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Australia’s SBS buys pair of Nordic comedies
Australian channel SBS has acquired two foreign language comedies, one from Norway and one from…
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International media coming to Cambridge
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, ABC boss Paul Lee and Microsoft Studios chief Nancy Tellem…
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A+E gives Longmire third run
US cable channel A&E has commissioned a third season of its crime drama Longmire, according…
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Lovefilm inks Viacom programming deal
Lovefilm has agreed a content deal with Viacom that gives it hundreds of hours of…
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Talpa staffs up international division
Formats creator and distributor Talpa has rejigged its international department giving Etienne De Jong a…
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ITV Studios Australia hires industry veteran as MD
ITV Studios Australia is replacing the outgoing Leonie Lowe with veteran programme producer Anita Jacoby….
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Mid East VOD service welcomes Godfather, American Beauty
Middle Eastern on-demand service icflix has licensed Paramount Pictures movies including The Godfather trilogy and…
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Channel 5 acquires ABC’s Betrayal
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired upcoming ABC scripted series Betrayal from Disney UK &…
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Ex-CBC exec launches company with Jamie Oliver, GroupM deals
Former CBC unscripted boss Julie Bristow has launched her own Toronto-based content creation company by…
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News brief: Sparks Networks adds German member
Germany’s DEF Media has become the latest prodco to join the Sparks Networks indie formats…
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Major channels sign up to Freeview streaming service
A new UK pay-TV streaming service for Freeview viewers, VuTV, has signed deals A+E Networks,…
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Mark Linsey confirmed in top BBC television role
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning chief Mark Linsey has been confirmed as its new deputy director…
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Dan March launches new distribution business
Dan March has launched Dynamic Television, a new LA-based distribution company that will make its…
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Bridezillas spin-off goes off at Foxtel
A new Bridezillas spin-off has sold to Australian pay TV platform Foxtel. The 9x60mins Marriage…
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Twitter buys social TV analytics company Trendrr
Twitter has acquired social TV analytics firm Trendrr, in a deal that the latter said…
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Australia’s Surveillance sells to BSkyB, Mediaset
Australian factual entertainment and CCTV series Surveillance has found its way to BSkyB in the…
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Irish broadcaster reaches for Gong’s Pressure Point
Irish broadcaster TV3 has commissioned a daily access primetime format from Nordic producer Gong Media….
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Bunim/Murray and Endemol option Nobody’s Perfect
Bunim/Murray, Endemol, Odeon and Aito have all taken local options of Armoza-distributed dating format Nobody’s…
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Oprah net orders Core Media reality series
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered Crazy. Sexy. Life., a reality series from Core Media,…
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France Televisions to shed 600 jobs
Pubcaster France Télévisions is cutting 600 jobs in a bid to reduce a massive budget…
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Genevieve Dexter attached to Channel 5 Wombles remake
Children’s TV coproduction specialist Genevieve Dexter will co-executive produce the upcoming remake of UK kids…
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Euro hitches restrict global TV ad recovery
Global TV advertising spend is forecast to reach US$219 billion in 2018 but growth in…
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Amazon eyes Russian service
Amazon could launch a video streaming service in Russia, following local reports that it has…
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Hulu orders original from Lionsgate, Brad Pitt’s Plan B
US-based streaming and catch-up service Hulu has ordered an original series, Deadbeat. The show will…
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Fox International making original cooking series East Bites West
Fox International Channels is making East Bites West, an original cooking series fronted by Chef…
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BuzzTaxi makes first sales under Proper banner
Toronto-based distributor BuzzTaxi Communications has closed its first deals since being acquired by Proper Television…
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Electus making kids original for Amazon
Amazon Studios, the original production arm of online retailer Amazon, has greenlit a pilot for…
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Monster preps Fuzzyworld for Cartoon Forum
Ireland’s Monster Entertainment will launch a 39x7mins animated series at Cartoon Forum next month, the…
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News brief: Keshet International searches for Rising Star
Israel’s Keshet International is launching Rising Star, a singing competition series, at MIPCOM this October….
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News brief: Lionsgate teams Tandem for drama
Lionsgate Entertainment and Germany-based Tandem Communications will co-develop one-hour high end drama series under terms…