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Sky Deutschland expands MGM partnership

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has expanded its long term output agreement with MGM…

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DreamWorks’ Katzenberg captures MIPCOM Personality award

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg will be crowned international television’s Personality of the Year for…

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Dome stays in place at CBS

US broadcast network CBS has renewed its high rating miniseries Under the Dome for a…

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CTC Media appoints new CEO as Podolsky exits

Boris Podolsky, the CEO of Russian broadcaster CTC Media is exiting the company, with the…

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3D takes a hit as Foxtel closes dedicated channel

A “worldwide lack” of content is behind the closure of Australian pay TV platform Foxtel’s…

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NBC preps miniseries slate including Clinton bio, Rosemary’s Baby

NBC is working on a slate of miniseries that includes a biopic of Hilary Clinton…

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Starz pirate series sails to second season

Starz has greenlit a second run of its pirate series Black Sails – before the…

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TVNZ shutters loss-making youth net

New Zealand public broadcaster is closing its loss-making youth network TVNZ U after two years….

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ZDFE signs Sky Living drama in Bonafide development deal

German distributor ZDF Enterprises has acquired global sales rights to upcoming UK drama Talking to…

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Lou Occhicone leaves CableReady

Lou Occhicone has left CableReady, the producer and distributor that recently filed for Chapter 11…

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Liberty Global ups Ziggo stake to 28.5%

Liberty Global has upped its stake in the Netherlands’ largest cable operator Ziggo to 28.5%…

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Roku adds Channel 5, Toon Googles

Streaming set-top box firm Roku has added UK broadcaster Channel Five’s Demand 5 catch-up service and…

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Netflix UK launches Breaking Bad finale eps close to US debut

Netflix in the UK will launch the final episodes of AMC drug drama Breaking Bad…

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Korea, Singapore firms link for CGI action series

Animation companies from South Korea and Singapore have for the first time come together to…

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Sky programming costs hit £2.5bn

BSkyB’s yearly programming costs have hit £2.5 billion (US$3.9 billion), as the UK satcaster’s British…

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ITV continues buying spree with £12.5m-plus Big Talk deal

UK broadcaster ITV has acquired 100% of Rev and Friday Night Dinner producer Big Talk…

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Cineflix Productions bosses exit in restructure

Cineflix Productions’ Toronto-based CEO Simon Lloyd and executive VP Joe Houlihan are exiting the business…

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News brief: Sprout, Moshi, AwesomenessTV to keynote MIPJunior

Top executives from US kids network Sprout, YouTube multi-channel operator AwesomnessTV and emerging children’s brand…

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News brief: H2 calls on Thing-a-ma-bob

US cable channel H2 has ordered a 10-part series from T Group Productions and 1st…

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Fox launching in the Netherlands

Fox International Channels has revealed details of the upcoming launch of its Fox service in…

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Eurosport ups Gurshuran Seth

Eurosport has promoted Gursharan (Gushi) Sethi to senior VP, affiliate sales and marketing, at its…

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Scripps dishes up Turkish Food Network

Scripps Networks Interactive’s Food Network has launched in Turkey. The SD and HD service has…

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iPlayer receives record mobile traffic in June

The BBC’s iPlayer video-on-demand service had a record proportion of mobile traffic in June, as…

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Sky launches Roku-based Now TV box

Sky has launched a low-price, internet-connected set-top box, so that customers of is Now TV…

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Pat Younge resigns from BBC Production post

BBC Productions’ chief creative officer Pat Younge has resigned from his position, citing the new…

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Steve Wynne exits Rival to run TV at Pretzel Films

Steve Wynne has left Rival Media and set up a TV division at London-based Pretzel…

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BT Sport receives half a million sign-ups

BT reported a “strong start” for its new sports channel line-up with more than half…

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Google launches TV streaming dongle

Google has launched a low-price TV dongle designed for people to stream web content to…

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RTL strikes German OTT deal with Magine

RTL Deutschland has inked a deal with OTT service Magine. The exclusive agreement means RTL’s…

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Sonar preps Alice in Wonderland zombie series

Sonar Entertainment has acquired rights to Alice in Deadland and will develop a TV series…