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ITV Studios picks up app-to-format Quiz Clash
ITV Studios has taken rights to the TV format based on the Quiz Clash mobile…
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E! to continue with Fashion Police without Joan Rivers
US cable net E! is to continue making Fashion Police, the Hollywood fashion series that…
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Endemol inks pact with Kingdom creator
Endemol Studios has tied writer and showrunner Byron Balasco into a first-look deal. Balasco is…
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Appetite for Kerridge cooking shows grows in Oz, US
Broadcasters in Australia and the US are among buyers of British cooking series from celebrity…
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Disney Channel, pubcasters bag Winkler’s Zipzer
Four Disney Channel feeds and two European pubcasters are among buyers of Hank Zipzer, the…
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9 Story calls up Imagination Movers
Canadian kids firm 9 Story Entertainment has secured a development deal with musical act Imgaination…
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New distributor Lineup snags output deals, Bully Project
New distribution firm Lineup Industries has secured content deals with a raft of indie producers,…
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Netflix to plot more Euro launches next year
Netflix will decide next year which European markets to expand into next, with a three-to-five…
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Endemol launching online gaming channel
Production and distribution group Endemol is launching a new video game-focussed online channel, Legends of…
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Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick hires Johnstone
Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment, the business formed by the founders of UK toon studio Cosgrove…
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MCN ChannelFlip creates talent units
Shine Group-owned YouTube multichannel network ChannelFlip has created two new divisions to increase its range…
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Russia weighs new foreign ownership limits
Russian legislators have called for a ceiling of 20% to be imposed on foreign ownership…
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Cartoon Network to chronicle Matt Hatter
Cartoon Network in the Middle East, Africa and Southern Europe has acquired three season of…
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TV Guide Network rebranding as Pop next year
CBS Corp. and Lionsgate Entertainment network TV Guide Network is rebranding. The US cable net…
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Corus leads $11m funding round in women’s MCN
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has lead a C$12 million (US$11 million) funding round in digital media…
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Hindi film icon to discuss factual’s future at MIPCOM
Hindi film superstar Aamir Khan will appear at the inaugural MIPCOM ‘MegaSession’, titled ‘The Future…
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RTÉ hires international formats boss
The international and commercial arm of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has hired Janet Frawley as…
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Buyers circle as de Mol’s Talpa put on the block
John de Mol’s Talpa has brought in Bank of America Merrill Lynch to advise it…
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Ex-Eyeworks exec joins Shine International
Shine International has hired Ted Bookstaver as senior VP, head of Americas. He was previously…
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Netflix goes live in Switzerland
Netflix has launched in Switzerland – the fourth European country in which the service has…
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BBC probes Wild Weather, orders Agatha Christie drama
UK broadcaster BBC One has ordered primetime science series called Wild Weather that’s coproduced by…
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Report: Discovery to take control of The Hub
Discovery Communications will take control of its joint venture kids channel The Hub by the…
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Sweden’s TV4 recruits digital content boss
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has hired Anna Rastner as head of…
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Objective founder exits All3Media prodco
Michael Vine is leaving Objective Productions, the UK comedy and entertainment producer he cofounded in…
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Boss of Russia’s Sistema arrested
Vladimir Evtushenkov, the chairman and majority owner of Russian TV-to-energy conglomerate Sistema has been arrested…
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Julie Bristow’s prodco gets hockey wives order
Bristow Global Media, the fledgling prodco set up by former CBC exec Julie Bristow, is…
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RTVE appoints North American distributor
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has appointed Atlanta-based Catalia Communications Corp. to become its channels and…
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News brief: TNT secures Marvel movie deal
US cable channel TNT has secured rights to the next five Marvel Universe movies. The…
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ITV scraps Rising Star ahead of launch
ITV has scrapped its version of the Rising Star format before it has launched. The…
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Discovery weighs SBS Netherlands move
Discovery is understood to be considering a move for the SBS free-to-air broadcast business in…