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UK channel More4 has acquired Australia World War I miniseries ANZAC Girls from All3Media International….

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US premium cable channel Starz has promoted Brett Marottoli to VP, programme acquisitions. Based out…

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Google’s Chromecast is offering new US customers a two-month Hulu Plus subscription. The streaming HDMI…

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DCD Rights’ doc series about a London department store has sold to broadcasters in Europe…

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Suzanne Kolb is exiting her post as president of cable channel E! Entertainment, with long-serving…

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Singaporean OTT service Toggle has scored a multiyear SVOD deal with The Walt Disney Company….

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French broadcaster France 2 has commissioned a remake of Spanish crime drama Desparecida (Missing). The…

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UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a 6x30mins factual series from its affiliated prodco Shiver. Secrets…

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Various broadcasters have acquired Sky Vision’s documentary Berlin Wall: The Night the Iron Curtain Closed….

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Red Arrow Entertainment Group has re-hired Nina Etspueler as senior creative producer. Etspueler had previously…

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UK digital channel ITV2 has bought exclusive broadcast and SVOD rights to Scorpion, CBS Studios…

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Zodiak France has appointed Marc Nowak as chief operating officer, drama, in a move it…

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Formats distributor Nordic World has agreed several deals with German partners. Commercial broadcaster RTL has…

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Amazon will launch all episodes of the second season of political comedy Alpha House simultaneously…

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The latest entertainment medium to feel the impact of Netflix’s thirst for exclusive content is…

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Former Estrella TV and Warner Bros. executive Andy Weir has launched a new distribution company,…

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Liza Marshall, formerly of Scott Free Productions, has launched a film and TV production company…

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German cable operator Tele Columbus plans to launch an initial public offering by the end…

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BSkyB has invested US$5 million in US advertising technology firm Sharethrough, as part of its…

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Discussions that may see Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation sold to Japan’s SoftBank Corp. have “cooled”,…

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Canada’s Global TV and Australian pay TV provider Foxel have acquired Gracepoint, the US remake…

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European broadcaster MTG is renaming its Viasat-branded broadcast operations base in London. The division will…

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Russian channel Rossiya 1 has commissioned a local version of Armoza Formats’ studio entertainment show…

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Canada’s Guru Studio has partnered with a kids TV veteran to produce new projects. Guru…

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Telco Belgacom has signed a carriage deal with Netflix, at the same time as it…

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Former BSkyB content boss Sophie Turner-Laing has landed what is perhaps the biggest job in…

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Gaumont has recruited Hana Zidek as its vice president, distribution of its international television division….

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Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has acquired Sony Pictures Televison’s El Mariachi, the Latin drama based…

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US premium cable Starz is offering a pair of episodes from the upcoming LeBron James…

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Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation is talking with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank about a US$3.4 billion deal,…