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Discovery to bid for Premier League rights
Discovery Communications will join the auction for lucrative English Premier League rights in the UK,…
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BBC Worldwide strikes trio of Chile deals
BBC Worldwide has struck three deals with Chilean broadcasters and platforms for its content. The…
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Oscar De La Hoya launching MMA lifestyle channel
Former world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Oscar De La Hoya is launching a…
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DRG exec takes Beyond acquisitions role
Caitlin Meek-O’Connor is leaving DRG to become head of acquisitions at Beyond Distribution, the sales…
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Televisa USA hires Chris Philip
Televisa has hired international TV veteran Chris Philip to run English-language production and distribution at…
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Attenborough’s Kingdom to Lat Am
Sky Vision-distributed shows including the David Attenborough-fronted Kingdom of Plants and Galapagos are heading to…
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Netflix to complete global expansion in two years
Netflix has said it plans to complete its global expansion, while staying profitable, over the…
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BBC Three controller: channel not for sale
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh (pictured) has stressed that the network is “not for sale”,…
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Turner, FTV try on Dimensionpants
Turner Broadcasting System and France Télévisions are among new buyers of DHX Media-sold toon Dr….
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NBC straps in for Apocalypse Slough
US broadcaster NBC is on board Sky1’s upcoming end-of-times comedy-drama Apocalypse Slough. NBC involvement as…
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Online retailer readies Amazon OTT challenger
US-based online retail company Overstock.com has revealed an Amazon Prime Instant Video rival at the…
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Sean Connolly joins Canadian producer
Canadian executive Sean Connolly is joining Marblemedia as VP, primetime unscripted development. Reporting to co-CEO…
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Turner, Cisneros form Latin alliance
Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and Venezuela’s Cisneros Media have formed a strategic alliance. The…
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Diaz pacts with bullish CMJ
Cesar Diaz and his new content company, 7A Media, is to consult for US-based producer…
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News brief: Cisneros picks up teen telenovela
Cisneros Media Distribution has taken international rights to teen drama series Candela. It will launch…
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Five nets claim My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours
Five broadcasters have ordered local versions of cooking gameshow My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours….
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Your Family’s Fix&Foxi channel to US, Lat Am
The Fix&Foxi kids channel is launching in the US and Canada after its owner, Germany’s…
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NATPE: US viewers flocking to streaming
A new study from NATPE and CEA says that over 70% of US consumers have…
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Avalon, Hat Trick in BBC Three takeover bid
UK production companies Avalon and Hat Trick have confirmed they are attempting to take over…
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Ex-Rightster, ITV exec joins Factory Media
Former Rightster and ITV executive Jonathan Bates has joined action sports media company Factory Media…
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PBS, BBC in ‘ambitious’ factual partnership
Pubcasters from both sides of the Atlantic Sea have com together to coproduce a slate…
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UK sport agency picks up Marathon rights
A new UK sports agency has signed a long-term broadcast rights deal for distribution of…
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News brief: Imira launches Xilam toons
Spain’s Imira Entertainment has acquired rights to a combined 250 hours of animated programming from…
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Discovery Lat Am buys Cineflix, Nelvana shows
Discovery Networks Latin America has bought Cineflix Rights shows such as Brother Vs. Brother and…
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News brief: Guys in Disguise infiltrate French net
French network NRJ12 has commissioned a local version of Israeli comedy dating format Guys in…
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Fledgling net buys 51 CJ E&M shows
A new channel in Myanmar has acquired 51 programmes from South Korea-based distributor CJ E&M….
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Asian nets build with Bomanbrigde shows
Toggle in Singapore in among buyers of shows from local Asian distributor Bomanbridge Media. Toggle…
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MBC, France Télévisions buy GRB shows
MBC in the Middle East and France Télévisions are among buyers of factual programming from…
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Ridley Scott Civil War drama for PBS
A six-part American Civil War drama with Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker attached is…
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Netflix goes straight-to-series with Will Arnett
Streaming service Netflix has greenlit an eight-episode, straight-to-series comedy from The Millers and Arrested Development…