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