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Relativity lines up home reno UK remake
US producer Relativity Television has sold live event home renovation format Built By America Live…
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Amazon causes Catastrophe with SVOD deal
Amazon Prime Instant Video will get exclusive SVOD rights to Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe. Amazon…
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Showtime to launch in Canada
CBS Corp. will launch branded programming from its premium cable channel Showtime in Canada for…
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Blue Ant probes Mekong with copro
Canadian broadcaster Blue Ant Media has commissioned Mysteries of the Mekong, a 10x60mins coproduction involving…
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Virgin wants Premier League rights auction halted
UK cable provider Virgin Media has asked Ofcom to pause the current Premier League TV…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Pirker to join Turner
ProSiebenSat.1 Media exec Benjamin Pirker is joining Turner Broadcasting System in Germany. Pirker will be…
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Nets buy Bejuba!’s Buzz Bumble
A trio of broadcasters have acquired Bejuba! Entertainment-sold animated comedy Buzz Bumble. In the UK…
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Channel 4 hires short form commissioner
Channel 4 has hired a dedicated short-form commissioner who will order programming for its online…
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Canal+ names de Gasquet in corporate role
Canal+ has named Sébastian de Gasquet as finance and development director for its free TV…
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Amazon buys The White Queen
Amazon has taken exclusive US streaming rights to period drama The White Queen. The series…
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ZDF orders more Doctor Klein
ZDF has ordered another run of family-skewed medical drama Dr. Klein. The German public broadcaster…
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France’s CSA makes pair of appointments
French media regulator the CSA has named Nicolas Curien and Nathalie Sonnac as members of…
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Off the Fence poaches Indigo sales exec
Europe-based factual indie Off the Fence has poached Loren Syer-Willoughby from Indigo Film & Television….
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Seven tracks down Channel 5’s Suspects
Seven Network in Australia has acquired British procedural Suspects, which goes out on Viacom’s UK…
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Snapchat moves into original series
A day after launching its editorial-driven app Discover, messaging service Snapchat has launched its first…
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Lambert commits to All3, plans drama unit
Stephen Lambert will remain with All3Media until at least 2020 after agreeing a new deal…
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Morayniss extends eOne tenure
Entertainment One Television’s CEO, John Morayniss, will remain in the post for at least three…
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Producers’ association PACT launching in the US
Pact, the industry association for UK producers, is setting up a new US-based body. Pact…
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London Live restructuring
London Live, the UK local digital-terrestrial TV station owned by Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian-born proprietor…
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US prodco launches food programming unit
US indie prodco Jane Street Entertainment has launched YUM, a division dedicated to developing and…
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Fox names Iberia boss
Fox International Channels has promoted Vera Pinto Pereira to managing director of FIC Spain and…
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Rainmaker names Mainframe production chief
Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted Kylie Ellis to vice president, production at its…
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House of Cards 3 launching in Asia same day as US
The latest season of Netflix original series House of Cards will launch on the RTL…
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Boomerang restructures entertainment team
Spain’s Boomerang TV Group has hired a pair of executives, one a MasterChef producer, as…
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SBS Discovery strikes volume deal with truTV
SBS Discovery Norway has struck a two-year volume deal for content from the truTV cable…
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Snapchat signs up TV partners for Discover launch
Mobile messaging service Snapchat has partnered with a host of major TV broadcasters and publishers…
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UKTV’s Drama calls on Pinkertons
UKTV-owned channel Drama has acquired Zodiak Rights-sold drama The Pinkertons as its first exclusive US…
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WWE Network hits million mark
Wrestling entertainment company WWE claims its international OTT channel is the “fastest-growing digital subscription service”…
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Germany’s WDR adds two execs
German regional pubcaster WDR has hired two new execs who will work on its international…
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Canada courts Keshet’s Girlfri3nds
Canadian specialty channel VRAK has ordered a local version of Keshet International’s reality dating formay…