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Founder departs as Red Arrow buys Belgian/Dutch prodco
Sultan Sushi’s founder Johan Tuyaerts is leaving the company in the wake of deal that…
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FremantleMedia poaches former BBC exec for US programming role
The US division of FremantleMedia has recruited former BBC Entertainment exec Sean Hancock as its…
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YouView partner structure in doubt amid funding talks
UK pay TV operators BT and TalkTalk could emerge as the major shareholders in web-connected…
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Buccaneer Media hires unscripted boss
Buccaneer Media has recruited Ross McCarthy as its head of unscripted. The role is a…
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Endemol takes rights to Bourdain and Spurlock CNN series
Endemol will distribute Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown and Morgan Spurlock Inside Man after acquiring international…
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BT launches buy-to-keep digital service
UK pay TV provider BT has launched a buy-to-keep digital service that offers movies from…
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Really serves up Turner’s Cold Justice
Thematic UK pay TV channel Really has acquired two seasons of the Dick Wolf-produced Cold…
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France 5 prebuys Jason Donovan-voiced toon Boj
France 5 has become the latest broadcaster to prebuy Boj, an upcoming UK toon that…
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SBS6 to remake prison drama Wentworth
SBS6 in Holland is set to become the second international broadcaster to remake Australian women’s…
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Cineflix’s Dave Clarke joins Shine’s formats team
Cineflix’s format acquisitions chief Dave Clarke has joined rival UK producer-distributor Shine Group in a…
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ProSieben hands former Sky, Lovefilm exec digital role
Lesley Mackenzie, the former group digital officer of streaming site Lovefilm, has landed a role…
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Management buy-in at Breakthrough Entertainment
Nat Abraham and Michael McGuigan (pictured left) have bought into Breakthrough Entertainment, joining founders Ira…
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Fox channels reshuffles European execs
Fox International Channels has moved several of its senior executives in Europe into new positions…
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BBC One orders Compulsive Shoppers
UK terrestrial BBC One has commissioned a 1x60mins documentary looking at people with shopping addictions….
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Discovery Asia, CCTV snap up Breakthrough docs
Breakthrough Entertainment has sold titles from its factual catalogue to a raft of broadcasters in…
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Netflix raising $400m for originals, intn’l expansion
Netflix is planning to raise US$400 million in long-term debt in the first quarter of…
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ION prevails over Atlantique in $4m Jo action
US cable channel ION Media Networks has won a case worth US$4 million brought against…
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Imira hires Bones for sales role
Spanish animation producer and distributor Imira Entertainment has hired former Nickelodeon exec Giles Bones to…
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TalkTalk extends BSkyB deal, adds subs
UK service provider TalkTalk has reported strong take-up of its YouView-based TV offer for its…
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MarVista taps Disney, HBO execs to build out team
LA-based producer and distributor MarVista Entertainment has poached executives from Disney Television Animation, HBO and…
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Record 111.5 million tune in for US Super Bowl
The Fox broadcast of the Sunday’s Super Bowl American football game drew in a record…
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NHK revamps international service
NHK is revamping its NHK World TV service with a raft of new content. The…
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FremantleMedia snags TV rights to Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
The US division of FremantleMedia has acquired the rights to Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. The…
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CBS deal is Elementary for Hulu
Hulu Plus has taken subscription video on demand rights to Sherlock Holmes-inspired US drama Elementary….
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Studio Ghibli producing first ever TV show
Legendary Japanese animated movie producer Studio Ghibli is onboard its first ever project for TV,…
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AMC Networks completes $1bn Chellomedia purchase
AMC Networks has closed its €750 million (US$1 billion) acquisition of global channels operator and…
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News brief: Picture Box helps DMax Get Stuffed
Italian channel DMax has acquired Get Stuffed, a 13x30mins food-themed extreme competition reality series, from…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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ITV orders pilot based on Simon Cowell format
ITV is piloting Keep it in the Family, a new gameshow format based on an…
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German HD launch for Disney
Disney XD and Disney Junior are launching in HD in the German-speaking region for the…