 24: Legacy globally
Fox Networks Group has acquired rights to 24: Legacy in 160 territories. The deal covers…
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Amazon bags US rights to Sindbad
Amazon Prime Video in the US has acquired rights to Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies….
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Channel 4 calls for Turner’s Search Party
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights to dark US comedy Search Party and will…
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Aussie TV body demands Netflix contribution
Aussie industry body Screen Producers Australia has called on streaming service Netflix to contribute a…
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Duck Dynasty prodco founders sacked and sued
The founders of Duck Dynasty have been sacked and are being sued by its board…
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Fox deal price ‘alarms’ Sky shareholders
Shareholders in Sky could revolt against the deal that will see the European satcaster come under…
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BBCWW recruits Harry Potter exec for D2C
BBC Worldwide has brought in Anna Rafferty to develop its direct to consumer offerings. She…
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Discovery moves factual exec to Betty
Discovery Networks International’s VP of production and development for factual, Helen Hawken, has moved across…
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Zed to rep CuriosityStream SVOD originals
Zed will shop selected originals from CuriosityStream, the factual SVOD service created by Discovery founder…
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Netflix’s international subs to overtake US
Netflix’s international subscriber-base will overtake its US customer count in 2018, according to new independent…
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BBC hires Scottish chief
Donalda MacKinnon has been appointed boss of the BBC’s Scottish operations. She is being upped…
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BBC launches HDR trial of Planet Earth II
The BBC has begun making its flagship natural history series Planet Earth II available in…
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Channel 5 launches My5 on Chromecast
Viacom-owned UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has made its My5 video-on-demand service available on Google’s…
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France Télévisions preps Netflix alternative
France Televisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to…
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Ian Jones leaving S4C
Ian Jones will leave his role running S4C at the end of the year. His…
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TV3 overhauls channels, replaces UTV Ireland
Irish broadcaster TV3 has overhauled its two existing channels and is launching a new net,…
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Keshet International plots new Asian offices
Keshet International has told TBI it is set to add to its Asian operations, with…
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Orange France ‘definitely’ interested in Canal+
Telco and pay TV operator Orange would consider buying Canal+ if Vivendi put it up…
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French net orders Vivendi Entertainment format
Vivendi’s formats and entertainment division has shopped a couple format to C8, the free-to-air DTT…
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Ofcom details how it will regulate the BBC
Ofcom has revealed details of how it will regulate the BBC from next April. The…
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New additions to EBU board
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organisation that represents European public broadcasters, has unveiled its…
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Lionsgate closes US$4.4 billion deal for Starz
Shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US studio Lionsgate’s takeover of Starz, meaning the deal is now…
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Seasonal OTT subs likely to churn
The number of OTT subs in key markets continues to increase at a healthy rate…
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First Southeast Asia deal for Shark Tank
Business format Shark Tank is heading into Southeast Asia for the first time after VTV…
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ITV buys into Discovery-backed New Form
ITV has invested in digital studio New Form. The digital studio was set up in 2014…
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Netflix lifts the lid on viewing trends
Netflix says it has identified a new trend among its members whereby they integrate movies…
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TDF buys into Lescure’s OTT service
TDF has taken a minority stake in OTT TV operator Molotov as part of a…
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Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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New launches will drive Amazon’s SVOD share
Netflix will become less dominant in western European SVOD over the next five years as…
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First deal for NBCU’s Spartan Race format
Discovery’s Danish net Kanal 5 has become the first international buyer of Spartan: Ultimate Team…