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New Endemol Shine Israel boss as Kuperman exits
Amir Ganor will take over Endemol Shine’s Israeli production business after longstanding CEO Elad Kuperman…
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Midnight Sun set for Russia
Swedish-French drama series Midnight Sun is heading to Russia after free-to-air broadcaster Channel One bought…
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Grandpas Over Flowers blooms in Italy
Hit Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers is set for an Italian remake after Rai ordered…
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UK bans junk food ads in all kids media
A ban on junk food advertising in the UK will apply across all media, extending…
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Xtreme’s Hit It wins ATF Formats Pitch
Sports themed gameshow in the making Hit It has triumphed in the first ever ATF…
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How Do I Look? format breaks into LatAm
NBCUniversal’s international formats division has shopped its makeover show How Do I Look? to stablemate…
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Ireland’s TV3 reaches out to producers
TV3 is looking for a raft of programming across most genres. The Irish broadcaster put…
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ITV launches premium on-demand on Hub
ITV is expanding its ITV Hub on-demand offering by adding what it describes as a…
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Major Asian content deal for Netflix
Netflix has landed a raft of Asia-originated series after striking a content deal with Singapore’s…
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Meldal-Johnson to run global content at ITV Studios
Julie Meldal-Johnsen has been appointed director of global content and will oversee acquisitions and coproduction…
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IM Global hires Phil Gurin for formats push
IM Global has hired Phil Gurin and the formats veteran will create a new unscripted…
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Netflix launches on Liberty Global in Netherlands
Netflix has launched on Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced TV platform in the Netherlands – the…
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Euro b’casters demand flexibility on ads
European commercial broadcaster have called for greater flexibility on advertising rules to be part of…
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Warner Bros. ups Morris
Warner Bros. has promoted Alison Morris to senior VP, sales UK and Eire. She has…
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Sales veteran Patel upped at Warner Bros.
Roni Patel has been upped to senior VP at the distribution arm of Hollywood studio…
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ProSieben gets new finance chief
ProSieben has appointed a new CFO, the latest in a series of management changes at…
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Amazon adds Asian preschool channel to line-up
The Miao Mi Mandarin-language kids net will be part of Amazon’s add-on channels offering. Amazon…
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Mattel’s Amazon series WellieWishers lands on Televisa
Mattel’s distribution division has sold its WellieWishers series to Televisa in Mexico. The animated kids…
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BBC’s Top Gear gets new home in China
Top Gear has a new home in China after BBC Worldwide struck a deal for…
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Warner Bros. hires Hillerbrand to replace Halding
Warner Bros. has brought in Fredrik Hillerbrand to run its production operations in Denmark. He…
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Netflix boss takes a shot at Amazon
Amazon is “spending a lot of money” on original content without “gaining much traction”, according…
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Warner Bros. poaches ITV exec for UK role
Alexia Edwards has joined Warner Bros. TV Production UK as commercial director, joining from commercial…
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YouTube orders musical original for Christmas
YouTube has ordered an original Christmas special for its subscription Red service. The Keys of…
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BBC, Blue Ant launching Earth channel
BBC Worldwide and Blue Ant are rolling out the BBC Earth channel in Canada. The…
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M6 names new entertainment exec
French broadcaster M6 has named Stéphane Sallé de Chou as head of acquired light entertainment…
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Viacom has ‘no interest’ in Vice
Viacom has no interest in Vice Media and will not move for a stake in…
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Rai to put on PJ Masks
Rai has become the latest buyer of preschool superhero toon PJ Masks. The Italian pubcaster…
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Pay TV grows in Spain
Pay TV penetration in Spain has grown by 10% over the last year, while 28%…
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Former France Télévisions boss dies at 62
Former France Télévisions director-general Rémy Pflimlin has died at the age of 62. Pflimlin died…
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Fox hires formats veteran for sales
US studio Fox has hired Dorothy Crompton as its VP of format sales. Crompton has…