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Sky, Amazon team to form Roman Army drama
European satcaster Sky and Amazon Prime Video in the US are to coproduce a big-budget…
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Digital delivers growth at ProSiebenSat.1
Digital revenues helped boost ProSiebenSat.1’s second-quarter performance, with the German broadcaster reporting overall revenues of…
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Netflix is most popular UK on-demand service
Netflix is by far the most popular paid-for video-on-demand service in the UK, and is…
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Time Warner investment values Hulu at $5.8bn
Hulu has been valued at around US$5.83 billion after Time Warner made a multi-million dollar…
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Netflix to coproduce ITV conspiracy thriller
Streaming service Netflix has joined ITV conspiracy thriller drama Paranoid as a coproducer and will…
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YouTube Kids to play in US, Australasia
YouTube has include its YouTube Kids app in its YouTube Red offering in the US,…
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Channel 4 names All 4 commissioning team
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has appointed a trio of commissioning editors for its on-demand service,…
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TBI/DTVE awards shortlist revealed
The likes of Fox Networks Group, Endemol Shine International and ITV Studios will battle it…
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BBC First, CBC hear The A Word
BBC First is Australia and CBC in Canada are the latest buyers of Keshet International-sold…
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AT&T net prepares diamond trader drama
US channel AT&T Audience Network has commissioned a ten-part drama from Entertainment One and Fuqua…
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RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom
The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…
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Boat Rocker buys Loud House prodco
The expansion of Canada’s Boat Rocker Media continues apace with the firm buying compatriot family…
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News brief: Russian nets bag TVF factual
Russian networks have bought factual programming from UK-based TVF International. Digital TV acquired a package…
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Discovery counts cost of Brexit
Discovery Communications has revealed that the Brexit vote has slowed down its international business, but…
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NBC plots major OTT expansion
US broadcaster NBC is nearing the end of its “toe in the water” experiments in…
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Bell restructures TV as Vivolo exits
Canadian telco Bell has restructured the exec team at TV operations in the wake of…
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China’s LeEco ‘to announce Netflix deal’ in Q3
Chinese technology company, TV maker and streamed content provider, LeEco, is reportedly in talks with…
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News brief: Tricon racks up Aussie sales
Canada-based distributor Tricon has sold several of its shows into Australia. Pay TV group Foxtel…
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Canal+ name to go as Telefónica rebrands nets
Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…
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Icflix launches streaming in Iraq
Middle East subscription video-on-demand service Icflix is launching in Iraq through a partnership with the…
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Argonon art shows attract Japan, Korea
South Korean and Japanese firms have bought Argonon’s classical and contemporary ballet-themed programming via distributor…
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NBC, Homeland team prep for Waking Lions
US broadcaster NBC has kicked off the 2017-18 buying season by adding a pair of…
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Lionsgate nabs Warner exec in scripted push
Lionsgate has raided rival US studio Warner Bros. Television to hire Chad Kennedy as senior…
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All3 agrees major drama output deal with Liberty
All3Media will produce four original drama series for cable platforms owned by its co-parent, Liberty…
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International revenues, profit slip at Discovery
International revenues and profit fell at Discovery Communications in the most recent quarter, with the…
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MPs call on BBC to publish top stars’ salaries
The BBC should publish salary details of any employee that is paid more than the…
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WildBear hires Erson from Essential
Australian factual producer and distributor WildBear Entertainment has recruited veteran exec Alan Erson as its…
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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
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Canuck toon studio headed for bankruptcy
Canadian animation studio Arc Productions is set to go into receivership amid “significant financial difficulties”….
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Discovery, National Enquirer prep cold case series
Discovery has greenlit a true crime series looking at the infamous cold case of JonBenét…