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YouTube ‘in premium content talks with Hollywood’

YouTube has reportedly started new content talks with Hollywood and indie producers in an effort…

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BitTorrent to launch paid content bundles

File delivery technology specialist BitTorrent is launching paid content bundles this summer, as part of…

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Chernin and AT&T’s Otter makes first OTT investment

Peter Chernin and AT&T’s new joint venture company has bought online arts and crafts video…

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Chernin and AT&T’s Otter makes first OTT investment

Peter Chernin and AT&T’s new joint venture company has bought online arts and crafts video…

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Banijay snags exclusive rights to TV Guide content

Banijay International has secured worldwide rights to content from US cable net TV Guide Network….

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Fox Asia going day and date with the US

Fox’s international channels in Asia will show a raft of drama series within hours of…

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Lionsgate, e-commerce giant create China streaming service

US media group Lionsgate has linked with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group to launch a…

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Operation Repo firm options Chilean crime caper

Intrigue, the US content company that brought Operation Repo to the US, has picked up…

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TV Guide’s Thurlow joins DCP

TV Guide Network’s executive VP of sales strategy and CFO Amy Thurlow has joined Dick…

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Chinese net looks to Japan’s Dr What

Chinese channel Zhejiang TV is getting a local version of the Small World IFT-sold medical…

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Networks raid Picture Box for programming

Various networks have acquired unscripted programming from Canada’s Picture Box Distribution. Viasat Europe and GB…

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Shaftesbury finds teen trilogy Wondrous Strange

Canada’s Shaftesbury has acquired TV adaptation rights to the Wondrous Strange young adult fiction franchise….

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Discovery poaches BBC business boss

Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…

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Hulu lands multi-year South Park deal

Hulu has dealt a blow to streaming service rivals Netflix and Amazon by acquiring exclusive…

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Neil Court buys into 9 Story

Neil Court, the former boss of kids producer and distributor Decode, has bought into Canadian…

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Amazon to try out Netflix binge model

Amazon will launch all episodes of its upcoming scripted series Transparent simultaneously, taking a lead…

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News brief: Keshet hires regional sales exec

The distribution arm of Israeli broadcaster Keshet has recruited Karina Dolgiej as sales manager, Latin…

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ITV’s Thinkfactory making reality series for AMC

Thinkfactory Media, the US prodco acquired by ITV Studios last year, has won a commission…

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Amazon buys Peppa Pig and raft of kids series

Amazon has acquired a slew of kids series for its streaming service in the UK,…

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MTV greenlights fantasy drama

Viacom-owned MTV is putting fantasy drama Shannara into production. MTV will coproduce the 10-part series,…

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BBC Worldwide cuts first-look with UK prodco

BBC Worldwide has agreed a first-look deal with Cuba Pictures, the UK production company behind…

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Canal+ launches mobile app for kids

Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available from…

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Yahoo buys Israeli video streaming firm RayV

Yahoo has acquired Israeli online video streaming company RayV, integrating the business into its cloud…

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Sam & Cat cancelled after one season

Nickelodeon’s live-action comedy Sam & Cat has been cancelled after one season. This comes after…

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Sam & Cat cancelled after one season

Nickelodeon’s live-action comedy Sam & Cat has been cancelled after one season. This comes after…

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Ex-ITV Studios Germany boss launches Beta drama prodco

Jan Kromschröder, who recently stepped down as managing director of ITV Studios Germany, has launched…

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Fox studio chiefs set to take on network

20th Century Fox Television co-bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman are to be handed control…

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Networks identify Cineflix’s Last Seen Alive

Swedish and Italian channels have acquired Cineflix-owned crime series Last Seen Alive. TV4 in Sweden…

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Mind Candy’s Acton Smith exiting CEO role

Michael Acton Smith, the energetic founder of Moshi Monsters company Mind Candy, his stepping down…

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BT Sport signs Chelsea boss Mourinho

UK telco BT has inked a deal with Jose Mourinho, the manager of English Premier…