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Dutch net reworks Israeli romcom

Dutch channel Net5 is working up a local version of Israeli romantic comedy The Baker…

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SVOD set to boom in emerging markets

There will be a five-fold increase in SVOD revenues across emerging markets between 2014 and…

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Comcast-Time Warner deal moves closer

The proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable buy Comcast has received a preliminary endorsement with…

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Netflix pre-buys Jamie Dornan war film

Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to Jadotville, a war film set during an African siege…

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9 Story poaches Marathon’s McCann

9 Story Media Group has hired Marathon Media creative producer Jennifer McCann to become director…

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News brief: Serbia lines up Armoza formats

A Serbian production company has picked up rights to Armoza Formats’ The People’s Choice and…

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Monster Frog attracts Austria’s ORF

Austrian pubcaster ORF will coproduce a pair of wildlife films with factual specialist Earth Touch….

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Sky, Canal+ pick through Debris with Tunnel 2

European pay TV players Sky and Canal+ are joining forces to make another series of…

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A+E opens South Africa base

A+E Networks is launching an office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The US-based channel operator has…

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Netflix launching on pay TV service Fetch

Netflix is set to launch on Australian IPTV pay TV service Fetch TV. US-listed SVOD service…

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Wolf Creek remake is Stan’s debut original

Australian SVOD platform Stan is getting into the originals game by working up a pair…

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News brief: RTL CBS launch new channel feed

The RTL CBS Entertainment joint venture has launched a dedicated channel feed in the Philippines….

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Turner’s K-culture channel launches on Astro

Turner Broadcasting has launched its Korean entertainment channel Oh!K on Malaysian pay TV platform Astro….

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MTG offloads Swedish cable operation

The Modern Times Group has sold its stake in Swedish cable TV business Sappa to…

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Secret Wings takes flight with Blonde Pilot, Mondo

Mondo TV is making an animated series based on the popular Secret Wings greeting card…

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Berlusconi’s Fininvest offloads chunk of Mediaset

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s shares dropped sharply in value at the end of last week…

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France Télévisions, Clan make Doozers play

France Télévisions and Spain’s TVE Clan are among buyers of The Jim Henson Company cartoon…

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Lifetime UK calls out Property Brothers

Lifetime in the UK has acquired North American home renovation show Property Brothers from distributor…

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Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato

Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…

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BBC One smells New Blood, poaches Cox

UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned an Anthony Horowitz-penned 7x60mins crime drama from Jill Green’s…

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Moonves: CBS doesn’t need merger

Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…

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Walking Dead creator’s Outcast to Cinemax

Cinemax has taken The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s new series, Outcast, to series. HBO…

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Sky follows Danger Dogs

Sky in the UK is among buyers of Danger Dogs, a series from Australia’s Flame…

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Phil Craig and Tim Pastore to keynote at MIPDoc

Discovery’s incoming content chief, Phil Craig, will give a keynote address at MIPDoc in Cannes…

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New players set for MIP Digital Fronts

The second MIP Digital Fronts will include the likes of AwesomenessTV, Collective Digital Studio and…

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Kids VOD service gets Musti

A free-to-view VOD platform for kids has acquired has acquired an animated series based on…

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Sky moots German 4K service

Sky could launch a 4K TV service in Germany at the end of this year…

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Discovery rebrands SBS operation in Sweden

Discovery is to drop the SBS brand from its Nordic unit SBS Discovery and rebrand…

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M6 takes UK’s Undateables to France

French network M6 has ordered a local version of UK documentary format The Undateables. Pernel…

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EuropaCorp TV revenues edge up

TV series revenues at Luc Besson’s production and distribution company EuropaCorp inched up in the…