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Russian net buys Indian drama pre-NATPE Europe
Russian local channel NTK9 has acquired a drama series from India, which is fast becoming…
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Global-aiming Yellow poaches MTV3 formats boss
Finnish producer Yellow Film & TV has poached local broadcaster MTV3’s head of formats to…
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News brief: Shine’s Princess completes senior restructure
Shine Group-owned UK producer Princess Productions has named Emma Hardy and Conor Baily as co-managing…
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News brief: Extreme Football scores broadcast deals
New broadcasters have acquired Zodiak Kids’ animated series Extreme Football as the FIFA World Cup…
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UK net grows Larva imprint
UK broadcast group CSC Media has acquired seasons one and two of Spanish short-form toon…
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Spodsberg to swap Banijay Int’l for Nordisk return
Banijay International’s managing director Karoline Spodsberg is to move up to COO of Banijay Group’s…
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eOne adds veteran Bocaccio to scripted team
Entertainment One Television has named veteran production executive Gerard Bocaccio, who worked on Discovery’s first…
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News brief: Good Food, Tricon in Donut Showdown
UK pay TV channel Good Food has acquired two seasons of Tricon Films & Televison’s…
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Netflix responds angrily to Verizon as row heats up
US-based streaming service Netflix has reacted angrily to Verizon’s cease and desist letter concerning claims…
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ITV Player launches on Roku
British terrestrial broadcaster ITV has launched its ITV Player catch-up service on Roku streaming boxes…
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Rive Gauche promotes pair
US-based distributor Rive Gauche Television has upped two executives. Marine Ksadzhikyan has been elevated to…
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Welsh programme to boost indie’s international ambitions
Welsh authorities have set up Kick Start, a new initiative to help independent producers in…
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Flat growth forecast for European pay TV
Pay TV revenues will increase just 0.6% this year as subscribers move to bundled services,…
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HBO takes on distribution of Telemundo in Lat-Am
HBO Latin America has agreed a deal to distribute the Telemundo Internacional channel in the…
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Chromecast usage ‘declining’, study claims
The adoption of streaming media players has increased to nearly 20% of US broadband homes,…
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Croatian pay platform partners with Toumazis’ TVbeat
A Croatian pay TV operator has become the first broadcaster to partner with UK-based audience…
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News brief: Cartoon Network takes Shaun the Sheep to Asia
Cartoon Network in southeast Asia has acquired exclusive local rights to the latest season of…
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Discovery, Liberty will ‘build on’ All3Media acquisition
Discovery and Liberty Global are expected to buy additional content companies and assets to build…
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Hulu snags The Bridge
Hulu has acquired The Bridge from Shine International. The US streaming service will make the…
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Hastings to retain CEO and chairman roles at Netflix
Netflix CEO and chairman Reed Hastings has kept hold of both roles after shareholders at…
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M6 extends CBS output deal
French broadcaster M6 has extended its multi-year output deal with CBS Studios International. This comes…
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Euro football channel Sky Sports 5 launches
UK pay TV operator Sky is set to launch a new channel, called Sky Sports…
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SundanceTV puts gears in motion for Drive deal
UK production and financing consultancy Drive is to identify international scripted drama projects for US…
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Viacom takes stake in web content firm Defy
Entertainment conglomerate Viacom has taken a minority stake in web content and channels giant Defy…
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Nat Geo bets on Bulloch Family Ranch
National Geographic has taken EMEA and Australian rights to reality series Bulloch Family Ranch. The…
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YouTube launches for int’l gay channel Here TV
US-based gay cable net Here TV has launched paid-for YouTube channels in 16 international markets….
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RLJ picks Pears as sales boss
US distributor RLJ Entertainment has hired Mike Pears as its executive VP, content sales. In…
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Aussie pubcaster moving educational shows to ABC3
Australia’s pubcaster the ABC has decided to move its educational children’s programming to dedicated kids…
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BBC America, HBO Canada fill Iron Belly with scripted deal
US cable channel BBC America and HBO Canada have jointly acquired the script for Iron…
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Shine scores Code of a Killer, Rome rights
Shine International has acquired rights to a pair of series from UK broadcasters. From ITV…