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RTL finds Züll replacement in Croatia
RTL Hrvatska in Croatia has appointed the managing director of cooperative news provider Enex, Henning…
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Heyward’s Genius Brands raises US$6m
Andy and Amy Heyward’s Genius Brands is set to raise US$6 million in funding via…
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News brief: South African net bags Electus shows
South African pay TV operator M-Net has acquired 75 hours of US cable programming from…
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NBCU pins down WWE wrestling shows
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment has scored a deal to keep the lucrative WWE wrestling programmes on…
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Nigerian net buys Indian drama
Nigerian pay TV channel My TV has acquired an Indian drama series, the second time…
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News brief: China’s CCTV renews Globo soccer deal
CCTV has renewed a soccer rights deal with Brazilian media giant Globo. The three-year deal…
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Regional bosses appointed in ITV Studios restructure
ITV Studios Global Entertainment, the content sales division of the UK broadcaster, has instigated a…
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Nordisk Film TV poaches trio of Zodiak execs
Nordisk Film TV’s Swedish arm has hired a new managing director, Kristoffer Graci, who comes…
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Hulu recruits former Netflix marketing exec
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu has recruited Jenny Wall, the Netflix marketing executive who…
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TV to succeed PC as top online video platform
TV is on track to succeed the PC as the top platform for watching online…
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Italian, Russian nets to remake The Returned
Sky Italia’s new pay TV channel Sky Atlantic is one of two channels who will…
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Armoza constructs That’s My House! Deals
Israel-based format producer and distributor Armoza has shopped its fact ent format That’s My House!…
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Cisneros signs Pausoka distribution deal
Cisneros Media Distribution, the sales arm of Venezuelan broadcaster Cisneros, has agreed a distribution deal…
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OTT service Wuaki seals HBO deal
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has snagged a raft of HBO content after striking a…
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DLT nabs STV drama boss
DLT Entertainment has hired Scottish pubcaster STV’s head of drama to take the same role…
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News brief: Blue Ant taking Eccentrics to market
Recently-launched distributor Blue Ant International has picked up international rights to feature doc Eccentrics. The…
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Shazam adds ‘new TV experience’
Content recognition app Shazam has rolled out a “streamlined second screen experience for TV in…
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Remedy taps ex-Sky factual exec
Argonon Group-owned Remedy Productions has hired ex-Sky Living commissioner Sophie Wurzer-Willliams as head of factual…
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News brief: Chello nets Power up
Chello Central Europe channels in Hungary and Romania have acquired a total of 160 hours…
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FremantleMedia UK scouting for CEO after Geater exit
FremantleMedia UK is looking for a new CEO following the news that Sara Geater is…
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Turner to launch truTV in UK
Turner Broadcasting UK is launching a new general entertainment free-to-air channel, truTV – it’s first…
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Shine cuts copro deal with Idris Elba prodco
Shine North and actor Idris Elba’s production company Green Door have agreed a programming deal…
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First sale for Prince Harry spoof series
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has acquired the upcoming reality series I Wanna Marry Harry….
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Karsberg, Yeter make US formats switch at Zodiak
Swedish execs Joel Karsberg and Cem Yeter will move to the US to become joint…
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Job cuts loom as the ABC faces budget cuts
Mark Scott, the managing director of the ABC, has said that there will be a…
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Dance Moms gets UK remake
A+E Networks has ordered a UK version of reality series Dance Moms for its female-skewing…
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StudioCanal makes Scandi move with new prodco
French film and TV producer and distributor StudioCanal has joined forces with the creators of…
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Korea’s tvN spins off Grandpas into comedy
South Korean channel tvN is riding the wave around its popular pensioner travelogue Grandpas Over…
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Univision tunes up new Simon Cowell format
Singing format impresario Simon Cowell is launching his latest venture into the genre with Spanish-language…
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ITV Studios picks up rights to pair of Scandi dramas
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has picked up international rights to two new Scandi dramas. Ängelby…