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Online content firm AOL has unveiled its first UK originals. AOL UK’s shows are Being…

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A US remake of British sitcom The IT Crowd could be on the way after…

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Reed Midem has said 13,700 delegates attended the thirtieth edition of MIPCOM this week. Reed,…

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Netflix added fewer new customers than it had previously predicted in its third quarter, causing…

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German channel Vox has ordered a second season of the local version of Dragon’s Den,…

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Lagardère Active has acquired hit kids series Matt Hatter Chronicles for its digital kids channels…

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French production and distribution house Lagardere Entertainment is launching Lagardere Entertainment Asia and opening its first office in Singapore….

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BRB Internacional has struck a deal with US cable channel Vme Media, which will take…

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RLJ Entertainment has hired former PBS digital exec Matt Graham as vice president of its digital…

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Saban, Lionsgate and Astro-backed channel operator Celestial Tiger has renewed a key content deal with…

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US premium cabler HBO will launch an over the top service in the US. HBO…

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AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead has once again set ratings records as the biggest…

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French pay TV giant Canal+ has commissioned ZeroZeroZero, an 8x60mins series based on Gomorrah writer…

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Dutch-based broadcaster RTL4 has become the first network to commission a version of Israeli-created game…

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Japanese telco SoftBank has agreed to buy US-based DramaFever, a streaming site that offers on-demand…

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ProSiebenSat.1 Media is to convert itself into a European Company in order to establish “stronger…

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Australian pubcaster SBS and Discovery Asia have both acquired factual special Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered….

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Turner Broadcasting System is repositioning its Boomerang kids channel as an all-animation youth and family-targeted…

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US broadcast network CBS has put Finnish drama Mustat Lesket into development in view of an American adaptation….

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A number of Lifetime telemovies have sold to broadcasters across EMEA. Among the deals RTL…

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German kids channel Yep has acquired Xilam Animation’s toon series The Daltons. Based on the…

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An online platform claiming to be the first international 24/7 pay TV service focusing on…

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The Latin America division of FremantleMedia and US and Latin America-based prodco 360 Powwow have…

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BBC Worldwide is to coproduce a natural history series with Japan’s NHK, and is creating…

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Netflix’s investment in movies could help drive the transformation of the way movies are released…

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James Murdoch spoke publicly about the Shine/Endemol merger yesterday at MIPCOM. Referring to the deal, which…

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Slingshot Global Media has brought on former HBO distribution exec Carol Eymery to head up…

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Pan-regional Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has ordered local versions of FremantleMedia-distributed talent show The X…

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Buyers in 158 territories have acquired Shonda Rhimes-produced ABC drama How to Get Away with…

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A Greek pay TV operator has prebought the new season of BBC and Amazon crime drama Ripper…