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Best of British for OTT service Wuaki
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has added a raft of British movies to its service…
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News brief: Pablo Escobar moves to the Netherlands
RTL has acquired Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord for its RTL Crime channel in the…
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Trace channel secures US carriage
The Trace Sports Stars channel has struck a carriage deal with US pay TV operator…
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Hell’s Kitchen opens in Asia
An Indonesian broadcaster has commissioned the first Asian version of Gordon Ramsay-created cooking format Hell’s…
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News brief: Watch witnesses ABC’s Ressurection
UK pay TV channel Watch will air ABC’s supernatural drama Resurrection. Watch parent UKTV closed…
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News brief: Global Agency bags Israel’s Share or Dare
Turkey-based distributor Global Agency has acquired international sales rights to a new Israeli game show….
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News brief: Italian net plans to Get Your Mind Right
Italian channel Italia1 has green-lit a 33-episode series based on MTV format Girl Get Your…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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Atlantic launches virtual reality prodco
UK producer Atlantic has set up Alchemy VR, a virtual reality studio with its visual…
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Carrington swaps Hit for Zodiak
Michael Carrington is leaving his position of VP of global content at Hit Entertainment to…
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Boom/Twofour hives off digital arm, names CEO
Twofour Broadcast’s managing director Melanie Leach will lead the merged Twofour Broadcast-Boom Pictures group, which…
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Rightster buys Base79 in £50m deal, YouTube co-founder joins
UK-based multichannel operator Rightster has acquired rival network Base79 in a deal that could be…
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Professor Brian Cox to keynote TV tech confab
Broadcaster and physicist Professor Brian Cox is due to give a keynote address at the…
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Hulu buys Australian soap Neighbours
US streaming service Hulu has acquired Neighbours, the long-running Australian soap. The daily soap has…
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News brief: Toon Goggles buys D360 kids show
US video-on-demand service Toon Goggles has acquired kids programming from marblmedia-owned vendor Distribution 360. The…
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Warner Bros. ups distribution exec Stanley
Warner Bros. has elevated John Stanley, giving him responsibility for digital distribution in the UK….
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Sony’s Embassy Row making de Cadanet talkshow for Lifetime
Sony-owned US prodco Embassy Row is producing Undone with @AmandadeCadenet, a new live talkshow for…
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News brief: French net says My Man Can
France’s NRJ 12 has commissioned a remake of Red Arrow International-sold game show format My…
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News brief: Broadcasters undertake Gaumont’s Quest
A number of pay and free TV channels have acquired Gaumont Animation’s 26x30mins action toon…
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News brief: Netflix recruits ex-Nick development exec
Netflix has hired Brian Wright, the former Nickelodeon development executive, as it looks to increase…
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News brief: Saban hires former Hub, CBS exec for digital
Saban Brands has hired Kendall Doty as VP of digital. Doty was most recently at…
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News brief: TLC Lat Am gobbles up Food Truck Face Off
TLC’s cable feeds in Latin America and Hispanic US have landed Food Truck Face Off,…
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Worldwide sells BBC America royal comedy back into the UK
UK channel E4 has acquired Almost Royal, the first original comedy to come out of…
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News brief: HBO Asia orders more Hollywood on Set
HBO Asia has acquired more episodes of movie series Hollywood on Set. The pay TV…
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ITV Studios sales VP to exit
ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s north-western Europe sales boss David Wilcox is leaving the distributor, TBI…
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Telefónica takes Mediaset stake
Mediaset has agreed to sell an 11.11% stake in its Italian pay TV unit to…
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Russia passes pay TV ad ban
Russia’s State Duma has passed a bill banning advertising on cable and satellite pay TV…
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CBC and producers: Netflix should contribute to Canuck content
Canadian public broadcaster the CBC and the Canadian producers’ association have called for Netflix to…
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RTL says Hungary ad tax will hit profits
RTL said this morning that a new tax on advertising in Hungary will severely impact…
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Kurt Seyit finds CEE lovers
Turkish romantic drama Kurt Seyit & Sura has found a trio of buyers in central…