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International overtakes US at Discovery
Revenues from Discovery’s international services are now greater than those from the channel operator’s domestic…
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CCTV-9 boss Wen ‘arrested’
Liu Wen, who runs Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s documentary channel, has reportedly been arrested by…
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Bravo entertains Melbourne’s Housewives
US cable channel Bravo has acquired Australian reality series The Real Housewives of Melbourne. The…
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Cord-cutting takes hold in Europe
Pay TV subscribers are in declining across a large part of Europe as well as…
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Turkey’s Star orders hairdresser format
Turkish broadcaster Star TV has ordered a local version of hairdressing competition format The Final…
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All3Media America poaches Shed’s Hariton, promotes six
The US arm of All3Media has poached Leah Hariton from Shed Media US and made…
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ITV to sell Kevin Lygo’s BBC drama
ITV Studios’ programme sales arm will take international rights to Walter, the upcoming Kevin Lygo…
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DHX closes channels deal, shuffles management
DHX Media has closed a deal for the Family Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior…
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ITV remains a takeover target, say analysts
ITV will remain a takeover target and speculation about a sale will drive its share…
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Meisner Eagle swoops for Discovery Life role
Julie Meisner Eagle has been promoted to VP, production and development at Discovery Fit &…
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CTC Media boosted by Russian digital delay
The full launch delay of Russia’s second digital TV multiplex from 2015 to 2019 will…
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CBS poaches Fox, Television 360 drama execs
CBS Television Studios has hired a pair of drama executives, one from rival broadcaster Fox…
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Simon Cowell named MIPCOM personality of the year
MIPCOM organisers Reed Midem have named Simon Cowell the personality of the year for this…
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ITV Studios boss pens BBC drama
Kevin Lygo, the managing director of ITV Studios, has had a drama series picked up…
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Netflix eyes 2015 Spain launch
Netflix is due to launch in Spain in the last quarter of 2015, according to…
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AMC tipped to make move for BBC America stake
US-listed channel operator AMC Networks is in negotiations to buy almost half of BBC America,…
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RTL buys SpotXchange
RTL Group has paid €107 million (US$143.1 million) to take a 65% majority stake in…
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News brief: Michelle Obama to appear in US kids show
Michelle Obama is set to appear in US kids series Kid President: Declaration of Awesome….
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Jason Kilar’s Vessel going after YouTube content producers
Former Hulu boss Jason Kilar’s new business is actively going after online video producers and…
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OTT Acorn grows onto iPads and iPhones
Acorn TV, the US streaming service programmed with UK-centric content, has launched on Apple devices….
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UK kids OTT service captures The Gruffalo
Hopster, the UK streaming service for kids, has acquired exclusive rights to the animated one-offs…
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CBS bosses confirmed for MIPCOM
CBS production and distribution bosses will deliver a joint keynote at this year’s MIPCOM. David…
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Telemundo strikes Chilean content deal
Chilean broadcaster Chilevision has struck a programming deal with Telemundo. The sales arm of the…
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Liberty Global acquisition drive ‘slowing down’
Liberty Global is unlikely to acquire fixed networks in further European markets and is not…
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Scripps developing Siba format, lines up new seasons
Scripps Networks International is further investing in emerging chefs Siba Mtongana and Reza Mahammad, revealing…
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Tricon hires Saperstein to run kids division
Tricon Films & Television has recruited Frank Saperstein to run its kids and family unit….
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ITV Studios posts profit, revenue gains
ITV reported strong first half revenue and profit gains, helped by its coverage of the…
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DreamWorks swings to loss as SEC probes write-down
DreamWorks Animation has reported a quarterly loss with its movie business underperforming. However, as the…
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OTT set to rocket in Asia Pac
Revenues from OTT services will top US$10 billion in the Asia Pacific by 2020 as…
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Netflix cuts AT&T deal
Netflix has agreed an interconnection deal with AT&T designed to reduce buffering problems for its…