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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…

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Fox, mm2 in Chinese TV-movie copro pact

Fox International Channels has partnered with Singapore-based movie producer mm2 Entertainment to coproduce feature films….

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Andreae out at Fox, Electus’ Henson in

Simon Andreae’s spell at the top of US broadcast network Fox’s reality arm is over,…

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Eva Longoria, Dolly Parton score NBC deals

Actress Eva Longoria and country singer Dolly Parton have secured new projects at US broadcast…

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Cisneros reveals new sales structure

Cisneros Media Distribution has confirmed its new operating structure under sales chief Marcello Coltro (below),…

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Piksel to acquire shows for OTT players

OTT TV technology specialist Piksel is branching out into content acquisition for OTT players. The…

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Ex-MundoFox boss joins Latino MCN

Former MundoFox president Emiliano Saccone has joined a new Millennials-focused digital entertainment company. Saccone (pictured)…

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Hansson takes TV4 post as Mowbray leaves

Jakob Hansson will become acting programme manager at Sweden’s TV4 Group when incumbent Maria Mowbray…

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FX hopes for Better Things with Louis C.K.

US cable channel FX has ordered a comedy pilot from Pamela Adlon and Louis star…

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Miss Universe Pageant entices FIC, Turner

Fox International Channels in Southeast Asia and Japan and Turner International in Latin America are…

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Discovery sets global launch for Holocaust doc

Discovery Communications is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration…

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MTG Sweden restructure results in 20% cuts

The Modern Times Group has completed a restructure of its Swedish free-to-air TV operation, with…

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DCD buys Electric Sky catalogue for £325k

DCD Media has picked up a 250-hour catalogue of programming from Electric Sky Sales, the…

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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…

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Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service

Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…

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Sky CEO Darroch to deliver MIPTV keynote

Sky’s group chief executive Jeremy Darroch is due to deliver a ‘Media Mastermind Keynote’ at…

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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal

Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…

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Keshet UK brings in ITV Studios’ Shalgosky

Keshet Productions UK has hired Simon Shalgosky from ITV Studios-owned producer Shiver. Shalgosky will be…

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SVT scores ‘biggest’ BBC package deal

SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…

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Viacom CEO Dauman extends contract

Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…

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Discovery, Hasbro shows to drop off Netflix

Content from Discovery and Hasbro’s US joint venture channel is set to disappear from Netflix’s…

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Cineflix flips Blackstone drama

Cineflix Rights has scored a distribution deal for Canadian drama Blackstone. The deal with rights…

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Syfy forecasts Sharknado 3, Spin

US cable channel Syfy has given the greenlight to a third installment in the Sharknado…

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Rankin resurfaces at Distribution360

Former DRG and Cineflix sales exec Diane Rankin has resurfaced at Distribution360, the programme sales business…

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Turner poaches AMC’s Tzimas for CEE

Turner Broadcasting System has named Dominik Tzimas as distribution director, central and eastern Europe and Russia,…

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Discovery installs new Eurosport CEO

Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…

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Netflix and BBC discuss US content deal

Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…

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US indie Eastern hires McKeown from Nutopia

US factual producer Eastern has recruited Simon McKeown as its senior VP, development. He joins…

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Ex-Dragonfly boss resurfaces at ITV Studios prodco

The former managing director of Dragonfly Film & TV, Simon Dickson, has joined an ITV…

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FremantleMedia takes German Cold War drama

FremantleMedia International has taken global distribution rights to Deutschland 83, a major new German drama…