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Digital TV homes in Latin America to double
The number of digital TV households in Latin America is due to approximately double by…
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Runner to cross Britain for Discovery
An endurance runner with traverse the length of Britain in a 1x60mins doc for Discovery…
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News brief: Genius hands Kaleidoscope sales role
Andy Heyward’s Genius Brands International is continuing to develop its distribution matrix by appointing sales…
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Scripps to ‘meet BBC Trust chair over UKTV’
Scripps Networks Interactive will meet directly with the chair of the BBC Trust in an…
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News brief: North Europe, Belgian nets go Deep
A pair of Scandinavian channels, one from Finland and one from Belgium have boarded Technicolor’s…
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Colin Callender’s Playground adds another UK exec
Playground Entertainment, the fast-growing prodco run by former HBO programming chief Colin Callender, has hired…
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Fox, NBC buy Marvista movies for Asia
US-based producer and distributor Marvista has sold several of its TV movies to channels in…
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SVOD battle underway for Seinfeld rights
Various SVOD and digital platforms are battling for rights to iconic US comedy Seinfeld, although…
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ABC Oz buys new Attenborough BBC series
ABC in Australia has bought Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef, the latest series from the renowned…
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Italy special replaces Top Gear in the US
BBC Worldwide will provide US Top Gear fans with a two-part special in lieu of…
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BBC Worldwide hires drama chief
BBC Worldwide has hired Skyworks managing director Damian Keogh to replace Chris Stewart, who left…
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Orange ‘to offload’ Dailymotion stake
Orange is set to enter into exclusive talks with Hong Kong-based telco PCCW to sell…
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Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
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News brief: Vodafone eyes November for UK pay TV
Vodafone is aiming to launch its British pay TV service in November, according to UK…
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UK commercial PSBs attacked over kids investment
UK indies trade body Pact and Teletubbies creator Anne Wood have come together to slam…
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ProSieben has Wicked Attraction to GRB
German channel ProSieben has acquired season four of true crime series Wicked Attraction from LA’s…
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New drama pact plots $25m series
Canadian feature film firm XII Tribes Entertainment has joined forced with an LA scripted prodco…
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Netflix UK buys ABC fantasy drama
Netflix has acquired rights for ABC fantasy drama One Upon a Time for the UK…
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Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
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NBCU alumnus joins Pulse as president
Former NBCUniversal global TV chief Patrick Vien has joined Pineapple Dance Studios indie Pulse Films…
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Astro does deal for Japanese content
Malaysian pay TV giant has inked a deal with Japanese talent agency and prodco Yoshimoto…
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Global Agency picks up Turkish pop star format
Turkish distributor Global Agency will launch Stairway to Fame, a new talent show format that was…
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US streamer Acorn buys The Driver
US OTT service Acorn TV has picked up SVOD rights to UK drama series. Acorn…
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TCB’s immigration format travels
Free-to-air broadcaster SBS Belgium has bought a local version of buzzy immigration format Go Back…
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Canuck quotas ditched in global programming play
Canadian media watchdog the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has relaxed programming quotas in an…
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Modern Family’s Levitan heads to MIPTV
Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan is heading to MIPTV next month and will give a…
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Israel’s Viva follows Globo’s Trail of Lies
Israeli pay TV channel Viva has acquired Globo’s telenovela Trail of Lies. The show will…
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Geater slams BBC, Channel 4 over indie stance
UK indie trade body Pact has slammed pubcasters the BBC and Channel 4 over the…
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Hulu plays Home and Away
US streaming service Hulu has acquired on-demand rights to Australian soap Home and Away. Now…
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BBC Worldwide says Top Gear impact ‘minimal’
BBC Worldwide said today that it will offer international Top Gear broadcasters alternative, original content from…