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