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Richard Rowe exits Turner for DHX
Richard Rowe has exited Turner Broadcasting System EMEA’s original children’s TV commissioning team to join…
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CBeebies prebuys Circle Square
UK preschool channel CBeebies has prebought Circle Square, an upcoming animated series from production house…
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MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
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Cat and Mouse execs join Microsoft for new Skype-based TV project
The founders of TV technology firm Cat and Mouse have left the company to work…
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Claire Tavernier resurfaces at Shine’s ChannelFlip
The co-founders of Shine Group-owned online multichannel network ChannelFlip, Justin Gayner and Wil Harris, are…
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RTL readies its own Big Class Reunion
German broadcaster RTL has struck a deal for a local version of Mastiff Denmark’s classic…
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News brief: German channel buys Tennant’s Escape Artist
German network Vox has acquired BBC One drama thriller The Escape Artist from Red Arrow…
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A+E greenlights first fully-owned scripted series
A+E Networks has commissioned its first fully-financed, produced and controlled scripted series. Un-Real, a “dark…
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Jay Leno alumnus joins Novovision
Following the taping of the final episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno yesterday,…
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X Factor ratings, currency issues weigh on Fox results
Poor X Factor ratings, extra programming costs and currency issues in several international markets have…
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News brief: ABC, Teletoon onboard comedy toon Winston
ABC3 in Australia and Canada’s teletoon have greenlit production on Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley…
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ITV orders Ejector Seat gameshow
UK commercial broadcaster has ordered Ejector Seat, a new teatime quiz show from Endemol’s Remarkable…
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French and US b’casters go for new Sonic the Hedgehog series
Cartoon Network in the US will show Sonic Boom, a new CGI series featuring iconic…
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News brief: Technicolor to develop Fun Crew toon
France- and Hollywood-based Technicolor has optioned rights to Cosmo, Bud & Boo, a 52x11mins 2D…
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Discovery to air live Everest leap
Discovery is going to transmit daredevil Joby Ogwyn’s wing suit leap from the summit of…
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David Michel exits Zodiak’s Marathon
David Michel has followed Vincent Chalvin-Demersay out the door at Zodiak-owned Marathon Media, the company…
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Breaking Bad on-demand drives Sony’s TV numbers
Sony has said that subscription video-on-demand deals for Breaking Bad drove a significant increase in…
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Sky Deutschland bullish on growth, moves into profit
Sky Deutschland said it expects subscriber growth of 400,000 to 450,000 people this year and…
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Israeli drama gets CBS pilot order
Israeli scripted drama The Ran Quadruplets is being refitted for US audiences through a pilot…
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News brief: Shopping Monsters hit the high street in Latvia
Viasat’s Latvian channel TV3 has launched a local version of Global Agency format Shopping Monsters….
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Eyeworks’ Blondes invade China
Eyeworks, the Dutch prodco that Warner Bros. is set to take over, will have its…
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Greenbird spreads wings with Riverdog investment
Emerging UK production group Greenbird has made its fifth investment, this time in Come Dine…
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Starz takes LeBron James drama to series
US cable network Starz has given a full series order to Survivor’s Remorse, the half-hour…
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News brief: ABC calls on Sexters
The ABC in Australia has acquired Sexters, a documentary investigating the rise in sexually charged…
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Psych out – USA Network cancels series
USA Network has said the current eighth season of detective comedy drama Psych will be…
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News brief: NBCU’s Chocolate Media making ITV ‘tactical quiz’
NBCUniversal-owned producer Chocolate Media has won a commission from ITV for quiz show The 21st…
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James Ross’ Lightning hires distribution director
Lightning International has recruited Julien Dutronc as director of TV distribution Lightning is the Hong…
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News brief: Hasbro hires legal boss from DRG
Toy firm Hasbro has hired Rob Kirby as senior attorney for its Hasbro Studios International…
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FremantleMedia hires MGM’s Hummel for Canada base
FremantleMedia is opening up shop in Canada and has poached MGM executive Susan Hummel to…
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DNA Films moves into TV with Fox
Movie producer DNA Films has launched a TV division in association with Fox. UK-based DNA…