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Dish demands FCC stop Comcast-TWC deal
US satcaster Dish Network is petitioning media regulator the Federal Communications Commission to stop the…
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Shine unveils R&D label with UK university
Shine Group is launching a development production label as part of a “unique” agreement with…
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Shine unveils R&D label with UK university
Shine Group is launching a development production label as part of a “unique” agreement with…
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BBC, BBC America order horror series from Life on Mars Team
BBC1 and BBC America are coproducing The Living and the Dead, a new period ghost-hunter…
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Electus cuts deal for ‘Chinese Fashion Star’
Electus has struck a Chinese deal for The Goddesses’ New Clothes, a format based on…
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Sky swoops for Warner Bros.’ The Flash and Forever
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has acquired two drama series launched at this year’s LA…
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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Turner nabs SBS Discovery exec for Nordics
Turner has recruited Karin Lindström as programme director of its entertainment channels in the Nordic…
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Leckie resigns from Seven board
Australian TV programming veteran David Leckie has resigned from Seven West Media, the parent of…
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WE tv to open US Sex Box
US cable channel WE tv has commissioned a nine-episode series based on British format Sex…
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Netflix tipped to rapidly expand intn’l base
International subscriptions will account for one fifth of Netflix’s overall business in four years time…
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Belgium virus drama among new BBC shows
UK channel BBC Four’s love-affair with European drama has continued with the acquisition of Belgium…
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Finland’s Yellow consolidates prodcos
Finnish producer Yellow Film & Television is consolidating its subsidiary production companies as the company…
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Netflix, Hulu buy ABC Oz series
The sales arm of Australian pubcaster the ABC has sold several series to Netflix and…
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Sky Deutschland commits to Crime
Sky Deutschland is gearing up to launch three new highdefinition channels – two movie networks…
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Miramax secures cash for TV and film production
Miramax has completed a US$250 million bond offering and secured a new credit line. The…
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Passion signs Quicksilver Media pact
UK-based distributor Passion has signed an agreement to sell Quicksilver Media’s documentary Clothes to Die…
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Ex-Galleon chief joins ITVS as kids sales boss
Steve Green, formerly of UK-based IP group Galleon Holdings, has joined ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s…
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BBC shows on Google Play in Oz
Doctor Who, The Muskateers and Sherlock are to be made available via download purchase on the…
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Channel 4 takes stakes in four indies
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has taken minority stakes in four UK indies, with CEO promising…
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RTL hit by €88m impairment
RTL Group has posted a €88 million (US$116.8 million) impairment in its first-half results as…
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Argonon opens Scottish base
Argonon Group and its subsidiary Remedy Productions have launched an office in Scotland to capitalise…
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BBCWW adds two commissioning execs
BBC Worldwide has appointed executives formerly of National Geographic and Viacom respectively to its global…
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Twofour Group restructures, launches Welsh arm
Twofour Group is continuing to restructure its operations, announcing several staff changes and a new…
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Doctor Who Extra set for BBC iPlayer
Doctor Who Extra, a new series based on the British sci-fi drama, is launcing exclusively…
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BOOM! Studios lands Fox first-look deal
Comic book publisher BOOM! Studios has entered into a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox…
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TVNZ plans DIY series
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has commissioned a Eyeworks DIY-themed format. Our First Home is billed…
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SVT Flow hails Taxi as comic VOD original
Swedish on-demand platform SVT Flow has unveiled a batch of new original formats for its…
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WarnerTV boards The Last Ship
Asian entertainment channel WarnerTV has acquired exclusive local rights to US summer drama The Last…
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BBC Knowledge expands into Taiwan
Thematic factual channel BBC Knowledge HD is launching on four cable platforms in Taiwan. The…