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News brief: Nick Jr., Spout commissions more Poppy Cat
Preschool series Poppy Cat is returning after broadcasters Nick Jr. and Sprout committed to a…
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Content acquires 50% stake in Finnish prodco
Transatlantic group Content Media has acquired a 50% stake in Aito Media, the Finnish company…
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Cineflix Rights puts staff at risk of redundancy
Cineflix Rights has started a consultation process with several staff being placeed at risk of…
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Best of British SVOD service Cirkus cuts Nordic deal
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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News brief: A&E cancels Glades despite ratings growth
US cable channel A&E has cancelled its drama series The Glades despite the show just…
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New UK/Morocco copro treaty to include TV shows
TV productions are to be included in a new film coproduction pact between the UK…
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News brief: Jay-Z, Showtime get Made in America
US cable channel Showtime will launch a new documentary from rapper Jay-Z and filmmakers Ron…
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CBS, Time Warner end bitter carriage row
The month-long blackout of US broadcast network CBS on Time Warner Cable is over, after…
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Rakuten buys OTT service Viki
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has bought multi-language over-the-top service Viki. Rakuten already owns Wuaki.TV, an…
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ProSieben Maxx launches in Germany
ProSiebenSat.1’s new channel ProSieben Maxx has launched in Germany today. The channel, aimed at males…
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Mark Burnett plots third-party sales, Beyond the Bible follow up
Mark Burnett’s prodco One Three Media is moving into third-party sales for the first time,…
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Naomi Campbell takes her Face to Foxtel
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is to executive produce an Australian version of her modelling competition format…
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MasterChef Australia finale ratings hit all-time low
Three years after MasterChef Australia posted a record-breaking four million viewers, the Shine-produced show has…
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NBCU poaches FremantleMedia exec
NBCUniversal has recruited Jacqueline Moreton from FremantleMedia and she will join the studio’s International TV…
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Mediaset angrily denies allegations of wrongdoing
Mediaset has issued a strongly worded statement stating that it had always acted fully within…
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BSkyB completes Ultra HD test
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has conducted a test broadcast in Ultra HD at its…
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Aziz Ansari inks Netflix deal
Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari has agreed a deal with Netflix and the streaming service…
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Canadian pay TV continues to tumble
Canadian pay TV subscriptions have fallen for the third straight quarter, new research reveals. Gains…
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Matt Hatter heads for Central Europe
Chello Central Europe has acquired animated series Matt Hatter Chronicles for its pan-regional kids channel…
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Twofour secures Scandinavia sales
Twofour Rights has sold several of its factual and fact ent titles to broadcasters in…
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Crime & Investigation inspecting Romania launch
Crime & Investigation Network is launching in Romania. The crime channel is operated by A+E…
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Disney launches Disney Princess virtual world
Disney has launched Sofia’s World, a virtual world based on its Sofia the First animated…
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Cisneros CEO role stays in the family
Venezuela’s Cisneros Group has appointed Adriana Cisneros to replace her father Gustavo at the top…
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Globo boss restructures Brazilian media giant
Globo chief executive Carlos Henrique Schroder has met with the company’s senior executives to outline…
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Discovery preps Spanish rail disaster doc
Discovery has ordered a documentary special Spain’s Worst Rail Disaster. The factual one-off is made…
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Hat Trick poaches Wipeout exec from Endemol
Hat Trick has recruited Andy Rowe from Endemol and he will join the UK indie…
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Sony-backed Victory trying out gameshow for the BBC
Victory Television is piloting a new gameshow format, In Sync. A casting call has just…
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European advertising revenue decline continues
New research forecasts a further decline in TV advertising revenues in western Europe this year….
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Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop inks trio of Ukraine deals
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster ICTV has ordered local versions of German-originated scripted reality formats Customs Investigators…
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Vodafone ‘primed to acquire Liberty Global’
Liberty Global shares rose sharply yesterday on speculation that Vodafone could use cash freed up…