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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…
Ex-NATPE boss heads new nonfiction trade association
Former NATPE president Rick Feldman is to head up a new reality TV producers’ trade…
CBS lines up James Patterson drama
US broadcaster CBS has gone straight-to-series on an adaptation of James Patterson novel Zoo ahead…
Amazon making Mena Suvari pilot with Universal
Amazon is making Hysteria, a new one-hour drama starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty). The pilot…
Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods
Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…
News brief: MundoFox encounters Magnificent Century
Turkish period drama Magnificent Century is now playing for US Hispanic audiences via Spanish-language cable…
Passion whips up Hurricane 360 sales
Passion Distribution has sold several titles from The Weather Channel. A raft of broadcasters have…
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…
DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash
International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…
South Korean Three Musketeers series greenlit
South Korean pay TV channel TVN has ordered a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas swashbuckler…
Marvista launches digital distribution division
LA-based producer and distributor Marvista Entertainment has launched a new unit dedicated to acquiring and…
WOWOW restructures production divisions
Japanese pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has reorganised its domestic and international production divisions. Tetsuya Nasuno…
FremantleMedia poaches legal chief from BBC Worldwide
RTL-owned producer and distributor FremantleMedia has hired Robin Chalmers as its general counsel. Chalmers will…
Sony and Telemundo ink three series production pact
Sony Pictures Television will make a series a year, for three years, for Hispanic broadcaster…
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…
Sky Deutschland and ARD making original drama
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is teaming up with public broadcaster ARD to collaborate…
BBC Worldwide reorganises digital as Heaf exits
BBC Worldwide said it remains committed to its digital strategy in the wake of the…
Ruff named as new ITVS Germany MD
Christiane Ruff has been named ITV Studios Germany’s new managing director, with incumbent Jan Kromschröder…
Berman resurfaces with Fox-backed Jackal
Gail Berman has resurfaced six months after leaving her US prodco BermanBraun, and will lead…
Yahoo saves Community
Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance…
Lake steps down as Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia CEO
Michael Lake has stepped down as CEO of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios to become group…
News brief: Wellness cable channel extends to Colombia
A new wellness and well-being cable channel has launched on Colombian pay TV platform Movistar….
ZDFE launches drama JV with Kersken
ZDF Enterprises has formalised a long-running relationship with producer Uwe Kersken by launching joint a…
Aereo suspends service but is ‘far from done’
Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…
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…
Mainstream channels ‘losing their grip’ in CEE
Mainstream national TV channels are losing their grip on viewers across central and eastern Europe…
DTT remains top in France, CSA stats show
Digital-terrestrial TV remained the primary mode of reception of television for French households at the…
Netflix collars Horrid Henry
Netflix has acquired seasons one to three of animated series Horrid Henry for its services…
News brief: Hulu adds more Doozers
US streaming platform Hulu and its premium service Hulu Plus have added new episodes of…
News brief: Sky 1 returns to Yonderland
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has commissioned a second season of Yonderland, its surreal…