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Broadcasters buy Cyber’s Mademoiselle Zazie
A raft of broadcasters have acquired preschool animated series Mademoiselle Zazie. The series is coproduced…
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Fox ups distribution exec
Scott Gregg has been promoted at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. He has been upped…
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Netflix launching on US cable
Netflix will launch on three US cable TV systems next week. The streaming service will…
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OTT service Wuaki strikes connected TV deals
Over-the-top TV operator Wuaki.tv has struck partnerships with TV manufacturers Samsung, LG and Panasonic to…
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Cloud OTT service Magine launches in Germany
Magine, the cloud-based over-the-top TV service, has launched in Germany. It has been in beta…
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TF1, M6 closing loss-making DTT channel
In another blow for digital-terrestrial pay TV in France, commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have…
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Universal adapting Telemundo telenovelas for US nets
Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions have taken exclusive options on two drama series from…
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Travel Channel to Dine With The Enemy
Scripps’ Travel Channel has ordered an English language version of the innovative Dining With The…
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Mediaset cool on Al Jazeera, Canal+ alliance reports
Mediaset has played down reports that it is on the brink of forging a wide-ranging…
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Entertainment lawyers, Social Construct form new TV finance firm
US entertainment law firm SmithDehn and production company Social Construct Films have set up Social…
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Discovery intn’l seeks content chief after Silberwasser exit
Discovery Networks International is recruiting for a chief creative officer following the news that Luis…
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ITV recruits Julian Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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BBC raids Disney, NBCU for Asia appointments
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has hired four new executives…
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AMC buys German pay TV channel
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has bought the German pay TV channel Kinowelt. The basic-tier movie channel…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Facebook says it will benefit from shift to mobile from TV
Facebook stands to benefit from a significant shift in consumer behaviour as people spend more…
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Warner Bros. installs Register at helm of new digital division
Warner Bros. has appointed Sam Register to run a newly-created digital production unit. In the…
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Lifetime channel launching in Lat-Am
A+E Networks’ female-skewing channel Lifetime is launching in Brazil and Latin America. The A+E channels…
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Netflix orders first-ever Spanish original, locks in Mitch Hurwitz
Netflix has ordered its first Spanish-language original series, a thirteen-part comedy drama set in the…
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Novel Entertainment brings in Chris Skala
UK kids indie producer Novel Entertainment has brought in Chris Skala to boost its digital…
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Discop Africa event adds a sports day
The third day of the upcoming Discop Africa event will be given over to local…
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FremantleMedia cuts deal with YouTube MCN BroadbandTV
Production company FremantleMedia has tapped YouTube multichannel network (MCN) provider BroadbandTV to track and manage…
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Sweden’s SVT launches web TV
Swedish pubcaster SVT has launched its own over-the-top service, SVT Flow. The web TV service…
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AT&T and Peter Chernin launch US$500 million OTT offensive
US telco AT&T and Peter Chernin’s media company said yesterday they will invest US$500 million…
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BBC orders new gameshow from Endemol
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Two Tribes, a new gameshow from Endemol-owned production company…
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Svensk Filmindustri veterans leave in restructure
Long-serving Svensk Filmindustri execs Michael Fleischer and Guttorm Petterson will leave the Scandi movie and…
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TalkTalk cuts FilmFlex VOD deal
UK telecom operator TalkTalk has struck a deal with white label video-on-demand aggregator FilmFlex Movies…
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Tumblr claims greater social TV use than Twitter
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr has staked its claim to the social TV crown after commissioning…
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Operation Repo firm reformatting Korean drama for the US
US formats company Intrigue has optioned a pair of dramas from South Korea and will…
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New international deals for Chaplin toon
PGS Entertainment has notched more sales of Chaplin & Co, the series featuring the famous…