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Mediaset parent suing Vivendi
Following the legal action taken by Mediaset against Vivendi last week, the Italian broadcaster’s parent…
Nine ends Warner Bros. deal as it posts profit
Australia’s Nine Entertainment has reported full-year profit of A$324.8 million, and has reached an agreement…
BBC lines up young adult sci-fi adaptation
BBC One is lining up an adaptation of young adult novel book series Noughts and…
ITV2 orders time-travel comedy
UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 has ordered a 6x30mins comedy in which south London jazz…
Endemol Shine creates games unit
Global production giant Endemol Shine has created a games development and publishing wing. Good Catch…
Cohn to lead TV animation at NBCU’s DreamWorks
Marjorie Cohn will lead the integrated DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures television animation businesses. She…
US, UK writers join C4, Sony anthology drama
British broadcaster Channel 4 and US studio Sony Pictures Television have pooled together top writing…
Idris Elba brings the fight to Discovery
Actor and producer Idris Elba is producing and starring in a three-part series for Discovery…
Buyers believe Dogs Might Fly
A batch of broadcasters have bought Sky 1 factual entertainment series Dogs Might Fly, as…
Amazon adapts The Departed for TV
Amazon Studios is adapting Oscar-winning crime movie The Departed into a television series, according to…
Nine, Prime buy CBS JonBenét Ramsey series
Nine Network in Australia and New Zealand channel Prime have bought CBS’s upcoming true crime…
Lat Am pay TV subs to grow by 11m
Pay TV subscriptions in Latin America will grow from 72.02 million at the end of…
El Rey pins down Rey Mysterio Jr.
US network El Rey has tied former WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio Jr. down to a…
Roughcut TV names comedy chief
UK indie Roughcut TV has promoted Alex Smith to head of comedy. Smith has produced…
BBC One adds seven Agatha Christie dramas
UK broadcaster BBC One has kicked off the Edinburgh International Television Festival with an agreement…
Netflix int’l subs ‘to outnumber US by 2018’
Netflix will have more subscribers outside of the US by 2018, according to new research….
Elba indie co-founder pacts with Bob & Co. prodcos
One of the founders of Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures is to consult for Bob…
BBC Three behind most-watched show on iPlayer
The BBC’s youth skewing, online-only network, BBC Three, has produced the most requested show of…
North Korean state TV launches OTT service
North Korean state broadcaster Korea Central Television (KCTV) has reportedly launched its own internet-delivered OTT…
Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
Netflix orders Nick Stoller sitcom
US-based streaming service Netflix has ordered a comedy from husband and wife team Nick Stoller…
Boat Rocker kids prodco buys Arc assets
In the same month it was acquired by Boat Rocker Media, Canadian toon studio Jam…
Shares in Aussie SVOD service suspended
Struggling Australian subscription on-demand service Quickflix has had its shares suspended from the country’s stock…
Spanish net remaking Turkish drama The End
Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco has ordered a local version of well-travelled Turkish scripted format The…
Netflix, CBC adapting Anne of Green Gables
Streaming service Netflix and Canadian pubcaster CBC are hooking up on their second scripted coproduction,…
Sons of Anarchy, Modern Family popular on Shomi
Sons of Anarchy and Modern Family are among the most-watched titles on one-year-old Canadian SVOD…
Viacom to set strategy ‘swiftly’ after Dauman exit
Viacom’s main shareholder, Sumner Redstone, has called for the media giant to “embark swiftly” on…
Nippon lines up drama, format pair
Japan’s Nippon Television has created a new drama and pair of new formats, which will…
Rival channels ‘up after BBC Three online move’
Commercial TV viewing on television sets was up in the in the UK in the…
UKTV buys RTÉ comedy in ‘breakthrough’ deal
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired Irish comedy Bridget & Eamon for its Gold network….