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Cult director von Trier plans DR drama
Controversial film director Lars von Trier to readying an English-language TV series for Denmark’s DR…
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Twofour launches new content group
UK-based Twofour Group has merged its digital arm with its Arabian production hub and events…
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Weinstein Company takes US rights to Roald Dahl series
The Weinstein Company has picked up US rights to the upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl…
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Spain’s Imira strikes Samsung connected TV deal
Madrid-based producer and distributor Imira Entertainment has struck a content deal with Samsung. The TV…
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Ten plunges into Shark Tank
Australia’s Network Ten is creating its own version of Shark Tank, the American series based…
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Netflix plans German content
Netflix aims to produce an original series in Germany, according to CEO Reed Hastings. Hastings…
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A+E beats Time Warner to $250m Vice stake
A+E Networks will acquire a 10% stake in hipster content brand Vice Media, beating off…
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iPlayer on trend with fashion originals
The BBC has commissioned three programmes on the forthcoming London Fashion Week to air exclusively…
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Brazil’s Gloob inspects Pumpkin Reports
Brazilian children’s channel Gloob has pre-bought a European-Asian animated coproduction from Spanish producer-distributor Motion Pictures….
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1+1 accuses Russia of sabotaging new Ukrainian channel
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster 1+1 has accused Russia of attempting to discredit its fledgling international news…
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Million Pound Drop app reaches download milestone
UK terrestrial network Channel 4 has notched up more than three million downloads of The…
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Ex-Financial Times boss set to oversee the BBC
The UK government has selected Rona Fairhead as its preferred candidate for the vacant role…
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News brief: Jane Root’s Nutopia hires development chief
Nutopia, the US factual prodco run by former BBC and Discovery exec Jane Root, has…
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MTG appoints Viaplay Nordic programming chief
Modern Times Group’s MTGx digital division has upped company executive Fredrik Ljungberg (right) to programming…
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Reed Midem launches Latin MIP market
The organisers of MIPTV and MIPCOM are launching a new market for the Latin American…
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DCD reassures investors after share price drop
UK indie DCD Media has moved to reassure shareholders that despite a big fall in…
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Netflix stumping up $2m per episode for The Blacklist
Netflix has acquired US drama series The Blacklist for a reported US$2m per episode. The…
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eOne acquires another Canuck prodco
North American production giant Entertainment One has acquired another Canada-based producer – this time the…
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Oz union accuses ABC of A$100m cuts plot
An Australian media union has accused the country’s pubcaster, the ABC, of covertly planning to…
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Vivendi accepts Telefonica’s €7.5bn Brazil cable offer
Vivendi has decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with Telefónica for the sale of its…
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Starz launching reality series online before TV
US premium cabler Starz is launching episodes of its first unscripted series online before it…
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Oprah net launches web series Who Am I
Oprah Winfrey and Discovery joint venture channel OWN has launched a new online series Who…
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Sony hires ex-Disney exec as Russia chief
Sony Pictures Television has hired a former Disney Russia producer to run its production business…
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Nordic World opens up shop in NY, eastern Europe
Nordic World has opened offices in New York and Budapest as part of an ongoing…
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Sjoberg upped in TV4 management restructure
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has promoted director of programmes for general…
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SBS names Sanoma exec as CEO
Dutch broadcaster SBS Broadcasting has appointed Peter de Mönnink as its new CEO, as part…
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Australia’s Nine ups sales in ‘difficult’ market
The parent company of Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network has upped revenue in its 2014…
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Children’s Media Conference launches London event
The organisers of the annual Children’s Media Conference are launching a new event, the The…
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HBO Lat Am welcomes CBBC’s EVE
HBO Latin America has pre-bought new CBBC children’s drama EVE. This marks the first international…
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Crew member fatally shot during Cops filming
A crew member on Cops has been fatally shot while filming the long-running US reality…