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RCS & RDS denies Vodafone takeover rumours
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS has vehemently denied a report posted by well-known local…
Channel 4 moves commissioning focus from London
For the first time in its history, Channel 4 commissioned more programming from outside London…
CNN recruits digital and sales specialist Wyatt
Turner’s cable news net CNN International has hired Owen Wyatt for a newly-created digital and…
News brief: Broadcasters buy All3 gardening shows
All3Media has sold two of its gardening and lifestyle shows to a range of international…
Discovery, Liberty secure All3Media takeover
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have confirmed the £550 million (US$930 million) acquisition of the…
Zodiak poaches All3Media digital boss
Zodiak Media’s sales division has poaches senior digital exec Gary Woolf from rival All3Media International….
Maker will create Star Wars, Marvel shortform content
The Walt Disney Company is planning to allow multichannel network Maker Studios to create shortform…
Discovery, Liberty set for $933m All3Media takeover
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have reportedly paired up to acquire UK production powerhouse All3Media…
Argonon, Amanda Groom create Bridge to Korean copros
Growing UK production powerhouse Argonon is backing a new coproduction company that focuses on bringing…
News brief: Dutch Wentworth handed new sentence
SBS6’s Dutch remake of FremantleMedia Australia prison drama Wentworth has been handed a second season….
Ad market upturn keeps RTL stable
Advertising growth in some markets helped RTL Group to offset a flat market in Germany…
ProSiebenSat.1 buys into Talenthouse
ProSiebenSat.1 is expanding its digital capabilities by buying into LA-based online artist networking platform Talenthouse….
D-Smart defends decision to drop SinemaTV channels
Turkish pay TV platform D-Smart has defended its decision to drop movie channels from distributor…
Telefonica’s €725m Spanish pay TV takeover offer accepted
Spanish media group Prisa has accepted Telefónica’s €725 bid for its 56% stake in pay…
Armoza sells Who’s Asking? to Europe, Turkey
Companies in Europe and Turkey have picked up Armoza Formats’ interactive studio gameshow Who’s Asking?….
News brief: Football doc Mata Mata finds Euro homes
Red Arrow International-sold Brazilian football doc Mata Mata has gone to platforms in Belgium and…
Taxidermy doc comes together on Channel 4
The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned a special documentary on taxidermy – the craft of…
Breakthrough acquires film firm Joker
Canadian film and television company Breakthrough Entertainment has acquired North American prodco Joker Films. Joker…
Suits fits on Amazon
Amazon’s UK on-demand service Prime Instant Video has acquired a trio of scripted shows from…
UK indies seek dialogue with new Channel 5 owner Viacom
Independent producers in the UK are seeking to meet with top executives from new Channel…
Shine poaches Cisneros exec for Lat Am sales role
Shine Group’s international sales wing has taken on a Cisneros Media Distribution executive to fill…
Czech, Thai channels prescribed Dr. Oz remakes
Sony Pictures Television’s health-themed magazine format The Dr. Oz Show is being remade in the…
Discovery names Hearst exec as Fatafeat boss
Discovery Networks International has appointed Hearst Magazines director Amanda Turnbull as managing director of its…
NBCU hands ex-Dish exec mun2 job
NBCUniversal’s Hispanic programming business has found a new president for its Spanish-language cable mun2 in…
Ex-Teletoon chief to launch new Irish-Canadian studio
Alan Gregg, the former director of original content at Canadian kids channel Teletoon, is relocating…
BBC Trust chairman Patten steps down due to health
The chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of UK pubcaster the BBC, has…
IPTV subs set to overtake DTH in Western Europe
The number of paying IPTV subscribers in Western Europe will overtake pay satellite TV (pay…
Football rights ‘critical’ to Sky, says bank
The next round of auctions for rights to English Premier League football will be critical…
TV3, RDF are Sitting on a Fortune
Ireland’s TV3 is coproducing its latest gameshow, Sitting on a Fortune, with Zodiak Media-owned UK…
FIC hires business affairs industry vet
Fox International Channels has hired Stuart Tenzer as senior VP, business and legal affairs. The…