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Hazlitt exits ITV as Williams takes over
Fru Hazlitt is leaving UK broadcaster ITV to move overseas with her family, with her…
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BBC outlines another £400m in cost cuts
The BBC is set to outline how it can make an additional £400 million (US$630…
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Netflix hits five million in Latin America
Netflix has topped the five million users mark in Latin America. The US-listed streaming service…
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Keep Your Light Shining heads to Globo
Singing competition format Keep Your Light Shining has been picked up by Brazil’s biggest broadcaster,…
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Interactive BBC football WWI series launches
The BBC is launching Footballers United, an interactive drama to tie in with its World…
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Fledgling UK indie gets C4 commission
Recently-formed UK indie Voltage TV has won its first commission, The British Property Boom, a…
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Discovery to relaunch HD Showcase channel
Discovery Communications is set to relaunch its Discovery HD Showcase channel in Europe, the Middle…
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Fox merges Turkish free, pay arms
Fox International Channels’ pay and free TV businesses in Turkey are merging. Fox International Channels…
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Ex-BBC, Turner exec Cohen returns to TV
Former BBC multiplatform commissioner Nick Cohen has returned to the TV industry after three years…
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Fox’s Red Band Society disbanded
Fox’s teen medical drama Red Band Society has been pulled from schedules, prompting questions over…
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French nets bag 100 hours of Sky Vision shows
French broadcasters have acquired programming amounting to 100 hours from UK-based distributor Sky Vision. The…
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VTV to remake Armoza drama Arbitrator
Vietnam Television has licensed 45 episodes of Armoza Formats’ drama The Arbitrator. The Israeli format…
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News brief: Nick sprinkles Asian Peppa on schedules
Nickelodeon has acquired seasons one to six of Entertainment One’s Peppa Pig for its Nick…
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Distribution chief Diaz exits Cisneros
Cesar Diaz is exiting Cisneros Media Group after nearly nine years at the Venezuelan media…
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Wuaki.tv launches in Germany, adds 4K titles
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki has officially launched in Germany and has announced plans…
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Analysts bullish on CME after Time Warner bailout
Analysts have said the outlook is positive for central and eastern Europe-focused broadcast group CME…
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Van Persie, Henry, Fabregas invest in Grabyo
English Premier League football legends Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas are among…
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News brief: Endemol Beyond launches #Muthaship
Endemol Beyond USA will launch a YouTube reality show, The #Muthaship, on December 1. The…
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Zodiak hires Nordic World sales exec
Nordic World is saying goodbye to another sales executive following the departure of Patty Geneste….
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EuropaCorp revenues, profit soar
French mini-major EuropaCorp has posted improved revenues and profit for the first half of this…
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Norway’s TV3 picks up NBC’s State of Affairs
Norwegian free-to-air channel TV3 has picked up State of Affairs, the political drama that airs…
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Ad standards body slams YouTube stars, retailers
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has called for YouTube video bloggers to be clear if…
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ZDF, GoldBee sell kids into Asia
The commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF and fledgling distributor GoldBee have sold a raft…
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Hulu renews original gameshow
On-demand and streaming service Hulu has renewed its original gameshow series Money Where Your Mouth…
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Nordic World ‘disagreement’ leads to Geneste exit
Nordic World has terminated a consultancy agreement with Patty Geneste just weeks after completing a…
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Netflix dominates traffic as Amazon ups share
Netflix remains by far the most-used paid-for website in North America during peak hours, while…
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Brazil’s TNT adapting Israeli sex industry drama
Turner Broadcasting System’s Brazilian channel TNT is creating local version of Israeli drama Allenby. The…
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Lifestyle sports firm plots TV, MCN push with Smith
Bullseye TV co-founder and former Discovery Communications executive Dee Smith has landed the post of…
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Cristela gets full season as Hulu takes Selfie
US broadcast network has taken freshman comedy Cristela to a full season, as the already-cancelled…
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News brief: Israeli fund hires unscripted chief
Israel’s TV Format Fund has appointed experienced producer Dror Levy as manager of non-scripted content….