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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…

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Amazon cop drama lands in Australia

Amazon Original drama series Bosch has been sold to SBS. The Australian pubcaster will air…

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ABC Family orders supernatural Tim Kring pilot

Heroes creator Tim Kring is exec producing Beyond, a one-hour drama pilot for ABC Family….

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Participant Media CEO exits

Jim Berk, the CEO of US cable channel Pivot owner Participant Media, has resigned from…

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Super RTL pits at Trucktown

German family channel Super RTL has acquired Canadian animated series Trucktown. The channel has bought…

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Turner plays to Monster’s Jungle Beat

Turner Broadcasting System has acquired Monster Entertainment-sold non-verbal kids toon Jungle Beat for its Boomerang…

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ORF, CCTV10 traverse the Himalayas

Austria’s ORF and Chinese statecaster CCTV10 are going into production on a three-part wildlife series, Sky…

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FremantleMedia explores The Seventies

FremantleMedia International has acquired worldwide rights to CNN Original documentary series The Seventies. The deal…

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Cisneros brings in ex-studio exec

Cisneros Media Distribution has drafted in Wilma Maciel, a former Sony Pictures Television and Warner…

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ProSiebenSat.1 grows Warner pact

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has extended its licensing agreement with US studio Warner Bros. The deal…

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Canadian SVOD service bags NBCU titles

Canadian on-demand platform Shomi has scored a deal with NBCUniversal handing it shows such as…

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Netflix buys Grateful Dead doc

Netflix has acquired The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, a feature…

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ITV teams up with Australian Hoodlum

ITV Studios has inked a first-look deal with US prodco Hoodlum. Hoodlum is run by…

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Red Arrow creates drama venture with Andy Serkis

Red Arrow Entertainment is creating a high-end drama initiative with Lord of the Rings actor…

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Non Stop People to launch Spanish channel

French celebrity news channel Non Stop People is to launch a Spanish version in June….

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News brief: Kids SVOD service stocks up

Kids SVOD platform Kidoodle.TV has bought a raft of content from territories such as Argentina…

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Cohan, Perezagua join Spanish MCN board

Spanish-language MCN 2btube has named former Fox Europe and Africa president Jesus Perezagua and A+E…

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Barcroft TV hits million mark

YouTube channel Barcroft TV, owned by production outfit Barcroft Media, has passed the one-million subscriber…

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Rare hires Pioneer creative director

Fledgling consolidator Rare Television has hired UK indie Pioneer Productions’ creative director Ailsa Orr. She…

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Endemol Shine strikes deal with Seacrest’s prodco

The US division of Endemol Shine has inked a deal with the unscripted division of Ryan…

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Viacom names Lat Am top team

Viacom International Media Networks Americas has made three senior appointments across its portfolio of channels….

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Carrington to head Zodiak Kids Studios

Zodiak Kids has created a studio that will bring together the DeAgostini-owned company’s UK and…

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ITV orders Bully Project for the UK

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a local version of The Bully Project, the Dutch…

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Amazon subs ‘more likely to use Netflix’

Amazon Prime subscribers in the US are more likely to use Netflix than Prime Instant…

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YouTube confirms ad-free SVOD service

YouTube has confirmed plans to launch an advertising-free version of YouTube that users will be…

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ISIS cyber-attack on TV5Monde

French network TV5Monde was yesterday the victim of a cyber-attack by individuals claiming to belong…

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Breakthrough opens New York office

Canada-based producer and distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has opened up an office in New York. Beth…

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Turner’s Boing channel springs into Africa

Turner Broadcasting is launching its Boing kids channel in Africa. The new English-language service will…

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Gateley to run Lifetime programming

Liz Gateley has rejoined US cable channel Lifetime to run its programming unit. The former…

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AMC Global takes eOne’s Badlands

AMC will have first-window rights to upcoming US martial arts drama Into the Badlands. The…