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Shomi opens Notebook, Blacklist
Canadian subscription on-demand service Shomi has acquired NBC’s big hitter The Blacklist and Daniel Radcliffe-fronted…
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Undercover Leader rises with Can’t Stop
Matthieu Porte’s boutique distributor Can’t Stop Media has bagged spaces rights to Undercover Leader, a…
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Starz confirms global SVOD service for 2015
US premium cable net Starz will launch its planned international subscription on-demand service next year,…
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Vice and Rogers team for C$100m Canadian studio
Youth content brand Vice Media and communications giant Rogers are joining forces to create a…
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Seven signs Aquarius, gets away with Murder
Seven Network has acquired several international series including David Duchovny’s Charles Manson-era drama Aquarius and…
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Ex-London Live, Channel 4 exec joins Nutopia
Former London Live and Channel 4 commissioner Katie Boyd has joined Jane Root’s factual specialist…
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CME reports loss, but bullish on 2015
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported an upturn in revenues and operating income in Q3,…
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Sky Deutschland counters Netflix with OTT
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched an OTT TV service, Sky Online, that will…
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DeGeneres expands online TV offering
US comedian and host Ellen DeGeneres has created a new venture to launch Ellentube, a…
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WE tv axes debut drama
AMC Networks-owned WE tv has cancelled its first scripted drama, The Divide, after its first…
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Canada’s Bell latest to take on Netflix with Latte
Canadian telco and broadcaster Bell will launch a TV streaming service with content from HBO…
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Hulu takes Reitman comedy straight to series
US on-demand site Hulu has taken a half-hour single-camera comedy from director Jason Reitman straight…
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BBCWW bags Boorman’s Queen and Country
BBC Worldwide North America has acquired all US rights to Queen and Country, the final…
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Murdoch calls on TV industry to fight Amazon and Netflix
The TV industry needs to provide a “serious competitor” to Netflix and Amazon, according to…
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Tellem and Levin exit as Xbox studio winds down
Nancy Tellem and Jordan Levin have left Xbox Entertainment Studios, the content division launched, and…
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Lifetime orders Bible special from Mark Burnett
Lifetime has ordered The Women of the Bible, a two-hour special that will go out…
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Netflix splashes out on Richie Rich
Netflix has acquired another original kids series, Richie Rich. The live-action show will be based…
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Netflix launches on BT in the UK
BT has entered into a partnership with Netflix to make the streaming VOD service available…
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News brief: Hulu adding Nickelodeon titles
Hulu is adding several kids titles from Viacom-owned kids channel Nickelodeon to its service. The…
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Chinese Hulu-style service ups content investment
Chinese web giant Baidu has revealed a surge in its content investment, with higher costs…
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News brief: Endemol sells My Kitchen Rules
Endemol’s distribution arm has sold cooking series My Kitchen Rules into Belgium. VMMA/VTM have acquired…
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Cartoon Network Oz buys Sam Fox
Cartoon Network in Australia has acquired kids live-action series Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. The SLR…
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Bravo taps NBC News exec for digital role
US cable channel Bravo has named an exec from NBCUniversal stablemate NBC News as its…
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American Gigolo TV series readied
Jerry Bruckheimer Television and US studio Paramount are working on a TV adaptation of 1980…
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Sky Deutschland re-ups Warner deal
German pay TV provider Sky Deutschland has agreed a multi-year extension to its programming agreement…
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Saban and Potter alums form Zag Animation Studios
Haim Saban is one of a quartet of industry names who have teamed to create…
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BBCWW cuts first Tumble deals
Romania has become the first country to buy the Tumble gymnastics format. BBC Worldwide launched…
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Zodiak Rights poaches BBCWW drama chief
Zodiak Rights has hired BBC Worldwide’s head of drama Chris Stewart. He will take on…
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Rich Ross exits Shine, lands at Discovery
Rich Ross has left Shine amid a restructure at the enlarged production and distribution group…
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Endemol-Shine-Core US leaders named
The joint venture behind the Endemol-Shine Group-Core Media tie-up has named its senior US management….