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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…
BitTorrent to launch paid content bundles
File delivery technology specialist BitTorrent is launching paid content bundles this summer, as part of…
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…
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…
Banijay snags exclusive rights to TV Guide content
Banijay International has secured worldwide rights to content from US cable net TV Guide Network….
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…
Lionsgate, e-commerce giant create China streaming service
US media group Lionsgate has linked with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group to launch a…
Operation Repo firm options Chilean crime caper
Intrigue, the US content company that brought Operation Repo to the US, has picked up…
TV Guide’s Thurlow joins DCP
TV Guide Network’s executive VP of sales strategy and CFO Amy Thurlow has joined Dick…
Chinese net looks to Japan’s Dr What
Chinese channel Zhejiang TV is getting a local version of the Small World IFT-sold medical…
Networks raid Picture Box for programming
Various networks have acquired unscripted programming from Canada’s Picture Box Distribution. Viasat Europe and GB…
Shaftesbury finds teen trilogy Wondrous Strange
Canada’s Shaftesbury has acquired TV adaptation rights to the Wondrous Strange young adult fiction franchise….
Discovery poaches BBC business boss
Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…
Hulu lands multi-year South Park deal
Hulu has dealt a blow to streaming service rivals Netflix and Amazon by acquiring exclusive…
Neil Court buys into 9 Story
Neil Court, the former boss of kids producer and distributor Decode, has bought into Canadian…
Amazon to try out Netflix binge model
Amazon will launch all episodes of its upcoming scripted series Transparent simultaneously, taking a lead…
News brief: Keshet hires regional sales exec
The distribution arm of Israeli broadcaster Keshet has recruited Karina Dolgiej as sales manager, Latin…
ITV’s Thinkfactory making reality series for AMC
Thinkfactory Media, the US prodco acquired by ITV Studios last year, has won a commission…
Amazon buys Peppa Pig and raft of kids series
Amazon has acquired a slew of kids series for its streaming service in the UK,…
MTV greenlights fantasy drama
Viacom-owned MTV is putting fantasy drama Shannara into production. MTV will coproduce the 10-part series,…
BBC Worldwide cuts first-look with UK prodco
BBC Worldwide has agreed a first-look deal with Cuba Pictures, the UK production company behind…
Canal+ launches mobile app for kids
Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available from…
Yahoo buys Israeli video streaming firm RayV
Yahoo has acquired Israeli online video streaming company RayV, integrating the business into its cloud…
Sam & Cat cancelled after one season
Nickelodeon’s live-action comedy Sam & Cat has been cancelled after one season. This comes after…
Sam & Cat cancelled after one season
Nickelodeon’s live-action comedy Sam & Cat has been cancelled after one season. This comes after…
Ex-ITV Studios Germany boss launches Beta drama prodco
Jan Kromschröder, who recently stepped down as managing director of ITV Studios Germany, has launched…
Fox studio chiefs set to take on network
20th Century Fox Television co-bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman are to be handed control…
Networks identify Cineflix’s Last Seen Alive
Swedish and Italian channels have acquired Cineflix-owned crime series Last Seen Alive. TV4 in Sweden…
Mind Candy’s Acton Smith exiting CEO role
Michael Acton Smith, the energetic founder of Moshi Monsters company Mind Candy, his stepping down…
BT Sport signs Chelsea boss Mourinho
UK telco BT has inked a deal with Jose Mourinho, the manager of English Premier…