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Kabillion taking content direct to consumers
US on-demand kids service Kabillion has struck a deal to get its content distributed on…
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Fox takes intn’l rights to Tiger Mom dramedy
Fox International Channels has taken international broadcast and distribution rights to Tiger Mom, the upcoming…
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Cable net FYI to be Married at First Sight for the second time
US cable channel FYI has ordered a second season of Married at First Sight, the…
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Ziad Kebbi on SPT Arabia departure
Ziad Kebbi says it was his departure from Sony Pictures Television Arabia, which both sides…
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News brief: 305k churn US pay TV, but cord-cutting slows
New research from the US shows that 305,000 consumers gave up their pay TV subscription…
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DirecTV adds BBC’s Uncle to slate
US cable operator DirecTV has acquired Uncle, the BBC Three comedy. The show will go…
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News brief: Roku explores GlobeTrekker.TV channel
On-demand platform Roku has added subscription net GlobeTrekker.TV to its line-up. The VOD service is…
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Sony scales back Middle East production, Kebbi exiting
Sony Pictures Television Arabia’s president Ziad Kebbi is exiting the business as part of a…
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Bewkes sidesteps Fox questions
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes neatly sidestepped questions about why he walked away from a…
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Liberty outlines four-pronged content strategy
Investment in OTT content, free-to-air broadcasting, production outfits and sports rights form four pillars of…
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New Russian OTT service rolls out
Russian retail and banking group Trellas has launched a new hybrid OTT TV service, TVzor,…
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Sky Vision cuts first-look deals with UK indies
BSkyB’s distribution arm Sky Vision has signed first-look deals with two UK indie producers. It…
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A+E poaches Star exec for Asia Pac
A+E Networks has hired Prem Kamath as deputy managing director for its Asia Pacific operations….
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News brief: ZDF ups docs sales exec Garcia
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF, has promoted documentary sales executive Margarita…
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News brief: NHNZ gives Collins North America role
Kiwi factual producer and distributor NHNZ has promoted Shera Collins to vice president of marketing…
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X Factor UK preps US debut on AXS
Music cable channel AXS TV is taking The X Factor UK into the US for…
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Netflix-style CEE service, 1+1 take Hostages
A new Netflix-style SVOD service in central and eastern Europe and Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 are…
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Prentiss Fraser leaving eOne for Fox
Prentiss Fraser is leaving Entertainment One and has landed a senior sales role at Fox…
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New format deals for Pawn Stars
There will be local versions of hit reality format Pawn Stars after the A&E and…
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MarVista scores VOD cable deals
MarVista Entertainment’s new digital unit has struck a deal with US cable content distributor iN…
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Sky Deutschland says it will add 450,000 subs
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…
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Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG
Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African…
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Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG
Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African…
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Liberty has 500,000 on Horizon
Liberty Global’s advanced TV platform Horizon passed the milestone of half a million subscribers in…
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Murdoch drops $80bn Time Warner bid
21st Century Fox has dropped its bid for Time Warner, citing the negative impact it…
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NBCU’s Carnival staffs up
Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films has hired two content execs as another leaves the NBCUniversal-owned…
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Storage Hunters prodco hires ex-Bigfoot boss
T Group Productions, the US indie behind truTV’s Storage Hunters, has hired Patrick McGee as…
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Mexican financier launches prodco Dos Corazones
Mexican film financier Pablo José Barroso has created a move and TV production and finance…
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Foxtel buys huge package from FremantleMedia
Australian pay TV operator Foxtel has acquired a 450-hour package of programming from FremantleMedia International….
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Channel 5 bags sought-after Batman spin-off Gotham
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has won the heated battle to acquire Gotham, Warner Bros.’s Batman…