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AMC poaches CMT unscripted exec
AMC has poached US cable rival CMT’s senior VP of original programming to run its…
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News brief: NBCU cuts Polish VOD deal
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution…
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Amazon inks Under the Dome download deal
Subscribers to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service can now buy and download the CBS hit…
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Entertainment One completes premium listing
Entertainment One has completed its planned change in its UK listing. The TV and film…
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Celebrity and charity mix for ITV series
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned one of its own prodcos to create a new light…
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Ericsson buys Red Bee Media
Ericsson has agreed to buy TV technology and media services company Red Bee Media, in…
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News brief: FIC launches Chinese ents news series
Fox International Channels has created a bi-weekly entertainment news series for Chinese movie network SCM….
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Sky Living announces new pilots in drama drive
Sky Living HD has ordered two new pilots and announced big name cast additions for…
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Discovery appoints Foley original content boss
Factual channel operator Discovery has appointed Charlie Foley executive VP of its freshly-minted Original Content…
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Mid East ‘Netflix’ scores Miramax deal
Upcoming Middle Eastern streaming service icflix has scored another deal with a US studio –…
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Bell’s $3.4bn Astral deal approved with conditions
Bell Canada Enterprises’ C$3.4 billion (US$3.2 billion) acquisition of rival Astral Media has been approved,…
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ABC Oz ‘will turbo charge natural history and can rival the BBC’
Phil Craig, the head of documentaries at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, says that a…
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BBCWW to commission more content, seeking longer runs
BBC Worldwide is looking to commission more of its own content and is seeking longer…
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Ovation cuts Smash-ing off-net NBC deal
US cable network Ovation has acquired off-network rights to US scripted show Smash. The musical…
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Netflix gives Orange 2 the greenlight
Streaming service Netflix has given the go-ahead to a second season of Orange is the…
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Non-exec role for Steve Morrison at All3Media
All3Media founder Steve Morrison is taking a new role UK-based production and distribution group. The…
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Staff changes at Bake Off producer Love
Love Productions, the UK indie behind hit format The Great British Bake Off, has promoted…
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Got Talent to launch in Afghanistan
Got Talent is launching in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Got Talent will launch on local broadcaster 1TV…
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BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
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Sundance, BBCWW join The Honourable Woman as Gyllenhall signs up
Sundance Channel in the US and BBC Worldwide have come on board upcoming drama The…
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Sunny Side reveals 2013 attendance numbers
The Sunny Side of the Doc documentary festival and market taking place in La Rochelle…
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BBC raises £170m funding for Worldwide
The BBC has raised a £170 million in a seven-year US bond deal – the…
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RTL Group invests US$36m in YouTube network BroadbandTV
RTL Group has partnered with multi-channel YouTube content network BroadbandTV, putting US$36 million into the…
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Viacom ups Kerry Taylor to international MTV programming boss
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted Kerry Taylor to senior VP, Youth & Music. The…
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Fox rebrands Dutch channel, preps Fox Sports launch
Fox has continued the rebranding of its channels and roll out of Fox Sports service…
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Banijay sends Missionaries to Germany
Banijay has sold its French-originated forma The Missionaries to German free-to-air channel Kabel Eins. The…
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Analysts cool on Vodafone’s ‘risky’ Kabel Deutschland deal
Moody’s has said that the benefits to Vodafone of acquiring Kabel Deutschland could be outweighed…
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News brief: GRB shops crime dramas to broadcasters
Distributor GRB Entertainment has concluded a raft of sales for its crime and investigation programming….
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Zodiak picks up and sells 10 Stone Testicles
Zodiak Media has taken international rights to one-off documentary The Man with the 10-Stone…
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Netflix inks exclusive kids deal with ZDF
Netflix has picked up exclusive rights to kids series Mako Mermaids from ZDF Enterprises, the…