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Channel 4 enters The Dog Show
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a 15-episode competition series in which dogs and their…
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News brief: Lifetime’s Witches to fly again
US cable channel Lifetime has ordered a second season of its female-skewed Witches of East…
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News brief: Echo Bridge picks up Burt Reynolds film
US-based distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has acquired a pair of films – one of which…
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News brief: Nick back for more Instant Mom
Nickelodeon has gone for a second season of family comedy Instant Mom. Additionally, Nick’s president,…
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Hungary’s TV2 shoots for Keshet’s Rising Star
The number of channels picking up Keshet International’s new talent format Rising Star has grown…
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Sony goes on the offensive, shifts focus to TV
Sony reacted to calls to split its technology and entertainment operations yesterday with the company’s…
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LoveFilm launches on Xbox One
TV and movie streaming service LoveFilm can now be accessed on the newly-launched Xbox One….
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HBO GO launches on Google’s Chromecast
HBO’s catch-up service GO has launched on Chromecast, the internet giant’s digital media player. The…
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Viacom retakes control of MTV in Czech Rep, Slovakia
Viacom International Media Networks is set to take the operational activities of MTV in the…
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FremantleMedia seals new X Factor deals
The X Factor has been renewed by several key free-to-air broadcasters and the show’s distributor,…
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Comet of the Century impacts Nat Geo schedule
National Geographic has ordered Comet of the Century, a one-off doc about the Ison comet,…
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CBBC unveils new in-house dramas, comedy
UK children’s channel CBBC has commissioned a trio of in-house scripted series. Hetty Feather is…
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Fox Japan preps ten-day continuous NCIS marathon
The Fox channel in Japan will run an uninterrupted ten-day marathon of CBS procedural NCIS….
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Discovery preps Mexican-US sex trade doc
Discovery has greenlit two original Spanish-language doc for its US Hispanic net Discovery en Español….
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News brief: Amazon adds new movies to streaming service
Amazon has agreed a content deal with A24. It will add movies from the studio…
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Discovery buys Proper content
Discovery channels in EMEA and Asia have acquired content from Canadian distributor Proper Rights. Discovery…
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DHX makes UK hires following Ragdoll deal
Canadian content firm DHX Media has hired a UK brand director following its £17.4 million…
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News brief: Gogglebox opens in Ukraine
Ukrainian national broadcaster ICTV has acquired a local version of Studio Lambert format Gogglebox. ICTV’s…
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News brief: Hulu adds Thomas, Sesame Street, Bob
US streaming service Hulu has added hundreds of episodes of children’s TV programming. As of…
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Wildseed announces first projects
Wildseed, the new content business formed by ex-Aardman and BBC execs Miles Bullough and Jesse…
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Cartoon Network Asia making first international shows
The Asian division of Cartoon Network is making two original shows for its channels in…
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Endemol’s Blinders in Chinese VOD drama deal
China’s dominant VOD platform Youku Tudou has acquired rights to Endemol-sold dramas including BBC Two…
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Turner appoints UK kids TV boss
Turner Broadcasting System has handed the director of UK kids channels role to Sean Gorman….
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Ex-ITVS formats boss joins BBC Worldwide
Former ITV Studios and Fox Look sales executive Jennifer Harrington has joined BBC Worldwide’s factual…
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Discovery begins early Eurosport buy-out talks with TF1
Discovery Communications has begun discussions with Eurosport owner TF1 about potentially taking a majority stake…
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Wuaki to expand into 13 Euro territories
Wuaki.tv, the Spain-based OTT service owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, will launch in France,…
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Endemol prodco poaches BBC factual pair
Endemol-owned doc specialist Tigress Productions has hired a pair of BBC factual execs as it…
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A+E makes History in Russia
A+E-owned channel History is launching in Russia today. History and its HD sister channel have…
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Oz firm to coproduce Chinese doc
Australian production company Bearcage will coproduce a two-part documentary series with China’s Beijing Television. The…
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News brief: RAI appoints drama boss
Italian public broadcaster RAI has upped Luca Milano to deputy director, RAI Fiction. Milano was…