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Warner Bros. secures volume deal with Globo
Warner Bros. has signed a multi-year free TV deal with Brazilian broadcaster Globo. This will…
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AT&T strikes multi-platform deal with HBO
AT&T has reached a multi-year deal with HBO to offer the latter’s content across all…
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beIN completes Digiturk acquisition
beIN Media Group has finally completed its acquisition of Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk from…
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Mediaworks names new int’l buyer, VOD chief
New Zealand broadcaster Mediaworks has named a new head of acquisitions, a channel manager for…
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A+E Networks appoints first Benelux boss
A+E Networks UK has appointed Affilinet Benelux managing director, Jessica Haagmans, as its first regional…
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Alix Wiseman joins 9 Story
Long-serving Aardman sales chief Alix Wiseman has taken a new business development and acquisitions role…
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Pretty Little Liars ending, Grimm axed
Pretty Little Liars and Grimm have been cancelled by US channels Freeform and NBC respectively. Cable…
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Discovery Norway hires ex-NRK digital chief
Discovery Networks Norway has hired the head of new media at pubcaster NRK to take…
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Walking Dead on-demand for Sky Germany
Sky’s German operation has extended its programming deal with the channels arm of Fox, and…
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Former Canal+ streaming boss resurfaces at Fox
Former Canal+ streaming boss Manuel Alduy has joined Fox and will head up the studio’s…
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Lifetime poaches CW scripted exec
US network Lifetime has poached Joanna Klein from broadcast rival The CW to become its…
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Sky Italia, local prodcos team for distribution
Sky Italia and producers including FremantleMedia-owned Wildside and Gomorrah producer Cattleya, have joined forces to…
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Endemol Shine, Celestial taking a BROcation
Lionsgate and Saban-backed channel operator Celestial Tiger has ordered its second original series, a structured…
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ABC to adapt Caitlin Moran comedy
US network ABC is reportedly planning for a remake of Caitlin Moran’s recently-cancelled British comedy…
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Taylor upped in rejig as Wiseman exits Aardman
Alix Wiseman has left Aardman Animation after ten years with the British studio, a move…
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Barcroft hires ex-Maverick, Zinc execs
UK-based Barcroft Productions has added heads of development and production – a move CEO Sam…
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Amazon to witness BBC Worldwide’s Incident
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive US rights to Australian drama The Kettering Incident. The…
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Canal+ loses subs, programme budget cut
French pay TV operator Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers during the first half, with…
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Amazon makes Korea original play
Amazon Prime Video is working on its first South Korea-produced original series. The SVOD service,…
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Dick Clark hires ABC veteran for production
US-based Dick Clark Productions has hired veteran ABC producer Tim Bock. The exec, who has…
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ITV explains How to Catch a Killer
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a documentary series about the ‘Golden Hour’, the name police…
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Hilde Cracks the Case with Paramount, Anonymous
Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have taken rights to a forthcoming book series inspired by…
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Channel 5 to spend more time In the Wild
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a batch of shows in the factual space, and…
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Lifetime making Britney Spears biopic
US cable network Lifetime is to dramatise the life of singer Britney Spears in a…
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Amazon adopts American Gods
Amazon Prime Video has snapped up rights to big-budget, high-concept Starz drama American Gods in…
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Amazon to hire London-based original content boss
Amazon is hiring a London-based head of original content to respond to its growing interest…
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ITV pulls out of eOne acquisition plan
UK broadcaster ITV has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Canadian producer-distributor Entertainment One. ITV had…
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Channel 4 sale talk ‘destabilising’
The chief creative officer at UK broadcaster Channel 4 has said ongoing uncertainly about whether…
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Research: many Netflix subs also use Amazon
The number of consumers taking multiple SVoD subscriptions is continuing to rise in markets where…
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Vice CEO: ‘chaos’ headed for global media
Vice Media chief executive Shane Smith used his MacTaggart lecture last night in Edinburgh to…