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Zodiak scores kids deals as pair exit
Zodiak Rights has renewed its deal with Discovery Kids Latin America for kids’ series Mister…
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Robert de Niro attached to James Patterson TV adaptation
Robert de Niro is executive producing a television remake of James Patterson’s best-selling book series…
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Viki makes Spanish push, inks Netflix, Lat Am deals
Viki has launched a Spanish-language service and inked a telenovela deal with Netflix and Colombia’s…
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News brief: Hasbro renews Oz digital deal
Hasbro’s LA-based entertainment subsidiary Hasbro Studios has renewed a deal that allows Melborne firm Madmen…
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SinemaTV channels set for Turkish pay service
Turkish pay TV service provider Turkcell TV has begun offering a package of channels from…
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Smart TVs get consumer ‘thumbs down’
Smart TVs are getting a “thumbs-down from early adopters”, with viewers preferring to use tablets,…
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Nine Network boss steps down
The managing director of Australia’s Nine Network is stepping down. Jeffrey Browne is exiting the…
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Italian media coin crashes, down €1.6bn
Combined revenues of Italy’s media companies, including broadcasters and online players, fell by €1.6 billion…
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Fox realigns domestic syndie arm
21st Century Fox has moved to bring its syndication arm Twentieth Television under the umbrella…
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FMNA appoints Shine America exec as new COO
FremantleMedia North America has appointed Shine Group’s US COO Lee Rierson to take on the…
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UK indie sector worth £2.8bn, trade report reveals
UK independent production is now worth £2.8 billion (US$4.2 billion), according to prodcos trade body…
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Viacom launches Asian pop culture channel
Viacom International Media Networks is launching J-ONE, an Asian pop culture-themed channel for the French…
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A+E UK names ex-North One boss as programming chief
A+E Networks UK has named Heather Jones as VP of programming. Jones, who will take…
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FIC powers up with S.H.I.E.L.D. deal
Fox International Channels has acquired Disney-distributed US scripted series including the much-hyped superhero series Marvel’s…
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Showtime’s Ray Donovan grows audience in second week
Showtime’s drama Ray Donovan has bucked the trend of new US scripted series dipping in…
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ITV ‘tees up £90m bid’ for Scandi’s Nice
UK broadcaster ITV is reportedly set to continue its spending spree by preparing a £90…
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Mobile, tablet TV revenues to hit $9.5bn ‘within four years’
Revenues from mobile and tablet television streaming is set to rocket to almost US$10 billion…
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truTV expands Jokers brand
US cable channel truTV has given the greenlight to a third season of its pranks…
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Netflix extends CBS licensing deal
Netflix has extended its multi-year licensing agreement with CBS Corp. and will now offer customers…
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YouTube agrees Ashes cricket streaming deal
The England and Wales Cricket Board has signed a deal with YouTube to stream the…
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HBO Go launches on Polish pay platform
Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland has made the HBO Go multiscreen on-demand service available to its…
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iConcerts owner restructures operations
The company behind the live music-themed iConcerts HD TV channel has put a new management…
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YouTube channel operator gets cash injection from CAA-backed bank
Base79, the UK-based digital company that operates a swathe of YouTube channels, has received a…
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Discovery acquires sex therapy doc
Discovery Fit and Health in the US is among the buyers of Real 40 Year…
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News brief: ITV’s 12 Yard gets BBC One gameshow order
ITV Studio-backed UK producer 12 Yard has won a commission from BBC One for a…
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Broadcasters bag IFC’s Bang Bang and Bunk
Canadian distributor Tricon has sold a pair of comedy shows to The Comedy Network. The…
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Turner UK tells producers: ‘flood us with ideas’
Turner Broadcasting System UK and Ireland’s general manager has called on producers to “inundate” the…
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Five Minutes to a Fortune heads to Italy
UK entertainment format Five Minutes to a Fortune is being piloted in Italy. A local…
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C4 Online boss leaves for Microsoft Studios
Jen Topping is joining Microsoft Studios’ UK production arm. Topping will join Microsoft from Channel…
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Shazam raises US$40m from America Movil
Shazam has raised US$40 million (€31 million) in funding from Latin American telco America Movil,…