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News brief: SBS6 continues to see Danni Lowinski
Dutch commercial broadcaster SBS6 has ordered a third season of its remake of German scripted…
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Japan, Thailand join forces for toon JV
Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV is one of three partners behind a new joint venture business…
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Bråkenhielm steps down as Bonnier buys prodco
Anna Bråkenhielm has stepped down from format developer Scandinavian Studios after Nordic-based Bonnier Broadcasting bought…
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Kids veteran Court joins Brown Bag board
Global kids TV veteran Neil Court has joined the board of Irish animation producer Brown…
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Amazon Fire TV pins down WWE Network
Amazon’s streaming TV device Amazon Fire TV has added WWE Network to its stable of…
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Russian formats set for record year
Demand for original Russian programmes appears to be hitting record levels, with new research showing…
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Liberty to install Dutch boss as Ziggo CEO
The board of Dutch cable leader Ziggo has recommended a €35.74 (US$48.71) per share offer…
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Scripps leads $25m YouTube food network funding round
Scripps Networks Interactive has led a US$25 million round of Series C funding in US…
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CEE Euro nets tread The Road to War
Broadcasters across central and eastern Europe have acquired World War I documentary The Road to…
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Aereo ruling ‘will not end tech threat to broadcasters’
“Disruptive” business models of emerging tech firms still threaten broadcasters, despite the US networks’ legal…
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CBC slashing staff by 20%, moving to mobile under five-year plan
The CBC has unveiled a five-year strategy, which will involve a shift from TV to…
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Netflix set for Australia in 2015
US-listed streaming service Netflix is set to continue its rapid expansion with an Australian launch…
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MTG closes deal for channels group Trace
The Modern Times Group has closed its deal for Trace, the entertainment channels operator. The…
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Ovation embraces Wall of Sound
US arts cable channel Ovation has bought weekly music magazine series Wall of Sound from…
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Burn Notice creator scores overall Fox deal
Scripted cable producer Matt Nix is targeting broadcast networks after signing a new overall deal…
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News brief: Thai prodco wants to Keep Your Light Shining
The deals are continuing for Turkish singing competition format Keep Your Light Shining. Thailand’s Content…
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Donna Wiffen leaving FremantleMedia, will oversee new UK prodco
Donna Wiffen is exiting FremantleMedia and has been brought in as a consultant to run…
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Hasselhoff goes Hoff the Record on Dave
Cult icon David Hasselhoff has landed a 6x30mins ‘mockumentary’ comedy series at UK digital channel…
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Sony buys UK channels group
Sony Pictures Television has bought CSC Media Group, the UK channel operator. The deal, for…
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Scripps ‘offers BBCWW £500m for UKTV’
Scripps Networks International has reportedly offered the BBC as much as £500 million (US$849.2 million)…
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Wuaki.tv plans French, German and Italian launches
TV and movie streaming service Wuaki.tv is expanding its European footprint to a total of…
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Arte and BBC join forces for Obama doc
French cultural channel Arte and UK public broadcaster the BBC are joining forces to make…
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Sky 1 tends to 8pm slot with garden series
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has given the greenlight to a competition reality series…
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A+E Networks makes pair of EMEA hires
A+E Networks has made two senior European appointments, hiring Nickelodeon UK exec Kiaran Saunders as…
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CBBC, ZDFE visit Scream Street
UK children’s channel CBBC has come on board a fast-paced comedy series that Germany’s ZDF…
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BBC plans Ultra HD Commonwealth Games coverage
The BBC has unveiled plans to make the first live Ultra High Definition broadcast of…
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Lifetime orders Dance Moms spin-off from Collins Avenue
Lifetime has ordered Raising Asia, a reality series about child prodigy Asia Monet Ray, who…
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Telemundo making Spanish-language Les Mis adaptation
Telemundo is making a Spanish-language version of Victor Hugo’s classic historical novel Les Misérables. The…
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Broadcasters celebrate as Aereo ruled illegal
US broadcasters have come together in celebration after the Supreme Court ruled OTT streaming service…
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BBC Worldwide producing Daft Punk doc for Canal+
Canal+ has commissioned BBC Worldwide Productions France to create a 1x60mins documentary about French DJ…