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US cable net lands Schitt’s Creek
US cable net Pop, the rebranded TV Guide Network, has acquired Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian…
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Broadcasters commit to crime with TwoFour’s Born to Kill
UK-based distributor Twofour has shopped crime series Born to Kill and Killing Spree to a…
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CBS launching US retro net
CBS and station group Weigel Broadcasting are launching a US digital net, Decades, which will…
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Netflix partners with SVOD rival Shomi for Canadian original
Netflix and its streaming rival Shomi are joining forces to make Between, which will star…
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ProSieben shakes up copro strategy with Gal-Raday hire
German free-to-air broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Reshet exec and the cofounder of Israeli producer…
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Zodiak poaches another Endemol exec for formats
Zodiak Media has poached Endemol Australia exec Nathan Gibbs and he will take the newly-created…
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Sony buys into Dori Media’s channels
Sony Pictures Television is bolstering its channels line-up with a deal for 50% of several…
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Netflix’s content streaming obligations grow by US$1.6 billion
Netflix’s content streaming obligations grew by US$1.6 billion in the first nine months of 2014,…
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Canal+ plots 20-country launch for African A+
Canal+’s new sub-Saharan African channel, A+, will launch in 20 countries in western and central…
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Russian authorities extend must-carry rules
The Russian government has extended and hardened must-carry rules imposed on the country’s pay TV…
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BBCWW strikes Red Planet deal
BBC Worldwide has inked a development deal with Death in Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures….
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Karen Young’s Orange Smarty snags A Place in the Sun
Orange Smarty, the distributor launched by ex-Electric Sky exec Karen Young, has taken international rights…
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Pay TV and VOD tipped to grow strongly in Germany
The latest forecasts for German TV market revenues suggest that the country’s pay TV market…
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Barcroft Media launches online cars channel
Barcroft Media is launching Barcroft Cars, a new automobile-focused online channel, TBI has learned. Barcroft,…
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Netflix confirms DiCaprio doc deal
Netflix has confirmed it has picked up exclusive rights to Virunga, the feature doc that…
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Wrenn leaves CNN for Facebook
CNN veteran Nick Wrenn has left the Turner-owned news channel to join social network Facebook….
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DirecTV orders more MMA drama Kingdom
US pay TV platform operator DirecTV has ordered 20 more episodes of MMA drama Kingdom,…
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Sony’s AXN snaps up Red Arrow’s Falco
Sony’s male-skewed AXN channel has picked up eastern Europe rights to cop drama Falco. AXN…
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Scripps agrees European deal with Liberty Global
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has agreed a multi-territory distribution deal with Liberty Global for…
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News brief: Italy’s Rai sells drugs drama to the US
The international division of Italian state broadcaster Rai has notched several sales in the wake…
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FremantleMedia options Korean gameshow
FremantleMedia has optioned Korean format The Genius Game for France. In the show, players from…
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News brief: Discovery orders Too Ugly for Love?
Discovery has ordered a new dating series Too Ugly for Love? for its international nets….
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Fourquet and Manintveld launch YouTube nets
Former A+E Networks and Canal+ executive Fabienne Fourquet and BeBanjo founder and former On Demand…
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Worldwide Walking Dead ratings boom
Hot on the heels of breaking records in the US, the fifth season premiere of…
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Sky defies sceptics with Q1 growth
BSkyB has managed to defy continued downward economic pressure on consumer spending to beat analysts’…
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CBS launches SVOD service
US broadcast network CBS has launched a US$5.99 a month subscription streaming service. CBS All…
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‘Dramatic’ increase in TV multitasking
The past year has seen a “dramatic increase” in multitasking during TV viewing, with half…
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Canal+ could sell Polish channel stake
Canal+ Group and ITI could sell their 51% majority stake in leading Polish broadcaster TVN,…
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ORF does roaring MIPCOM trade
Franco-German cultural channel Arte prebuying wildlife documentary Lionsrock top lined a number of deals the…
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Nat Geo boards Electus’ Raft
National Geographic Channel in the US has greenlit The Raft, a survivalist unscripted series from…