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Former C5 kids exec starts indie
Jessica Symons has set up Ivy House, a new UK kids indie. Symons was head…
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Anna Bråkenhielm resurfaces at 3Rivers
Scandi formats veteran Anna Bråkenhielm has joined TV consultancy 3Rivers. At the Dutch-based business she…
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China format deal for ITV
ITV has sealed a deal with Huace to remake one of its shows in China,…
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Dating Game Killer Discovery ID’s first original movie
ITV-owned prodco ThinkFactory is making Dating Game Killer, the first original movie for the US…
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Ad revenues to grow despite uncertainty
The global advertising market will grow at decent rate in the next few years despite…
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Goldsmith leaving Henson
The Jim Henson Company’s head of distribution is exiting the business. Richard Goldsmith has been…
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Cineflix strikes deal with Monty Halls’ Seadog
Cineflix Rights has inked a first-look deal with Seadog Productions, the UK indie created by…
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Drive deals for Why Are We Here?
Drive, the UK funding and copro specialists that recently set up a distribution arm, have…
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US deal for UHD net 4KUniverse
A new 4K UHD channel, 4KUniverse, has take capacity on SES’s satellite platform to broadcast…
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Amazon channels service adds HBO
Amazon has struck a deal with HBO to include HBO and its Cinemax offering on…
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Vivendi denies move to revisit Mediaset deal
Vivendi has denied an Italian press report that suggested the French media giant and its…
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EBU gives thumbs-up to content portability
European public broadcaster organisation the EBU has expressed approval of the EC’s proposed changes to…
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Netflix criticised over patchy downloads
Netflix has been criticised by consumers for the patchy availability of its programming on its…
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Discovery channels yanked from Russian platform
Discovery’s channels have been pulled from Russian pay TV platform Tricolor in argument over pricing….
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ITV’s High Noon promotes five
US unscripted prodco High Noon has upped a raft of its execs. The ITV-owned prodco,…
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BBC Studios makes drama appointment
The BBC has appointed Oliver Kent head of continuing drama at the drama division within…
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Raft of recommissions for Discovery’s Quest
Discovery has ordered new series for three of the signature fact-ent shows on its UK…
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Viacom’s Bakish ‘eyes Vice stake’
New Viacom boss Bob Bakish is interested in buying into Vice, the millennial-focused media company….
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Sky Deutschland locks up prison drama deal
Sky’s German operation has acquired five seasons of Wentworth, the modern-day reboot of cult classic…
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UK will cover Brexit TV shortfall
The UK Treasury has pledged to underwrite any shortfall resulting from content companies receiving EU…
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Le Carré meets Bourne’ drama first for Fox
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has ordered The Nine, a ‘Le Carré meets Bourne’…
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Dutch TV veteran to run All3Media’s IDTV
Taco Rijssemus is leaving Dutch pubcaster KRO-NCRV to run IDTV, the Amsterdam-based All3Media owned prodco….
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Raft of Lip Sync format deals for Viacom
Viacom’s Lip Sync Battle continues to travel well, with new format and option deals for…
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Netflix introduces downloading
Netflix has introduced the ability to download content as well as stream, enabling users to…
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Amazon buys Keshet’s A Word
Amazon has acquired The A Word for its US streaming service. The e-commerce giant has…
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Sony and iQIYI in China streaming first
Sony’s TV arm has teamed with Chinese ISP iQIYI and the pair will make a…
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TF1 buys into MinuteBuzz
French broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in local online video entertainment MinuteBuzz as…
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Facebook hails vertical video’ format
Content is increasingly being tailored for mobile devices, which are fast becoming the primary devices…
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Ofcom names C4 board members
UK media regulator Ofcom has announced four new board members for UK public broadcaster Channel…
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NBCU Intn’l, RTL, TF1 order first procedural
The international production arm of NBCUniversal and European powerhouse broadcasters RTL Deutschland and TF1 have…