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BuzzFeed launches TV initiative
BuzzFeed has partnered with Bravo and IFC to launch its BuzzFeed Social Tune In Program,…
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Former Ingenious boss heading new media investment firm
Patrick Bradley (left) will head up Station 12, a new media and entertainment investment firm…
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Massive job and budget cuts at Canada’s CBC
Canadian public broadcaster the CBC is shedding over 650 jobs in the wake of a…
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Intn’l to overtake US at Discovery as Eurosport deal cleared
The European Commission has cleared Discovery Communications’ acquisition of sports broadcaster Eurosport in a deal…
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Zodiak seals Czech pubcast deal for Nation’s Brightest
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of quiz format The Nation’s Brightest, TBI…
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News brief: Cartoon Network poaches content boss from NBCU
Cartoon Network has recruited Brian Robillard as vice president, content business operations for its Cartoon…
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Starz moves into original unscripted programming
US cable net Starz has ordered its first original unscripted series, The Chair. The show…
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Telecom Italia to offer channels via Sky Italia
Telecom Italia has signed a deal with Sky Italia that will allow its customers to…
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Raft of VTV format deals for Shine
Shine International has closed a series of deals for its formats with Vietnamese broadcaster VTV….
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MIPTV claims 11,000 in total, 4,000 buyers
Reed Midem, the organisers of MIPTV, said this morning that there were 11,000 TV and…
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More deals for Keshet’s Boom! Format
Keshet International has shopped its new gameshow format Boom! to TV2 in Hungary and VTM…
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News brief: BBC Worldwide cuts Kiwi deal
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has licensed a raft of…
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Discovery orders Pistorius trial special
Discovery has secured exclusive access to the parents of South African model Reeva Steenkamp for…
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YouTube’s Varela on the future of TV
The days of linear TV channels being the predominant way people consume TV are numbered,…
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AOL renews slate of original series
AOL has renewed several of its original series. The internet firm is pushing into original…
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Shine recruits scripted formats scout
Shine International has recruited a formats scout who will seek out drama projects hailing from…
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Channel 5 commissions new kids series
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered Wissper, a new preschool series from UK indie…
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Nordic World bags rights to buzzy new Israeli gameshow
NordicWorld has picked up international rights to The Big Picture, a new Israeli gameshow format…
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Canal+ launches new mobile app
Canalplay, the on-demand arm of French pay TV providerCanal+, has launched a new version of…
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The CW takes Shaftesbury’s digital series to TV
The CW is taking digital series Backpackers from the web to TV. The US broadcast…
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Tera Mater and francetv distribution cut doc output deal
Factual producer Tera Mater Factual Studios and francetvdistribution, have agreed an output deal. Under the…
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UKTV buys Gillian Anderson drama from Fox
UKTV has acquired Crisis, the new US drama series starring Gillian Andersen. The series, which…
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Discovery collars DOGTV stake
Discovery Communications has taken an unspecified stake in cable channel DOGTV. The network creates programming…
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Spotnitz’s shines Big Light on Tandem deal
The X-Files creator Frank Spotnitz, who is here in Cannes promoting season two of Transporter:…
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Game of Chefs played in Germany
German channel Vox has is remaking Israeli cooking competition format Game of Chefs. The format,…
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RAI merges sales divisions
The commercial arm of Italian pubcaster RAI is restructuring, with its Trade division coming together…
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BBC Worldwide conducts Maestro format deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal for a new, local version of its conducting format…
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Tuvalu making BBC’s Stargazing Live for Ned1
Tuvalu Media, the Dutch production company that recently separated itself from Sony, is making a…
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Lagardère creates formats and digital divisions
French production group Lagardère Entertainment has introduced at MIP TV it’s two new divisions aiming…
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News brief: Transporter goes to Netflix
French Production group Lagardère Entertainment announced in Cannes that SVOD platform Netflix had acquired the…