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Greek net dives in with Eyeworks format
Greek commercial broadcaster Antenna Television has ordered its own series of Eyeworks’ diving format Celebrity…
Weakest Link and Millionaire creators team for formats
Fintan Coyle, creator of hit quiz show The Weakest Link, has joined forces with Boxatricks,…
Dailymotion opens Japan office
France-based video site Dailymotion has opened a new Japanese office to tap in on local…
Free Netflix for UK new Nokia customers
Netflix is teaming up with Nokia to give UK buyers of the phone maker’s latest…
SPT to launch UK SVOD Animax channel
Sony Pictures Television Networks will launch a UK version of its anime channel, Animax, as…
BBC Worldwide buys into Dominic Monaghan wildlife series
BBC Worldwide’s Global Channels division has come on board the upcoming second season of Wild…
Keshet’s Rising Star sparkles in new territories
Keshet has inked deals for its super buzzy Rising Star format in Germany and the…
Pioneer Productions poaches BBC’s Innovation boss
UK factual producer Pioneer has recruited Ailsa Orr from the BBC. Orr was head of…
Netflix in talks with US cablers
Netflix is in talks with several US cable companies with a view to making its…
Google starts using ‘Android TV’ brand
Google is reportedly preparing to ditch its struggling Google TV brand and align its TV…
Fox nets German football rights for intn’l channels
21st Century Fox has agreed a multiyear year deal for international rights to games from…
Red Bull Media House inks US Fox Sports deal
Red Bull Media House has inked a three-year deal with Fox Sports in the US…
TVCatchup ordered to drop channels in copyright case
UK internet TV firm TVCatchup has been ordered to stopstreaming channels from broadcasters ITV, Channel…
Sky Movies and BT agree deal
Sky Movies is to be made available to BT TV subscribers as a result of…
MTV greenlights more Teen Wolf and Wolf Watch companion series
MTV has ordered a fourth season of Teen Wolf and greenlit a companion series, Wolf…
Hulu set to name Fox Networks exec new CEO
US internet TV site Hulu is reportedly close to naming veteran Fox Networks executive Mike…
Lovefilm cuts Marvel anime deal
UK streaming service Lovefilm has inked a programming deal for four of Marvel’s animated series….
Viacom cuts European Twitter video ad deal
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has signed a social video advertising deal with Twitter in…
OSN and Disney extend exclusive programming deal
Middle East pay TV broadcaster OSN has signed a content deal with The Walt Disney…
A third of millennials watch mainly online video
Some 34% of millennials said they watch mostly online video or no broadcast television, according…
Connected video devices will hit eight billion by 2017
The number of internet-connected video devices globally will go passed eight billion by 2017, exceeding…
Discovery and BBC shut down joint programming effort
Factual channel Discovery and UK public broadcaster the BBC have called time on their programming…
Former Angry Birds man hatches new plan in Cannes
The ex-COO of Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment was in Cannes this week with a…
TRACE Sports orders 100 hours as it rebrands
Sports entertainment pay TV channel TRACE Sports has rebranding and ordered more than 100 hours…
Aito, YLE present Santa model
Aito Media and YLE are working on a new kids scripted format using what they…
MIPCOM hits 13,500 attendees
Reed MIDEM, the organisers of MIPCOM said this morning that there were 13,500 attendees at…
Fox International reveals Walking Dead season four plans
Fox International Channels will launch the new season of The Walking Dead within 24 hours…
Katzenberg eyes extended DreamWorks-Netflix deal
DreamWorks cofounder and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he hopes the programming deal his studio…
French air traffic strike latest
Industrial action by the French air traffic controllers will go ahead on the last day…
Keshet notches another Rising Star deal
Keshet International has inked another deal for its buzzy talent format Rising Star. The company,…