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News brief: Sky Deutschland inks movie deal with Tele München
Sky Deutschland has acquired a package of movies from Tele München Group. The German pay…
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NBCU boss: NBC trails rivals by $1bn but opportunity knocks
The president and CEO of NBCUniversal has taken the unusual step of publicly admitting his…
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Former Turner MEA boss joins ShortsTV channel
Alan Musa has joined Liberty Global-backed short-form movie service ShortsTV. Musa will be president of…
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AMC confirms Saul Goodman Breaking Bad spin-off
The Breaking Bad spin-off series featuring crooked lawyer Saul Goodman has officially been given the…
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Wowow continues int’l copro push with Cameron Carpenter doc
Japanese premium pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has come on board its second coproduction and told…
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Sky Italia channels boss leaves for Tata
Paolo Agostinelli, a senior channels executive at Sky Italia, is leaving the Italian pay TV…
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All3 acquires stake in Matt Lucas prodco
All3Media has acquired a minority stake in John Stanley Productions, better known as Little Britain…
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French drama Spiral to be remade in the US
LA-based Endemol Studios, the studio behind Hell on Wheels, is to remake French crime drama…
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RTL CBS appoints Asia boss
RTL and CBS have appointed Jonas Engwall CEO of their joint venture pay channels operation…
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Canal+ owner Vivendi may split business
French media and telecoms giant Vivendi is launching a study into whether to split the…
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News brief: NRK buys ITV Studios fare
Norwegian pubcaster NRK has acquired a 317-hour package of programming from ITV Studios Global Entertainment….
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News brief: Scandi nets buy Cineflix shows
Cineflix Rights has sold more than 300 hours into Scandinavia. Among the deals, NRK in…
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BBC buys new Swedish drama as SVT unveils int’l unit
The BBC is hoping it has found the latest hot Scandinavian drama with a new…
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Kevin MacLellan replaces Jeff Shell at NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal has confirmed that Kevin MacLellan has been elevated to chairman of its international operations….
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Sundance Channel buys French zombie drama for US
Sundance Channel in the US has acquired French supernatural drama The Returned from its new…
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Discovery cited as the biggest TV channel in Europe
The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new…
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New entertainment fund heading to MIPCOM looking for TV projects
A new fund has been launched and is looking for TV and digital projects in…
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Canada’s CMJ hires Occhicone to run new factual unit
Canadian indie CMJ Productions II has created a new production and distribution company, CMJ Concepts….
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Netflix goes live in the Netherlands
Netflix went live today in the Netherlands, offering streamed access to its catalogue of movies…
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Discovery acquires rugby rights
Discovery Networks has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to RBS Six Nations Rugby in Italy….
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News brief: Syfy buys Vampire Diaries spin-off from Warner Bros.
NBCUniversal’s Syfy channel has taken UK rights to The Originals, the upcoming spin-off from hit…
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Electus poaches Henson for unscripted role
Ben Silverman’s multimedia studio Electus has hired ABC Entertainment alternative entertainment exec Corie Henson to…
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News brief: ITV2 gets Utterly Outrageous
ITV Studios-owned UK factual prodco Shiver is creating a new youth-skewing archive programming brand for…
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News brief: Guru hires sales boss from Vodka
Canadian animation house Guru Studio has hired its first director of sales from Spanish toon…
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News brief: The CW picks up Canadian series Seed
US broadcast network The CW has acquired Seed, the Canadian-produced comedy series. The show is…
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Bloomberg original Hank to launch on Netflix
Bloomberg Businessweek Films’ debut documentary, Hank: Five Years From the Brink, will premiere on Netflix…
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Banijay buys Spanish production company
Production and distribution group Banijay has acquired Day Light On Producciones (DLO), the Spanish drama…
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TNT goes Under the Dome
Latin American pay TV channel TNT has acquired exclusive regional rights to CBS’s Stephen King-penned…
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Disney scores major movie VOD deal with ‘Chinese Netflix’
Disney Media Distribution will provide movies from its major studio stablemates to Chinese online platform…
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Virgin Media signs Netflix deal
Virgin Media has signed a deal to add over-the-top video service Netflix to its TiVo…