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Nobel drama win for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show…
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BBC swipes app upgrades
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including allowing users to…
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Singtel fined by regulator
Singtel has been fined S$145,000 (US$101,577) for two incidents in which a group of channels…
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9 Story sells 800 eps into Asia
9 Story has inked a raft of Asian deals, shopping over 800 episodes of kids…
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Endemol Shine Nordics chiefs exit
Endemol Shine Group’s Nordic arm is saying goodbye to its long-serving COO and chief commercial…
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Canal+ begins touting revamped offering
Canal+ Group is moving ahead with the relaunch of its domestic French pay TV services…
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Hooq launches in Singapore
Video streaming service Hooq has launched in Singapore. Hooq has struck a deal with one…
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Youfone launching TV service in the Netherlands
Dutch SIM-only mobile operator Youfone is planning to launch a new IP-delivered TV service in…
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‘Out of control’ Netflix spend ‘not sustainable’
Influential research house Ovum has claimed Netflix’s current business model is unsustainable and its spending…
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New Canal+ mobile TV service set for 20 countries
Canal+ has launched its vaunted premium TV-over-mobile service Studio+ in France, and said it will…
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Nurses producer Yellow hires ex-YLE drama chief
Nurses creator Yellow Film & Television has a new chief creative officer in the shape…
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ITV, AwesomenessTV create UK block
Details of the upcoming AwesomenessTV-themed block coming to UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 have been…
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Channels ditching imports for local drama – study
Local dramas are increasingly pushing imported programmes off channel schedules, a new report suggests. Eurodata…
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BBC marks sinking of Britannic with doc
BBC Two in the UK and BBC Northern Ireland are to tell the largely overlooked…
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Turner buys rights to Italian short-form toon
Turner has acquired rights to a new short-form toon from Italian prodco European Television Service…
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A+E takes Military Tech Show for Lat Am
A+E Networks Latin America has acquired a package of programming from UK-based TVF International that…
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Afrostream bags French first-run rights to Black-ish
French-language SVOD service Afrostream has secured exclusive first-run rights in France for ABC Studios’ show…
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TV4 hires ex-Zodiak Americas creative exec
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has made two key content appointments, bringing…
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HBO Europe orders cocaine dealer drama
HBO Europe’s latest original drama is Blinded by the Lights, a Polish-originated six-parter about a…
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BBCWW hires ex-Small World exec
Tara Gaule has joined BBC Worldwide soon after leaving Content Television-backed Small World IFT, TBI…
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RTÉ to axe in-house kids programming
RTÉ will no longer make any in-house children’s television programming, as part of a huge…
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Production hub for show at centre of IP battle
The producers of The Best of All gameshow are setting up a European production hub…
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Zee buys nets as Reliance exits general ents TV
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has acquired a pair of channels from Indian compatriot Reliance Capital, confirming…
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Comedy Central swipes Tinder-inspired format
British pay TV net Comedy Central is reviving former Channel 4 comedy gameshow Your Face…
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New pilot from New Girl creator
The creator of Fox’s hit US comedy New Girl (pictured) has a new pilot at the…
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Canal+ inks international Disney deal
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights…
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Alden could walk free in Kenya murder case
Richard Alden, the former CEO of Wananchi TV and Spanish cable operator Ono, may not…
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Broadcaster streaming services beat Netflix, Amazon
Streaming services from broadcasters and pay TV operators are giving Netflix and Amazon Prime Video…
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Discovery hands digital chief control of Nordics
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…
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FRAPA preps producers’ guide to format protection
Format protection association FRAPA is preparing a guide to the legal options available to producers…