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Sky Go and Now TV to join PS4
Sky said it is preparing to launch its Sky Go on-demand service and Now TV…
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S4C launches on TVPlayer streaming service
Welsh public broadcaster S4C has launched on streaming service TVPlayer, making its programming available on-demand…
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News brief: Endemol Beyond signs digital deal with Drea de Matteo
Endemol Beyond USA has inked a deal with actress Drea de Matteo who will star…
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Hulu steps up effort to block international users
Hulu has ramped up efforts to stop broadband users outside of the US accessing its…
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Chernin, DreamWorks, Liberty linked to bids for Vevo
The owners of music video hosting service Vevo are reportedly close to hiring Goldman Sachs…
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Study says viewers will pay more to binge
Research into binge-viewing claims 40% of viewers surveyed would pay more to be able to…
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Morgan Spurlock prodco cuts Associated Press deal
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s production company Warrior Poets has agreed a development deal with news agency…
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BBC iPlayer hits new record in March
The BBC logged 320 million TV and radio requests through the iPlayer in March, up…
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A&E takes US version of The Returned to series
A&E has ordered a ten-episode US version of hit French drama series The Returned. The…
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Fox drops sci-fi series Almost Human
Sci-fi show Almost Human will come to an end after its first run after Fox…
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BBC orders Country Life magazine series
BBC Two has ordered Inside Country Life, a reality show set inside the offices of…
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Tricon enjoys The Spoils of Babylon with new deals
Canada-based distributor Tricon Films & Television has shopped rights to its spoof miniseries The Spoils…
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Thrones most illegally shared US show, CBS hardest hit network
New research into illegal file sharing shows that over the course of one week a…
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Tom Toumazis returns to TV
Tom Toumazis, the former Disney distribution boss and Endemol CCO, is returning to the TV…
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Turner poaches distribution director from Disney
Turner Broadcasting has named Humphrey Black as its new vice-president, media distribution, EMEA. Black was…
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Maker Studios hires UK boss
Maker Studios, the digital content and channels specialist that is being acquired by Disney, has…
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Erik de Winter replaces Grant Ross at Endemol
Endemol’s global head of acquisitions, Grant Ross, is leaving the company and will be replaced…
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Blue Ant International strikes output deal
Recently-launched distributor Blue Ant International has agreed its first output deal, linking with factual producer…
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Netflix cuts Verizon interconnect deal
Netflix has signed an interconnect deal with US telcom operator Verizon in a bid to…
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Xbox developing live-action Winterworld series
Xbox has ordered Winterworld, a live-action series based on the Chuck Dixon and artist Jorge…
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Nordic authorities sign off TV funding plan
The Nordic countries’ culture ministers and the region’s film institutes and broadcasters have jointly agreed…
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France Télévisions prebuys Technicolor series
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has prebought animated kids series Atomic Puppet. The 52x11mins show…
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London Live editorial director exits channel
Stefano Hatfield has left hjs position as editorial director of London Live, just weeks after…
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Chambers joins Warner at Sony-backed Electric Ray
Meredith Chambers has joined Karl Warner at newly-formed UK production company Electric Ray. Chambers will…
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China takes US series off streaming sites
Chinese authorities have ordered The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife (pictured), NCIS and The…
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Sony’s AXN buys Fox’s new 24 series
Sony Pictures Television has acquired 24: Live Another Day for its AXN channel in southeast…
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France’s M6 buys Canadian medical drama
French commercial broadcaster M6 has picked up Remedy, the Canadian medical/family drama. In Canada, the…
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UK TV ad market tipped to grow strongly
UK TV ad revenues will increase at a healthy rate in 2014 with the soccer…
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Crime + Investigation launches in Mozambique and Angola
Crime + Investigation (CI) has launched in the Portuguese-speaking African countries of Mozambique and Angola…
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Mediaset hits out at valuation of pay TV unit
Italy’s Mediaset has criticised banks for undervaluing its Premium pay TV service amidst moves to…