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Two of Scandinavian drama’s biggest-name producers, Roope Lehtinen and Mikko Pöllä, have joined forces to…

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Thomas Ebeling will leave ProSiebenSat.1 at the end of his current deal. The chief of…

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Amazon has slashed its Prime subscription rate in tandem with the launch of it £160…

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Production and distribution group The Story Lab has hired seasoned execs to run new international…

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Brown Sugar, a new subscription video-on-demand movie service billing itself as “Netflix, only blacker”, has…

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Sky in Germany has agreed a new multi-year with World Wrestling Entertainment to distribute pay-per-view…

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Sony’s over-the-top TV service PlayStation Vue has launched as an app for Apple TV in the…

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Swedish pubcaster SVT has named Avanti Films & TV exec Anna Croneman as its new…

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Canal+ has much work to do in France, and the pay TV group is rejigging…

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Warner Bros. Entertainment is taking full control of gaming-focused multichannel network Machinima. The Burbank-based studio…

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The French version of Viceland will launch on November 23, marking the first time the…

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Many execs are enjoying the sunshine and speed-dating at MIPCancun this week, which they hope…

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Amazon’s Top Gear rival The Grand Tour will hit 200 countries later this year, but…

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Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett will lead the wider Sky Entertainment business in the UK…

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Vimeo has agreed content partnerships with TV distributor All3media International and the BBC’s commercial arm…

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Modern Times Group has appointed Digital Artists Entertainment boss Scott Rupp to develop the presence…

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Ericsson has struck a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution to license feature films…

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Some 61.1% of viewers watch over-the-top or subscription video-on-demand content as part of their daily…

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UK public broadcaster the BBC has launched No Small Talk, a one-off virtual reality talk…

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Luxembourg-based broadcast group RTL has named Andreas Fischer (left) senior VP business development and regional…

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Duck Dynasty is coming to a close after eleven seasons on US cable network A&E….

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Duck Dynasty is coming to a close after eleven seasons on US cable network A&E….

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Turner has acquired a business advisory firm, and handed its co-founders a remit to “accelerate…

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BBC Worldwide has hired Andre Renaud with the sales exec joining from ITV where he…

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US Hispanic broadcaster Univision is to cut up to 6% of its staff as part…

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Actor Robert Downey Jr. will create scripted and unscripted programming for television and digital platforms…

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Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and MGM are launching Light TV, a new family and faith-based…

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AMC Networks has bought a minority stake in comedy online VOD site Funny or Die….

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For the first time children aged five to 15 now spend more time online than…

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Mobile video traffic is forecast to grow by around 50% annually through 2022, when it…