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Endemol-Shine merger confirmed
MIPCOM 2014 will be the final market that Shine and Endemol attend independently of each…
Bravo Canada buys Endemol’s Kingdom
Bell Media has acquired MMA drama series Kingdom for its specialty channel Bravo. The series…
Czech TV orders Everybody Loves Raymond format
Czech public broadcaster CT has ordered a local version of US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond….
Extant to return as Murder is greenlit
CBS sci-fi drama Extant has been handed a second season, as rival ABC gives full-season…
Icahn presses for Apple ultra-HD adoption
Billionaire investor and Apple shareholder, Carl Icahn, has written an open letter to Apple in…
Steve Ronson to run Chicken Soup prodco
US-based publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul has created a TV and film division and…
UK prodco completes DCD buyout
Glasgow-based producer Matchlight has completed a management buyout that has seen its three founders take…
AMC exits unscripted
US cable channel AMC is stopping production of its unscripted slate in order to focus…
DramaFever coproducing drama with KBS
On-demand service DramaFever is coproducing a second drama with Korea’s KBS. Tomorrow’s Cantabile (aka Naeil’s Cantabile),…
News brief: DR Sales hires formats exec
The sales division of Danish pubcaster DR has hired a formats sales executive. Louise Juel…
Banijay names Namiech as Spodsberg successor
Banijay International has named Emmanuelle Namiech as its managing director, For the past six months,…
Ex-Zodiak boss Frank’s new firm outlines plan
Former Zodiak Media boss David Frank has outlined plans for his new content company, Dial…
Hall’s Warehouse 51 unveils first projects
Former Parthenon Entertainment and Sky Vision boss Carl Hall has unveiled the first projects from…
Branco, Coffin expand Turner roles
Turner Broadcasting has added responsibility for the African market to its French market chief Pierre…
NBCU rejigs with new Asia Pacific boss
NBCUniversal International Television has promoted internally for its first managing director for Asia Pacific. Justin…
Sky, ARD set up ‘pioneering’ German drama
Sky Deutschland and ARD are two of four partners attached to a German-produced crime thriller…
Discovery Kids remaking Oz music show
Discovery Kids Latin America is preparing a Spanish-language version of Australian kids music-themed show Hi-5….
New US office triggers restructure at October
Indie October Films has restructured its operations following the decision to open a US office….
DHX, Sony prepare Meatballs TV series
Sony Pictures Animation and DHX Media are working up a television adaptation of animated film…
Broadcasters get Bing Bunny bounce
Broadcasters in Australia and Europe have acquired children’s series Bing Bunny. ABC in Australia, S4C…
News brief: UK firm Merman reviving US comedy
Sharon Horgan’s new UK indie Merman Films is bringing back IFC comedy The Increasingly Poor…
News brief: Blue Ant plots 200 hours of 4K wildlife
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has committed to producing and distributing 200 hours of premium 4K…
News brief: Paul rejoins Zig Zag as US SVP
Ben Paul is rejoining the UK’s Zig Zag Productions three years after exiting to run…
Dutch Fox orders Hounds, MTG builds production hub
The Fox channel in the Netherlands has ordered a Release the Hounds special, which will…
Viacom’s Spike to begin int’l roll out in UK
Viacom is set to launch its male-skewing Spike channel internationally for the first time, with…
Walking Dead renewed again
AMC’s zombie apocalypse drama The Walking Dead has been renewed for a sixth season. This…
Dexter, Squint/Opera form production JV
Children’s TV consultancy Serious Lunch is producing a joint venture production company with London-based studio…
Amazon extends StudioCanal movie deal
Amazon Prime Instant Video has renewed its movie deal with Europe’s StudioCanal. The multi-year extension…
Cartoon Network grabs Transformers after Hub switch
Cartoon Network has snapped up Transformers: Robots in Disguise after the Transformer franchise’s former home,…
Turner feels Oh!K about Asian channel launch
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific’s upcoming channel, Oh!K, has scored a volume deal with Korean…