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Sky 1 prepares for Apocalypse Slough
UK satellite channel Sky 1 is putting a high-octane, epic drama about the end of…
TalkTalk buys Blinkbox and Tesco Broadband
UK service provider TalkTalk has bought Tesco-owned digital movie and TV service Blinkbox, along with…
Netflix to drive digital spending in the Netherlands
Digital video expenditure is forecast to exceed consumer spending on packaged media in the Netherlands…
Sky ups stake in Sky Deutschland
Sky has acquired an additional tranche of shares in Sky Deutschland, opening the way to…
ITV’s Leftfield inks Crybaby deal
Leftfield Entertainment, the US prodco owned by UK broadcaster ITV, has struck a programming deal…
Amazon prepares Fall season in the UK
Amazon has acquired UK SVOD rights to serial killer drama series The Fall. The show…
Marco Polo to return on Netflix
Netflix’s big-budget action adventure series Marco Polo has been handed a second run less than…
MTV to repeat Channel 5’s Big Brother
In another sign of the synergies between Viacom’s UK channels bouquet TV channels following the…
Macallister to replace Pedersen at All3 Int’l
Sales veteran Steve Macallister is taking on the CEO job at All3Media International. The former…
Sony names Munnich replacement for UK
Sony Pictures Television has appointed a replacement for Kylie Munnich, who recently joined Sky Vision…
Comedy Central UK lines up Impractical Jokers
Comedy Central UK has ordered a pilot of US comedy format Impractical Jokers after it…
Veteran Diaz resurfaces with sales company
Former Cisneros sales boss Cesar Diaz has resurfaced ahead of NATPE with his own sales…
Amazon buys Shaun the Sheep, Ben 10
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK streaming rights to Aardman Animation’s stop-motion series…
Red Arrow brings in business affairs boss
Germany-based Red Arrow Entertainment has gone in-house to hire a managing director for business affairs….
News brief: Global Agency takes Glam format
Turkey’s Global Agency has acquired distribution rights to Israeli format Dance With Me. The show…
New Worlds for Super Channel, M-Net
Big-budget period drama New Worlds has sold to channels in Canada and pan-Africa. The Power-distributed…
News brief: Fox promotes digital sales VP
Fox Networks in the US has promoted Benjamin (BJ) Elias to senior VP, distribution. Former…
UNI names global marketing chief
NBCUniversal’s global channels arm, Universal Networks International, has named Nicoletta Gelli to the new post…
VOD sales of $31m for Sony’s Interview
Video-on-demand sales of Sony Pictures Entertainment feature film The Interview have raked in more than…
USA Networks ends Covert Affairs
NBCUniversal’s cable channel USA Network has cancelled spy series Covert Affairs after five seasons. The…
BBC reports record breaking Christmas for iPlayer
The BBC reported a record-breaking 227 million programme requests for its iPlayer catch-up service during…
‘Rising star’ named BBC Children’s chief
The COO of BBC England, Alice Webb, has been named as Joe Godwin’s replacement as…
eOne pays $132.6m for Mark Gordon Company
Entertainment One has splashed out US$132.6 million to buy Grey’s Anatomy and Ray Donovan studio…
Netflix aims for ‘superior internet TV’
Netflix is partnering with electronics makers to put ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ logos on smart TVs,…
SMG boss ‘removed’ from role
The group president of Chinese firm Shanghai Media Group, Li Ruigang, has been “removed” from…
Amazon secures long-term AMC drama deal
On-demand platform Amazon Prime Instant Video has secured an exclusive multi-year agreement for original series…
Netflix hands Puss in Boots toon debut
Netflix will premiere the latest of its DreamWorks Animation original toon series, The Adventures of…
Sagansky, Sloan launch $303m Indian venture
Hollywood veterans Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan are launching the first US-listed Indian pay TV…
News brief: Acorn buys Secret State, Kath & Kim
British-focused North American streaming service Acorn TV has bought six series, including political thriller Secret…
News brief: Professor Balthazar returns to US
Kids streaming site Oznoz has bought classic toon series Professor Balthazar, a deal claimed to…