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Mediaset making mob drama with Federation
Italy’s Mediaset has teamed with Pascal Breton’s French prodco Federation for its first original drama…
Amazon cop drama lands in Australia
Amazon Original drama series Bosch has been sold to SBS. The Australian pubcaster will air…
ABC Family orders supernatural Tim Kring pilot
Heroes creator Tim Kring is exec producing Beyond, a one-hour drama pilot for ABC Family….
Participant Media CEO exits
Jim Berk, the CEO of US cable channel Pivot owner Participant Media, has resigned from…
Super RTL pits at Trucktown
German family channel Super RTL has acquired Canadian animated series Trucktown. The channel has bought…
Turner plays to Monster’s Jungle Beat
Turner Broadcasting System has acquired Monster Entertainment-sold non-verbal kids toon Jungle Beat for its Boomerang…
ORF, CCTV10 traverse the Himalayas
Austria’s ORF and Chinese statecaster CCTV10 are going into production on a three-part wildlife series, Sky…
FremantleMedia explores The Seventies
FremantleMedia International has acquired worldwide rights to CNN Original documentary series The Seventies. The deal…
Cisneros brings in ex-studio exec
Cisneros Media Distribution has drafted in Wilma Maciel, a former Sony Pictures Television and Warner…
ProSiebenSat.1 grows Warner pact
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has extended its licensing agreement with US studio Warner Bros. The deal…
Canadian SVOD service bags NBCU titles
Canadian on-demand platform Shomi has scored a deal with NBCUniversal handing it shows such as…
Netflix buys Grateful Dead doc
Netflix has acquired The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, a feature…
ITV teams up with Australian Hoodlum
ITV Studios has inked a first-look deal with US prodco Hoodlum. Hoodlum is run by…
Red Arrow creates drama venture with Andy Serkis
Red Arrow Entertainment is creating a high-end drama initiative with Lord of the Rings actor…
Non Stop People to launch Spanish channel
French celebrity news channel Non Stop People is to launch a Spanish version in June….
News brief: Kids SVOD service stocks up
Kids SVOD platform Kidoodle.TV has bought a raft of content from territories such as Argentina…
Cohan, Perezagua join Spanish MCN board
Spanish-language MCN 2btube has named former Fox Europe and Africa president Jesus Perezagua and A+E…
Barcroft TV hits million mark
YouTube channel Barcroft TV, owned by production outfit Barcroft Media, has passed the one-million subscriber…
Rare hires Pioneer creative director
Fledgling consolidator Rare Television has hired UK indie Pioneer Productions’ creative director Ailsa Orr. She…
Endemol Shine strikes deal with Seacrest’s prodco
The US division of Endemol Shine has inked a deal with the unscripted division of Ryan…
Viacom names Lat Am top team
Viacom International Media Networks Americas has made three senior appointments across its portfolio of channels….
Carrington to head Zodiak Kids Studios
Zodiak Kids has created a studio that will bring together the DeAgostini-owned company’s UK and…
ITV orders Bully Project for the UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a local version of The Bully Project, the Dutch…
Amazon subs ‘more likely to use Netflix’
Amazon Prime subscribers in the US are more likely to use Netflix than Prime Instant…
YouTube confirms ad-free SVOD service
YouTube has confirmed plans to launch an advertising-free version of YouTube that users will be…
ISIS cyber-attack on TV5Monde
French network TV5Monde was yesterday the victim of a cyber-attack by individuals claiming to belong…
Breakthrough opens New York office
Canada-based producer and distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has opened up an office in New York. Beth…
Turner’s Boing channel springs into Africa
Turner Broadcasting is launching its Boing kids channel in Africa. The new English-language service will…
Gateley to run Lifetime programming
Liz Gateley has rejoined US cable channel Lifetime to run its programming unit. The former…
AMC Global takes eOne’s Badlands
AMC will have first-window rights to upcoming US martial arts drama Into the Badlands. The…