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Amazon to rival Netflix with original movies
Amazon Studios is to begin to produce and acquire original movies for early window distribution…
Fox, mm2 in Chinese TV-movie copro pact
Fox International Channels has partnered with Singapore-based movie producer mm2 Entertainment to coproduce feature films….
Andreae out at Fox, Electus’ Henson in
Simon Andreae’s spell at the top of US broadcast network Fox’s reality arm is over,…
Eva Longoria, Dolly Parton score NBC deals
Actress Eva Longoria and country singer Dolly Parton have secured new projects at US broadcast…
Cisneros reveals new sales structure
Cisneros Media Distribution has confirmed its new operating structure under sales chief Marcello Coltro (below),…
Piksel to acquire shows for OTT players
OTT TV technology specialist Piksel is branching out into content acquisition for OTT players. The…
Ex-MundoFox boss joins Latino MCN
Former MundoFox president Emiliano Saccone has joined a new Millennials-focused digital entertainment company. Saccone (pictured)…
Hansson takes TV4 post as Mowbray leaves
Jakob Hansson will become acting programme manager at Sweden’s TV4 Group when incumbent Maria Mowbray…
FX hopes for Better Things with Louis C.K.
US cable channel FX has ordered a comedy pilot from Pamela Adlon and Louis star…
Miss Universe Pageant entices FIC, Turner
Fox International Channels in Southeast Asia and Japan and Turner International in Latin America are…
Discovery sets global launch for Holocaust doc
Discovery Communications is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration…
MTG Sweden restructure results in 20% cuts
The Modern Times Group has completed a restructure of its Swedish free-to-air TV operation, with…
DCD buys Electric Sky catalogue for £325k
DCD Media has picked up a 250-hour catalogue of programming from Electric Sky Sales, the…
Scripps hires ex-Discovery exec for int’l role
Scripps Networks International has recruited former Discovery exec Barbara Bellini for a London-based commercial affairs…
Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…
Sky CEO Darroch to deliver MIPTV keynote
Sky’s group chief executive Jeremy Darroch is due to deliver a ‘Media Mastermind Keynote’ at…
Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
Keshet UK brings in ITV Studios’ Shalgosky
Keshet Productions UK has hired Simon Shalgosky from ITV Studios-owned producer Shiver. Shalgosky will be…
SVT scores ‘biggest’ BBC package deal
SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…
Viacom CEO Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
Discovery, Hasbro shows to drop off Netflix
Content from Discovery and Hasbro’s US joint venture channel is set to disappear from Netflix’s…
Cineflix flips Blackstone drama
Cineflix Rights has scored a distribution deal for Canadian drama Blackstone. The deal with rights…
Syfy forecasts Sharknado 3, Spin
US cable channel Syfy has given the greenlight to a third installment in the Sharknado…
Rankin resurfaces at Distribution360
Former DRG and Cineflix sales exec Diane Rankin has resurfaced at Distribution360, the programme sales business…
Turner poaches AMC’s Tzimas for CEE
Turner Broadcasting System has named Dominik Tzimas as distribution director, central and eastern Europe and Russia,…
Discovery installs new Eurosport CEO
Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…
Netflix and BBC discuss US content deal
Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…
US indie Eastern hires McKeown from Nutopia
US factual producer Eastern has recruited Simon McKeown as its senior VP, development. He joins…
Ex-Dragonfly boss resurfaces at ITV Studios prodco
The former managing director of Dragonfly Film & TV, Simon Dickson, has joined an ITV…
FremantleMedia takes German Cold War drama
FremantleMedia International has taken global distribution rights to Deutschland 83, a major new German drama…