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News brief: Hackers target Ukraine Today
Hackers have taken down the website of the Ukraine Today news channel. The channel said…
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Simon Perry to run production at Swedish film fund
+++CORRECTION An earlier version of this story named former BBC America boss Perry Simon as…
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Content ups MacGregor, Ford
Saralo MacGregor and Jonathan Ford have landed improved positions at UK-US content company Content Television….
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Showtime feels Happyish as CBS dramas go on
US cable channel Showtime has greenlit a full season of Happyish, the dark comedy-drama that…
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Chilean net bags JK Rowling biopic
A biopic about Harry Potter author JK Rowling has sold to a Chilean channel. ChileVision…
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Sky appoints content boss
Sky has appointed Sky Deutschland executive Gary Davey its UK content boss, filling the role…
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News brief: D360 makes home renovation deals
Canada-based sales firm Distribution360 has sold home renovation programming from its Si Entertainment catalogue to…
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UK indie Woodcut hires production boss
UK independent producer Woodcut Media has recruited Jenni Day as head of production. Day, previously…
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Magine shelves Spanish launch plans
Cloud-based over-the-top TV service Magine has shelved its Spanish launch plans, announcing that it will…
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Starz, BBC team for Hopkins/McKellen drama
US premium cable net Starz and UK pubcaster the BBC are uniting to coproduce The…
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Featherstone, Conrad exit Shine
Prolific drama producer Jane Featherstone is leaving Shine Group as its merges with Endemol and…
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Netflix embarks on Wet Hot American Summer
Netflix is making an original series based on the 2001 comedy feature film Wet Hot…
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CTC Media buys majority stake in CarambaTV
Russia’s CTC Media has paid RUB148 million (US$2.4 million) for a 51% controlling stake in…
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Remarkable’s Walshe joins Twofour
Remarkable Television’s factual entertainment producer Kitty Walshe has joined rival UK prodco Twofour as head…
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Wildseed charges up with Marijana
Boutique digital content producer and financier Wildseed Studios has unveiled its latest project, an eight-part…
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Smeenge in at Zodiak as SBS lands Lubbers
Jan Hendrik Smeenge has been promoted to Zodiak Nederland CEO following the exit of Peter…
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Ross plots new path for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is taking a new direction in its programming strategy, moving away from sensationalised…
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Romania’s Intact reports audience gains
Romanian broadcaster Intact Media Group, which operates the country’s Antena-branded channels, reported year-on-year increases in…
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Banijay buys US indie
Banijay Group has bought a controlling stake in Stephen David Entertainment, the US prodco behind…
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News brief: ITV Studios US ups production exec
ITV Studios America has upped Gregg Moscot to vice president of production. Based in ITV…
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HBO preps scientology, Cobain and Sinatra docs
HBO has unveiled a slate of high-end docs including new projects from Alex Gibney and…
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Pop Monkey’s Kicked to the Kerb with ohm:tv
German-based distributor ohm:tv has picked up selected international rights to Kicked to the Kerb, the…
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Dori Media takes Selfie Challenge
Dori Media has picked up rights to The Selfie Challenge, a new reality gameshow format…
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Nordic fund invests in TV4 drama copro
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested NOK2 million (US$260,000) in a Swedish drama coproduction…
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Streaming could replace TV viewing, study finds
TV viewing is in danger of being replaced by streaming services as the primary platform…
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FremantleMedia picks up MTV’s Eye Candy
FremantleMedia International has picked up international rights to Eye Candy, the new MTV drama about…
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ITVS hires former C5 and Xbox exec as drama buyer
ITV Studios has recruited Kate Barnes as its head of coproduction and drama acquisition. Barnes…
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Germany’s ZDFNeo orders Israeli gender-swap series
German digital channel ZDFNeo has ordered a six-episode version of Israeli-originated sex-change series Re-Gender. The…
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Air Buddies franchise claws into MCN biz
The company behind the Air Buddies direct-to-video family movies franchise is launching a channel on…
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Nat Geo performs Dino Autopsy, revives Explorer
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a two-hour special that will see scientists, anatomists and vets…