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News brief: Spike options Tutankhamun miniseries from Muse
US cable net Spike has taken an option on Tut, a miniseries about ancient Egyptian…
Upcoming Sony Central Europe channel buys 100 hours from Electus
New Sony Pictures Television-operated Central European channel AXN Black has bought more than 100 hours…
RTL confirms Russian sale
RTL Group has confirmed it has exercised a put option to sell its 7.5% stake…
French cabler Numericable starts IPO process
French cable operator Numericable has launched the process of seeking a public listing by publishing…
Lifetime, A&E, History join for Bonnie & Clyde simulcast
The A&E, History and Lifetime US cable channels will join forces to simulcast two-part original…
BBC Worldwide to supply raft of content to Hulu Plus
BBC Worldwide North America and Hulu announced today a multi-year agreement to offer a raft…
Shazam poaches Hulu exec for TV expansion
Shazam, the music recognition service that is moving into TV, has hired Kevin McGurn as…
Ex-BBC, Universal exec to lead CHF’s new distribution arm
CHF Media Group, the business formed by the founders of Cosgrove Hall, has set up…
News brief: DQ sells The Jungle Book to Univision
DQ Entertainment has shopped its Jungle Book animated series to US Hispanic net Univision. The…
NBC launches new-look TV Everywhere app
US broadcast network NBC is relaunching its TV app and said the new version will…
Canal+ and Space the first buyers of BBC Worldwide’s Atlantis
BBC Worldwide has agreed the first presales for upcoming mythological drama Atlantis. Premium French pay…
News brief: Shine’s Kudos preps series based on Sathnam Sanghera novel
UK-based drama producer Kudos has optioned Marriage Material and will develop the Sathnam Sanghera novel…
Belgium’s Telenet launches new TV services
Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched two new TV offerings that span linear TV, video-on-demand…
British Royals doc sells around the world
Six part doc series The Royals has been picked up by a host of international…
Tesco’s Blinkbox takes on Lovefilm, Netlflix in autumn offensive
Blinkbox is taking on Netflix and Lovefilm with its biggest ever marketing campaign. The UK…
Former Turner Nordic boss Scheynius resurfaces at Hippeis
Ignas Scheynius has taken a role at Sweden-based dubbing and subtitling business Hippeis Media. Until…
Orly Adelson swapping Dick Clark for ITV
ITV has hired Orly Adelson as president of its ITV Studios America. The UK broadcaster…
Turkish version of The O.C. launches on Star
Youth-skewed drama The O.C. is the latest US scripted series to be remade in Turkey….
SVOD and catch-up accelerate US, UK linear viewing decline
The ubiquity of on-demand and catch-up services continues to impact linear TV viewing, according to…
DreamWorks buys Chapman TV library
DreamWorks has bought the Chapman Entertainment library giving it kids series Fifi and the Flowertots,…
ProSieben’s Maxdome launches in Austra
ProSiebenSat.1-owned video-on-demand service Maxdome has launched in Austria. Maxdome offers about 50,000 VoD titles, subscription…
Former Lovefilm boss joins Ofcom content board
UK regulator Ofcom has appointed Lesley McKenzie, the former group digital officer at subscription video-on-demand…
Tandem adds trio of execs
Studio Canal-backed producer and distributor Tandem has hired three new executives. The Munich-based firm has…
News brief: Zodiak gets Dominic Dare for clips business
Zodiak Rights has hired Dominic Dare as sales manager for its archive business Zodiak Clips….
News brief: Animal Planet orders Alaskan Gold Diggers
Discovery’s Animal Planet has ordered Alaskan Gold Diggers, a six-part about a California mum and…
News brief: Syfy buys werewolf series Bitten
NBCU-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Canadian produced werewolf series Bitten. The Entertainment One distributed…
Lagardère sells JFK doc across Europe
Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its one-off doc Inside JFK’s Assassination to a host of…
AMC confirms The Walking Dead spin-off
The team behind smash hit cable series The Walking Dead are working on a spin-off…
Sons of Anarchy season launch sets FX ratings record
The first episode of the new season of Sons of Anarchy has become the most-watched…
Regulator blocks Germany’s Gold streaming service
Regulators have blocked the Germany’s Gold service that a group of German media companies had…