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YouTube channel SBTV scores funding
UK youth entertainment YouTube channel SBTV has won private equity backing from London-based Miroma Ventures,…
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Sky Vision to show Fortitude
Sky Vision is set to land international rights to upcoming big-budget drama Fortitude, TBI understands….
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Sundance, WE tv find new Asian homes
Sundance Channel is launching in South Korea on another IPTV provider and in Ecuador on…
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Cyber Group announces raft of MIPCOM deals
France-based producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has announced a raft of programme sales off…
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Former rock music manager Sherman takes reins at lifestyle network Veria
Eric Sherman, the former manager of Aerosmith front man and American Idol judge Steven Tyler,…
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FremantleMedia Australia claims I Can Do That!
Six days after Armoza Formats sold I Can Do That! into Brazil, it has closed…
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Sony unearths GEM in Vietnam
Sony Pictures Television Networks is launching a new general entertainment channel in Vietnam as the…
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BBC America orders original drama Intruders
BBC America has ordered a new original drama series, titled Intruders. Based on the Michael…
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US networks latest: full seasons for Brooklyn, CBS laffers
New pick-ups Stateside include Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and CBS sitcoms The Crazy Ones, The…
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BBC Worldwide: Global iPlayer to end in current form
BBC Worldwide is due to phase out the Global iPlayer as part of CEO Tim…
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BBC Worldwide confirms international channel changes
The BBC’s commercial arm has confirmed its new premium content channel brand will be known…
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BBC unveils first iPlayer drama debut
BBC daytime drama Moving On will be the corporation’s first drama series to premiere on…
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Hulu confirms CEO hire, Forssell to leave the company
US video-on-demand site Hulu has confirmed the appointment of Fox Networks executive Mike Hopkins as…
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More high level management departures at CME
CME’s CFO and strategy boss are leaving the central and eastern Europe-focused broadcast group. The…
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SVT preps 90s music period drama
Swedish pubcaster SVT has ordered a new drama miniseries, Viva Hate, which is set in…
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FremantleMedia pitching Al Pacino Napoleon drama
FremantleMedia is pitching a new drama series about Napoleon Bonaparte with Al Pacino slated to…
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UK, Dutch vendors acquire Beta’s mafia series
Distribution companies in the UK and the Netherlands have acquired local all-rights packages to Gomorrah,…
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Comic books firm IDW moves into TV with V-Wars
Comic book publisher IDW has created a new TV division and agreed a deal with…
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News brief: Portuguese net bags banking pre-sales
Portugal’s TVI has acquired 14 titles from French distributor Java Films following MIPCOM last week….
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Sony notches pair of Chinese programming deals
Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, the Sony Pictures Television-backed Chinese prodco, has got a new show…
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Danish kids undergoes localised Operation
DR’s children’s channel DR Ultra has ordered a local version of CBBC medical entertainment series…
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German SVOD platform latest to go Under the Dome
Vivendi’s European SVOD service Watchever is the latest buyer of CBS miniseries Under the Dome….
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Channel 5 uncovers Nazi death camp doc
The UK’s Channel 5 is working on a documentary about a Nazi death camp deniers…
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News brief: Dutch net pins down WWE Raw
RTL has acquired rights to the WWE’s main wrestling programme, WWE Raw, for one of…
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Fifth deal for Keshet’s Rising Star
Buzzy singing competition format Rising Star is set for an Italian remake after a Sony…
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BBC agrees new terms of trade with UK indies
The BBC has agreed new terms for commissioning independent productions with UK trade association Pact…
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‘Netflix to lead new wave of UK production M&A’
Netflix is among the emerging players set to lead a new wave of consolidation in…
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Sky’s quarterly programming costs top £600 million
BSkyB’s investment in new original programming and increased football rights costs have caused a spike…
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BBC Worldwide on board Starz Blackpool series
Blackpool is the next series to come under the Starz and BBC Worldwide production pact,…
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AMC orders new reality series from Deadliest Catch team
US cable network AMC has continued its push into unscripted programming with an order for…