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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…