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Sky Deutschland expands MGM partnership
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has expanded its long term output agreement with MGM…
DreamWorks’ Katzenberg captures MIPCOM Personality award
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg will be crowned international television’s Personality of the Year for…
Dome stays in place at CBS
US broadcast network CBS has renewed its high rating miniseries Under the Dome for a…
CTC Media appoints new CEO as Podolsky exits
Boris Podolsky, the CEO of Russian broadcaster CTC Media is exiting the company, with the…
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…
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…
Starz pirate series sails to second season
Starz has greenlit a second run of its pirate series Black Sails – before the…
TVNZ shutters loss-making youth net
New Zealand public broadcaster is closing its loss-making youth network TVNZ U after two years….
ZDFE signs Sky Living drama in Bonafide development deal
German distributor ZDF Enterprises has acquired global sales rights to upcoming UK drama Talking to…
Lou Occhicone leaves CableReady
Lou Occhicone has left CableReady, the producer and distributor that recently filed for Chapter 11…
Liberty Global ups Ziggo stake to 28.5%
Liberty Global has upped its stake in the Netherlands’ largest cable operator Ziggo to 28.5%…
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…
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…
Korea, Singapore firms link for CGI action series
Animation companies from South Korea and Singapore have for the first time come together to…
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…
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…
Cineflix Productions bosses exit in restructure
Cineflix Productions’ Toronto-based CEO Simon Lloyd and executive VP Joe Houlihan are exiting the business…
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…
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…
Fox launching in the Netherlands
Fox International Channels has revealed details of the upcoming launch of its Fox service in…
Eurosport ups Gurshuran Seth
Eurosport has promoted Gursharan (Gushi) Sethi to senior VP, affiliate sales and marketing, at its…
Scripps dishes up Turkish Food Network
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Food Network has launched in Turkey. The SD and HD service has…
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…
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…
Pat Younge resigns from BBC Production post
BBC Productions’ chief creative officer Pat Younge has resigned from his position, citing the new…
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…
BT Sport receives half a million sign-ups
BT reported a “strong start” for its new sports channel line-up with more than half…
Google launches TV streaming dongle
Google has launched a low-price TV dongle designed for people to stream web content to…
RTL strikes German OTT deal with Magine
RTL Deutschland has inked a deal with OTT service Magine. The exclusive agreement means RTL’s…
Sonar preps Alice in Wonderland zombie series
Sonar Entertainment has acquired rights to Alice in Deadland and will develop a TV series…