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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…

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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…

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RTL confirms Russian sale

RTL Group has confirmed it has exercised a put option to sell its 7.5% stake…

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French cabler Numericable starts IPO process

French cable operator Numericable has launched the process of seeking a public listing by publishing…

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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…

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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…

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Shazam poaches Hulu exec for TV expansion

Shazam, the music recognition service that is moving into TV, has hired Kevin McGurn as…

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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…

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News brief: DQ sells The Jungle Book to Univision

DQ Entertainment has shopped its Jungle Book animated series to US Hispanic net Univision. The…

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NBC launches new-look TV Everywhere app

US broadcast network NBC is relaunching its TV app and said the new version will…

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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…

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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…

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Belgium’s Telenet launches new TV services

Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched two new TV offerings that span linear TV, video-on-demand…

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British Royals doc sells around the world

Six part doc series The Royals has been picked up by a host of international…

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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…

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Former Turner Nordic boss Scheynius resurfaces at Hippeis

Ignas Scheynius has taken a role at Sweden-based dubbing and subtitling business Hippeis Media. Until…

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Orly Adelson swapping Dick Clark for ITV

ITV has hired Orly Adelson as president of its ITV Studios America. The UK broadcaster…

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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….

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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…

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DreamWorks buys Chapman TV library

DreamWorks has bought the Chapman Entertainment library giving it kids series Fifi and the Flowertots,…

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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…

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Former Lovefilm boss joins Ofcom content board

UK regulator Ofcom has appointed Lesley McKenzie, the former group digital officer at subscription video-on-demand…

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Tandem adds trio of execs

Studio Canal-backed producer and distributor Tandem has hired three new executives. The Munich-based firm has…

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News brief: Zodiak gets Dominic Dare for clips business

Zodiak Rights has hired Dominic Dare as sales manager for its archive business Zodiak Clips….

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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…

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News brief: Syfy buys werewolf series Bitten

NBCU-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Canadian produced werewolf series Bitten. The Entertainment One distributed…

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Lagardère sells JFK doc across Europe

Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its one-off doc Inside JFK’s Assassination to a host of…

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AMC confirms The Walking Dead spin-off

The team behind smash hit cable series The Walking Dead are working on a spin-off…

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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…

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Regulator blocks Germany’s Gold streaming service

Regulators have blocked the Germany’s Gold service that a group of German media companies had…