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Leclerc launches French OTT service

Ahead of Netflix’s planned launch in France this autumn, French supermarket chain Leclerc is launching…

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Ex-NATPE boss heads new nonfiction trade association

Former NATPE president Rick Feldman is to head up a new reality TV producers’ trade…

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CBS lines up James Patterson drama

US broadcaster CBS has gone straight-to-series on an adaptation of James Patterson novel Zoo ahead…

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Amazon making Mena Suvari pilot with Universal

Amazon is making Hysteria, a new one-hour drama starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty). The pilot…

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Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods

Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…

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News brief: MundoFox encounters Magnificent Century

Turkish period drama Magnificent Century is now playing for US Hispanic audiences via Spanish-language cable…

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Passion whips up Hurricane 360 sales

Passion Distribution has sold several titles from The Weather Channel. A raft of broadcasters have…

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News brief: Turkey, Mid East nets kick on with Foot Pop

Programming services in Turkey and the Middle East have acquired football-themed funny clips show Foot…

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DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash

International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…

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South Korean Three Musketeers series greenlit

South Korean pay TV channel TVN has ordered a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas swashbuckler…

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Marvista launches digital distribution division

LA-based producer and distributor Marvista Entertainment has launched a new unit dedicated to acquiring and…

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WOWOW restructures production divisions

Japanese pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has reorganised its domestic and international production divisions. Tetsuya Nasuno…

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FremantleMedia poaches legal chief from BBC Worldwide

RTL-owned producer and distributor FremantleMedia has hired Robin Chalmers as its general counsel. Chalmers will…

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Sony and Telemundo ink three series production pact

Sony Pictures Television will make a series a year, for three years, for Hispanic broadcaster…

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Greek telco makes move for Nova TV channel

Deutsche Telekom-backed Greek telecom operator OTE has made a non-binding offer to media group Forthnet…

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Sky Deutschland and ARD making original drama

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is teaming up with public broadcaster ARD to collaborate…

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BBC Worldwide reorganises digital as Heaf exits

BBC Worldwide said it remains committed to its digital strategy in the wake of the…

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Ruff named as new ITVS Germany MD

Christiane Ruff has been named ITV Studios Germany’s new managing director, with incumbent Jan Kromschröder…

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Berman resurfaces with Fox-backed Jackal

Gail Berman has resurfaced six months after leaving her US prodco BermanBraun, and will lead…

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Yahoo saves Community

Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance…

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Lake steps down as Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia CEO

Michael Lake has stepped down as CEO of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios to become group…

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News brief: Wellness cable channel extends to Colombia

A new wellness and well-being cable channel has launched on Colombian pay TV platform Movistar….

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ZDFE launches drama JV with Kersken

ZDF Enterprises has formalised a long-running relationship with producer Uwe Kersken by launching joint a…

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Aereo suspends service but is ‘far from done’

Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…

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Atlantique, Keshet UK pour resource into Crater Lake

French drama producer Atlantique Productions and the UK arm of Israel’s Keshet International are co-developing…

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Mainstream channels ‘losing their grip’ in CEE

Mainstream national TV channels are losing their grip on viewers across central and eastern Europe…

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DTT remains top in France, CSA stats show

Digital-terrestrial TV remained the primary mode of reception of television for French households at the…

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Netflix collars Horrid Henry

Netflix has acquired seasons one to three of animated series Horrid Henry for its services…

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News brief: Hulu adds more Doozers

US streaming platform Hulu and its premium service Hulu Plus have added new episodes of…

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News brief: Sky 1 returns to Yonderland

UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has commissioned a second season of Yonderland, its surreal…