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Talpa organises US formats pitching competition
The US division Talpa is soliciting format ideas for Talpa Pitchfest, a pitching competition that…
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Sony and Disney sell FilmFlex VOD service
Video platform provider and content aggregator Vubiquity has acquired UK-based white label video-on-demand provider FilmFlex….
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eOne unveils Secret Location investment
Canada-based studio Entertainment One has invested in an interactive agency that is expanding into the…
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Buccieri upped at ITV Studios US, Kyriacou adds new role
Paul Buccieri has been promoted to chairman of ITV Studios US Group, ITV’s umbrella division…
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Sebastian Coe frontrunner for vacant BBC Trust chairman role
Sebastian Coe is being strongly tipped to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust,…
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Ten loses Seven programmer legal bid
Australia’s Network Ten has been dealt a blow after a judge rejected the broadcaster’s bid…
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HBO orders new Danny McBride comedy
HBO has commissioned Vice Principals, a new comedy series starring Eastbound & Down‘s Danny McBride….
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MTG Africa unwraps Armoza’s Package
The African arm of Modern Times Group has licensed Armoza Formats’ factual entertainment series The…
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FremantleMedia to serve up new cooking format
FremantleMedia has taken international rights to Spanish-originated cooking format My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours….
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Amazon UK buys Halle Berry drama Extant
Amazon has snapped up exclusive first-window rights to buzzy sci-fi series Extant for its UK…
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Beyond slams ‘arrogant’ Endemol in branding dispute
Producer and distributor Beyond has slammed Endemol for branding its new international division ‘Endemol Beyond’,…
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Two more broadcasters wanna marry Prince Harry
ITV in the UK and M-Net in South Africa have both acquired reality series I…
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Banijay raids Endemol for US Studio hire
Banijay Studios North America division has poached Caroline Baumgard from Endemol and she will serve…
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Canada’s Bell cuts deal with indie producers
Canadian telco and media company Bell has struck a deal with the trade body representing…
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Vikings sets UK ratings record for History
The opening instalment of drama series Vikings has become the most-watched programme ever on the…
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Aass lands top MTG content job as Svensk exits
European broadcaster Modern Times Group has made Morten Aass president and CEO of its content…
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Fast growth years ‘over’ for the global pay TV
Global pay TV’s “fast growth years are over” with industry revenues due to climb from…
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Prima buys into Talpa’s Utopia
Romanian free-to-air broadcaster Prima TV has ordered a local version of Utopia, the reality format…
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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…
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NBC consolidates scripted as Rabinowitz exits
US broadcaster NBC is creating a single unit to house its comedy and drama development…
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Netflix swoops to bag Sony Animation movies
Streaming service Netflix has scored a licensing agreement for Sony Pictures Animation movies, and will…
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Google brings Chromecast to six more countries
Google has launched its Chromecast HDMI streaming device in six more international markets – including…
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Paramount agrees first-look deal with True Detective producer
Paramount Television has struck a three-year first-look deal with Anonymous Content, the US production company…
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Fox launches Nat Geo channels on Orange
Fox International Channels’ National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild have launched on the Orange…
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ITV Studios to launch branded block in Japan
A Japanese satellite broadcaster has signed a deal to launch a branded ITV programming block…
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Top Gear motors in to China
BBC Worldwide’s petrolhead format Top Gear is being remade in China. The programme, which BBCWW…
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HBO Europe to remake Aussie crime comedy
HBO Europe has acquired production rights to Australian crime comedy Small Time Gangster and is…
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Nick Oz hands VIMN’s Nam GM role
Nickelodeon Networks Australia and New Zealand has appointed Jihee Nam has its VP and general…
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MTG programming exec departs for Millicom
Louise Ernst has left her position of head of programming at Modern Times Group’s Viaplay…
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ESPN mulling OTT service
US sports network ESPN is mulling a plan to provide access to US Major League…