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Offman to lead Comedy Central globally
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted UK-based executive Jill Offman to lead its Comedy Central…
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Amazon commissions first drama pilots
Amazon Studios has greenlit its first two hour-long drama pilots, which will launch on Prime…
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Netflix inks another European pay TV operator deal
Danish pay TV and broadband provider Waoo! has partnered with Netflix to offer the VOD…
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MTG seals US$114 million Nice deal
Modern Times Group has concluded a deal for Scandi production group Nice Entertainment. MTG’s move…
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Discovery reports strong results
Discovery Communications reported a 59% year-on-year increase in revenues from its international division in the…
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FremantleMedia hires TV3 exec to run Blu
Anne Bostrom has been appointed managing director of Danish production company Blu. She joins the…
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SBS Discovery cuts NBCUniversal deal
The Finnish arm of SBS Discovery has agreed a programming deal with NBCUniversal. The agreement…
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Lagardère hires DEMD production boss
Lagardère Entertainment has named Sébastian Pavard, an assistant producer with Ango Productions, as director-general of…
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Starz developing Owen Wilson drama WonderWorld
Starz is developing WonderWorld, a one-hour drama, with movie star Owen Wilson’s production company The…
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News brief: PBS buys Shine’s Vicious
US broadcaster PBS has acquired British comedy series Vicious. The 6x30mins show, which stars Ian…
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CITV buys Deadtime Stories
The kids arm of UK broadcaster ITV has acquired 10x30mins live-action series Deadtime Stories. The…
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French channel commissions girls toon
French broadcaster M6 has commissioned family entertainment company Studio 100 to produce a 52x13mins series…
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Vice Media and Pulse Films form US partnership
Edgy youth brand Vice and UK-based producer Pulse Films have agreed a strategic partnership and…
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ITV shows set for Wuaki’s UK service
UK VOD website Wuaki.tv has closed a deal for hundreds of hours of programming from…
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Sky takes UKTV online and on-demand
UK pay TV provider BSkyB has signed a new multi-year deal with UKTV that will…
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Netflix ‘not set for Comcast set top boxes’
A top Comcast executive has downplayed media reports the US cable company is planning to…
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NBCU revenue down but cable grows
NBCUniversal saw its second quarter revenue drop 14.2% – a fall largely driven by dips…
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UK fare bound for new Norwegian FTA net
British shows such as The Great British Bake-Off and MasterChef UK will make up part…
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Sky Deutschland has Fun with ProSiebenSat.1
ProSiebenSat.1 Group-owned youth-skewing TV network ProSieben Fun HD will launch on Sky Deutschland early next…
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Left Bank boosts Sony TV sales
The acquisition of UK drama company Left Bank Pictures last year has helped a year-on-year…
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TV sales aid DreamWorks Animation revenue
DreamWorks Animation has posted revenue of US$154.5 million and a US$10.1 million profit, in part…
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News brief: ITV champions British achievement
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a series from subsidiary production company Potato that will celebrate…
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WE tv hires scripted veteran in drama push
US cable channel WE tv has hired its first scripted television executive following the summer…
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News brief: MTV music nets to launch on Foxtel
Viacom International Media Networks-operated thematic channels MTV Music and MTV Dance are launching on Australia…
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News brief: LazyTown leaves CBeebies for Channel 5
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has snatched the rebooted version of LazyTown from its former home…
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DirecTV in Black Mirror, Secret State deals
DirectTV has acquired Charlie Brooker-penned dramedy Black Mirror and Gabriel Byrne-starring conspiracy thriller Secret State…
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Walking Dead returns for fifth bite
US cable channel AMC has greenlit a fifth season of record-breaking zombie drama The Walking…
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BBC Four explores Light and Dark
UK arts and culture channel BBC Four has commissioned a two-part series that will look…
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CME boss slams ‘unacceptable’ $45m loss, warns on future
The co-chief executive officer of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), Michael Del Nin, has slammed…
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Shine names Metronome Finland MD, rebrands prodco
Shine Group has handed the interim managing director of its prodco Metronome’s Finnish subsidiary the…