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BET poaches Fox Searchlight’s Mashariki
BET Networks has poached Fox Searchlight programmer Zola Mashariki to work with programming president Stephen…
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Downton Abbey constructed on Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK has acquired exclusive streaming rights to Downton Abbey,…
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Tellem takes seat at Interlude
Former Xbox Entertainment Studios president Nancy Tellem has resurfaced as executive chairman of LA-based media…
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Leftfield launches OTT-focused prodco
US unscripted group Leftfield Entertainment has launched a production subsidiary that will focus on “smart…
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Asian Netflix rival raises $30m
A new Southeast Asian SVOD service has raised US$30 million as it rolls out across…
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Warner Bros. rebrands Eyeworks in Germany
Warner Bros. is rebranding Eyeworks Germany, with the latter’s COO exiting at the same time,…
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BBC Earth set for Indian launch
The commercial arm of the BBC is gearing up to launch premium international channel brand…
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Channel 4 plans E4 election day shut-down
Channel 4 has announced plans to shut down its youth-skewing network E4 on May 7,…
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MGM aims to become ‘powerhouse’ in unscripted
Buoyed by its recent deal with Mark Burnett that gave it The Apprentice and Survivor,…
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Mick Desmond exits IPCN as CMC buys in
China-focused rights business IPCN has secured an injection of capital from Chinese state-backed private equity…
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Beyond targets UK content acquisitions
The new acquisitions boss at Beyond Distribution says the distributor wants more content from the…
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Comedy Central, C5 remaking Impractical Jokers
Viacom-owned Comedy Central UK and Channel 5 have jointly ordered a local version of US…
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Fox hires one, promotes two in Asia
Fox International Channels has promoted two senior execs at its Asian unit and brought another…
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Disney adds on-demand services to Astro’s SVOD
Disney’s branded on-demand services have been added to the SVOD service of Astro, the Malaysian…
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Netflix, BBC in key Planet Earth streaming deal
Netflix’s push into natural history programming continues after the streaming service secured US rights for…
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MIPTV attracts 11,000 delegates
The organisers of last week’s MIPTV said that 11,000 delegates were in Cannes for the…
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MTG reports strong sales, Nordic gains
Modern Times Group reported record sales in the first quarter, with lower revenues in its…
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Gravity floats buyer interest in Cannes
Upside Television’s Ø Gravity, A Mission in Space was the most-screened doc by buyers at…
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Netflix greenlights Ansari comedy
Streaming service Netflix has given the greenlight to an untitled comedy series from stand-up and…
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US drama Parenthood getting Italian remake
Italian pubcaster Rai has ordered a local version of US network comedy Parenthood. The format…
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RTL MCN buys kids and family channels group
RTL’s multichannel operator BroadbandTV has acquired YoBoHo, a YouTube networks curator and content producer. The…
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Red Arrow’s Cop is first Hulu Japan original
The Japanese SVOD platform Hulu has commissioned its first original series, a crime drama based…
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Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
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Discovery’s McIntyre exits for Doc/Fest
Elizabeth McIntyre is exiting Discovery Networks International to become CEO and festival director of the Sheffield…
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Sony ups Lim following Yan Jong Wong exit
Sony Pictures Television has elevated Virginia Lim to vice president, content and marketing at its…
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Celestial launching Chinese-language kids channel
Celestial Tiger is seeking to break the dominance of Turner, Viacom and Disney in the…
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Sony, Nippon team for new entertainment channel
Sony Pictures Television and Nippon TV are teaming to launch Gem, a new general entertainment…
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MarVista snags rights to Nick’s Little Battlers
US-based producer and distributor MarVista has picked up Latin America rights to animated series Little Battlers…
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ITV’s Thunderbirds to Go in Japan
The new Thunderbirds series has been picked up by Tohokushinsha, which will sell it in…
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Endemol Oz CEO follows Fennessys out the door
The chief executive of Endemol Australia, Janeen Faithfull, is exiting the business as Endemol Shine…