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Netflix launches in Austria
Netflix has followed up its launches in France and Germany by adding Austria to the…
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Mediaset channel goes global online
Mediaset-owned Italian international channel Mediaset Italia is available as an online service from today. Mediaset…
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Nearly 1bn connected TVs by 2020
The number of TV sets connected to the internet globally will rise to 965 million…
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Liberty’s Telenet moves into original drama
Days ahead of Netflix’s Belgian launch, Liberty-backed cabler Telenet has unveiled plans for its first…
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Seven’s UK JV prodco staffs up
Recently-launched producer 7 Wonder has made its first hires, recruiting a factual boss from BSkyB…
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HBO renews Belgian cable deal
Belgian cabler Telenet has renewed its content deal with HBO until 2018. The deal gives…
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Indian romantic drama sold to Georgia
An Indian romantic drama has sold to a pair of Georgian channels from the Rustavi2…
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Netflix in Love with Apatow comedy
Streaming service Netflix has handed a two-season order to a relationships-themed comedy from gross-out movie…
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Oldman attached to Spike web crime drama
Gary Oldman is the latest Hollywood film star to executive produce a television drama series….
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Discovery sets Wallenda tightrope walk date
Nik Wallenda’s follow-up to the record-breaking live-broadcast of Skywire Live will go out on Discovery…
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Shaw Media appoints new president
Shaw Media has appointed Barbara Williams as its president following the passing of Paul Robertson…
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Genius appoints Robles for Lat Am sales
Andy Heyward’s Genius Brands International has appointed Spiral International, a subsidiary of entertainment firm Etcetera…
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ITV, WPP back new Avnet digital producer
UK broadcaster ITV and advertising giant WPP are the main investors in Indigenous Media, a…
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RTL cuts Rising Star run
Germany’s RTL has moved to shorten its local run of Israeli talent format Rising Star…
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Théroux exits eOne but scores TV development deal
Entertainment One’s film chief Patrice Théroux is exiting, but will remain working with the production…
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Caleb Weinstein joins Fox International Channels
Former Amazon, Discovery and Viacom executive Caleb Weinstein has resurfaced at Fox International Channels. He…
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Oz SVOD service launches stinging attack on Netflix
Australian on-demand service Quickflix has accused US rival Netflix of encouraging users to illicitly access…
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Zodiak poaches strategy boss from NBCU
Zodiak Media has recruited Natasha Mitchell as is vice president of group strategy. She joins…
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Netflix launches in Germany, partners with Deutsche Telekom
Netflix has gone live today in Germany and has signed a distribution partnership with Deutsche…
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SBS6 extends Utopia for open-ended run
Dutch commercial channel SBS6 to has extended social experiment reality series Utopia’s for an open-ended…
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News brief: Sons of Anarchy shatters FX ratings record
US cable channel FX has seen the premiere of the final season of biker drama…
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Sweden’s SVT appoints CEO
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has appointed Hanna Stjärne its new CEO. She will fill the…
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Gene Simmons to rock the Coliseum
Rock music and reality TV star Gene Simmons will be in Cannes to launch a…
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Al Jazeera launches youth-skewed news
Al Jazeera has launched its new youth-focused news service AJ+ as a free app for…
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Ofcom issues UK local TV warning
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has said that it is “very unlikely” that all the new…
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Tom Toumazis joins Airey’s team at Yahoo
Disney and Endemol veteran Tom Toumazis has joined Yahoo. Toumazis has taken the role of…
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African, Indian firms buy Eccho’s Turkish drama
Broadcasters in Africa and an Indian entertainment firm have acquired Eccho Rights’ widely-travelled Turkish drama…
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Netflix signs French IPTV deal
The hostile atmosphere facing Netflix’s launch in France has subsided somewhat after the US streaming…
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TF1 remaking Israeli comedy Little Mom
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired remake rights to Israeli comedy Little Mom. Scarlett Production…
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Apple boss says ‘awful’ TV is ‘stuck in the 70s’
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the technology giant remains interested in TV, but that…