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