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Discovery unearths Untold Stories of the E.R.
Discovery Networks in Latin America, Hispanic America and Europe has acquired real-life hospital series Untold…
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Breaking Bad alumnus sells drama to ABC
Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul has sold a one-hour drama to US broadcast network ABC….
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BBC One discovers Ingenious Animals
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned a 4x60mins about amazing animal behaviour around the world….
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W begins Dancing, heads for Dressing Room
UKTV-owned W has commissioned new doc series from STV Productions and Electric Ray. From Scottish…
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DirecTV Lat Am welcomes Last Panthers
Pay TV provider DirecTV Latin America has acquired six-part crime series The Last Panthers. The…
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BBCWW looks to AI for local genre demand data
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with artificial intelligence start-up Thoughtly to explore how machine learning…
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Dauman set to exit as Viacom war ends
Philippe Dauman is set to leave his role as CEO of Viacom in exchange for…
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French net has Ex on the Beach
French channel NRJ12 has ordered a local version of Viacom dating format Ex on the…
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Ex-Disney pair launches kids prodco
A pair of former Walt Disney Company execs have teamed up to create an LA-based…
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Ex-BBC, ITV factual chief joins Banijay prodco
Richard Klein has resurfaced at Banijay Group-owned unscripted producer IWC Media. The former BBC Four…
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Netflix boards BBC America drama
Streaming service Netflix has boarded BBC America comedy thriller series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency….
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ABC retools ABC3 under new guise
Australian pubcaster the ABC has renamed its kids-focused network ABC3 to create “a complete digital…
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AMC orders true crime trio for CBS Reality
AMC Networks International – UK has commissioned a trio of true crime programmes for its…
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Channel 4 axes Deal or No Deal
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has axed long-running studio gameshow format Deal or No Deal. C4…
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MTV Finland adds Discovery, Viasat execs in shake-up
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
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Vivendi could return with new Mediaset proposal
Vivendi may make a new proposal to Mediaset following the acrimonious collapse of its previously…
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Swain becomes latest BBC exit
Long-serving BBC executive Emma Swain is the latest high-profile programming executive to exit the UK…
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Defy, 3 Ball team for millennial productions
Digital content group Defy Media and LA prodco 3 Ball Entertainment have teamed for a…
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Discovery goes on global Huntwatch
Discovery Channel has acquired US and international rights to theatrical documentary Huntwatch. The movie will…
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A+E starts Blaze on UK Freeview
A+E Networks’ latest channel brand, Blaze, launches in the UK and Ireland next month. The…
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BBCWW raids Seven West for commercial chief
The BBC’s commercial arm in Australasia has hired the founder of Seven West Media’s live…
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Participant shuts down Pivot in restructure
Participant Media has shut down its millennials-focused US cable channel Pivot after three years after…
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Hulu orders Marvel pilot
US streaming service has ordered a Marvel Television pilot based on a comic book series…
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eOne takes full control of digital studio
Entertainment One has acquired the 50% of digital production studio Secret Location it didn’t already…
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News brief: African broadcaster enters Jabu’s Jungle
Africa’s Econet Media has bought South African animated kids series Jabu’s Jungle and will broadcast…
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Fear the Walking Dead returns with ‘Snapchat Lens’
AMC Global has teamed up with Snapchat to create an exclusive Fear the Walking Dead…
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Australia’s Seven buys UK drama prodco
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired a stake in British production company Slim Film…
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Warner Bros. names first China chief
Warner Bros. Entertainment has named veteran Chinese technology and entertainment industry executive Gillian Zhao as…
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Amazon Germany may bag Deutschland 86
Amazon Prime Video Germany looks set to pick up first-run rights to the second instalment…
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Pay TV firms lose 665,000 subs in Q2
IPTV providers’ losses – particularly those of AT&T – meant that the top eleven US…