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Netflix exclusive for Star Wars toon finale
Netflix has bagged exclusive rights to the climactic season of the Star Wars Clone Wars…
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Second pilots round ‘up 100%’ for Amazon
Amazon Instant Video has revealed figures showing its second original pilots season has outscored the…
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Zaslav: Eurosport will be ‘ESPN of Europe’
Discovery Communications’ president and CEO David Zaslav says Eurosport will be “the ESPN of Europe”…
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Virgin Media deal drives Liberty Global subscriber numbers
Liberty Global reported a next-generation video user base of 2.5 million, after a “watershed year”…
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Vimeo launches Occupy Wall Street project internationally
Vimeo has launched the 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film on its online video…
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Beyond constructs Manufactured doc deal
Beyond Distribution has taken international rights to Manufactured, a factual series that tells the story…
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FremantleMedia’s Ellender resurfaces with LA gig
Former FremantleMedia boss David Ellender is launching a television content business in LA. Backed by…
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News brief: Glee’s Kevin McHale gets UK panel show pilot
UK digital channel E4 is piloting Virtually Famous, a panel show that will be hosted…
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News brief: Lifetime dropping Drop Dead Diva
US cable net Lifetime has said that comedy drama series Drop Dead Diva will come…
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Canada’s Bell opens regional production outposts
Canadian media giant Bell is opening new production offices in Vancouver and Winnipeg. The new…
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All3Media Intn’l cuts programming deal with Swan Films
All3Media International has struck a deal with Swan Films, the freshly-minted UK indie set up…
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CBS posts best ever full-year results
US broadcaster CBS has posted full-year revenue of US$15.28 billion, 6% higher than the 2013…
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Raft of broadcasters buy Beatles special
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired The Beatles: The Night that Changed America –…
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MTG highlights Nice acquisition, channel launches in results
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group reported its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth in…
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Comcast to pay $45bn for Time Warner Cable
Comcast is to buy rival Time Warner Cable (TWC) in a deal worth US$45.2 billion…
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Scripps appoints intn’l content and strategy boss
Scripps Networks International has appointed Kevin Chorlins its US-based senior VP, international content and brand…
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Dutch channel buys Sinai Desert kidnap doc
A Dutch public broadcaster has become the latest to acquire The Sound of Torture, a…
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BBC America poaches IWC’s Kelehar
US cable channel BBC America has moved further into original unscripted production with the hire…
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Disney launches UK production office
The Walt Disney Company has launched a UK production base to tap into the drama…
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Dave calls on Davies for chat show
UK digital channel Dave has commissioned a 5x60mins comedy chat show featuring QI panellist Alan…
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Argonon snaps up UK indie Windfall
Growing UK production group Argonon has acquired factual specialist Windfall Films for an undisclosed amount….
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MTG tipped to win race for channel operator Trace
A deal for Trace is close to completion with the Modern Times Group tipped to…
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ITV to launch female-skewed net
UK broadcaster ITV is expanding its group of free-to-air channels with the launch of a…
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Israeli religious drama scores first intn’l deals
Yet another Israeli drama had made inroads on overseas channels’ schedules, with Dori Media selling…
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ONO board backs IPO plan despite Vodafone rumours
Spanish operator ONO’s board of directors have backed plans to take the company public, despite…
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BT up for the fight with UFC deal
UK telco BT has secured pay TV rights to show European and Asian fights from…
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Lifetime gambles on The Lottery
US cable net Lifetime has commissioned a conspiracy thriller titled The Lottery – the A+E…
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Warner Bros. toons for Lovefilm Germany
Lovefilm’s German SVOD service had added classic cartoon such as Tom and Jerry and The…
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News brief: More Pointless for BBC One
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned more than 200 more episodes of Remarkable Television-produced gameshow…
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News brief: Newen plays Polo with Euro broadcasters
France’s Newen Distribution has launched an animated children’s series that has France’s PIWI+, Sweden’s SVT…