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BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead will step down when a unitary board replaces the BBC…

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UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…

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A+E Networks has promoted Amanda Hill 14 months after she joined the US cable channel…

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Movistar will be the exclusive Spanish home of Showtime series after the pay TV platform…

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US studio Lionsgate and Hispanic American broadcaster Univision have pooled resources to create a movie-centric…

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The commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF has snagged international rights to comedy series Blockbustaz. The…

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Youngest Media, the UK indie set up last year by former Endemol Shine UK execs…

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Locally-produced programming premiering on Russia’s seven biggest TV channels dipped 12% last year, new research…

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Disney-, Sky- and ProSiebenSat.1-backed cinematic VR firm, Jaunt, has appointed Hearst executive George Kliavkoff as…

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ProSiebenSat.1 has launched Glomex, a global content marketplace for trading premium video content. Glomex, short…

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Rod Henwood is stepping down from his post as CEO of Banijay UK, Belgium and…

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Game of Thrones has proved the most successful TV show “by far” on Sky’s four-year…

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Global ad revenues are set to grow healthily this year, despite pre-Brexit fears that the…

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ITV Studios Germany is producing a six-episode version of British format Meet the Parents for…

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Spanish pubcaster TVE has confirmed the appointment of Milagros Mayi as director of acquisitions. This…

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Vodafone will soft launch its pay TV service in the UK next month, according to…

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SVOD consumers watch more TV than pay TV-only homes and are increasingly turning way from…

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Amazon has ordered Novak, an original one-off doc about tennis champion Novak Djokovic. The Serb…

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Jasper James’ indie prodco Screen Glue has inked a three documentary deal with ZDF Enterprises,…

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US gameshow network Buzzr is expanding north of the border into Canada, marking what its…

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Netflix has snagged global rights to Justin Timberlake and The Tennessee Kids, the upcoming doc…

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Canada’s Bejuba! Entertainment has hired BRB International sales veteran Emilie Pasquet to become its director…

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US broadcaster ABC has cancelled female-skewed drama Mistresses after four seasons. The soapy summer season…

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Vevo CEO Erik Huggers has ruled out making a play in the linear TV space…

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NBCUniversal plans to launch its reality TV SVOD service Hayu in more international territories and…

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UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Alison Kirkham as its permanent controller of factual commissioning….

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Discovery Networks Poland and National Geographic Channel Hungary have acquired programming from UK-based distributor TVF…

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US broadcaster Fox has put another superhero drama from Greg Berlanti into development. The 21st…

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Endemol Shine Group has made a number of promotions and hires for its brand development…

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The UK’s three commercial terrestrial channels have struck licensing deals with online TV service TVPlayer…