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Bin Weevils buys Hasbro’s My Little Pony
Bin Weevils has acquired two seasons of animated series My Little Pony from Hasbro. The…
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Nick Meyer working on space race drama
Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer has hooked up with new production company Primeridian Entertainment to create a…
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France Télévisions preps wide-ranging transmedia projects
France Télévisions has unveiled plans for a two large-scale coordinated on-screen and online projects. Speaking…
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Value of drama imports into Europe crashes by US$1bn
The value of drama series imported into Europe has fallen by US$1 billion in recent…
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Stalbow flies Rovio’s Birds nest
Andrew Stalbow, the man that negotiated television deals for the Angry Birds animated series, is…
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Moore appointed BBC1 controller
The BBC has appointed Charlotte Moore as its new permanent controller of flagship channel BBC1,…
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Time Warner buys US$200m CME shares
Broadcast group Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has sold 200,000 shares in the company to…
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Edyson concocts Content Media first-look deal
A new US-Canadian prodco has secured a first-look deal with transatlantic firm Content Media Corporation…
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Mike Tyson to hit out on HBO
Filmmaker Spike Lee is set to bring controversial former boxer Mike Tyson’s one-man stage show…
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icflix global expansion underway
Upcoming Middle Eastern SVOD platform icflix has moved a step closer to launching in Europe,…
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Super RTL cuts staff ahead of Disney Channel launch
German family channel Super RTL is slashing its workforce by 15% – up to 20…
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Crime being replaced by Fox channel in Norway
Fox International Channels is replacing its Fox Crime channel with the core Fox service in…
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National Geographic snaps up Power’s croc docs
UK-based distributor Power has sold a pair of crocodile documentaries to National Geographic Channels International….
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BBC Entertainment to launch on new Romanian platform
BBC Entertainment is among three BBC Worldwide channels launching on a new Romanian DTH TV…
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Oprah doubles up on Tyler Perry series order
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has doubled the series order for Tyler Perry drama The Haves…
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UKTV and YouView sign ‘landmark’ on-demand deal
UKTV has signed a catch-up agreement with connected TVservice YouView, in what the UK multichannel…
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Kurland out as Sky restructures factual team
UK satcaster BSkyB is saying goodbye to head of factual entertainment commissioning Michele Kurland as…
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Lico says CableReady has cut new programming deals, still in business
Gary Lico, the founder and boss of CableReady, has told customers and associates of the…
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Global nets board animal extinction doc
Eleven international broadcasters have pre-bought Gambling on Extinction, a new 1x52mins doc about illegal endangered…
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Intel gears up for TV push
Intel is trailing its forthcoming TV product among some 2,000 company employees and has started…
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Sky Vision sells 100 hours into CEE
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has sealed a raft of sales with broadcasters across Europe as…
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Telemundo launching pay TV channel across Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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ITV conjures up new magic show, ITVS GE to distribute
UK broadcaster ITV2 has commissioned Tricked, a new hidden camera show in which magicians fool…
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Spain, India, Malaysia looking for deals at CMC
New buyers and investors have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming Children’s Media Conference in…
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Whoopi Goldberg making Lifetime TV Movie, A+E to distribute
Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg will star in and executive produce a new Lifetime TV movie,…
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Beyond cuts US programming deals
Beyond Distribution has sealed a programming deal with Scripps Networks Interactive for content on two…
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Comedy Central UK renews Men
UK pay TV channel Comedy Central has acquired the eleventh season of long running CBS…
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Good Wife, Dexter set for Lovefilm launch
Amazon-owned on-demand platform Lovefilm has secured CBS Studios International-distributed scripted programming including The Good Wife,…
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ITV Studios taps BBC Worldwide for Americas sales boss
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has appointed BBC Worldwide’s Americas coproductions chief Greg Johnson to become…
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Russian net scores exclusive MTV content deal
Female-skewed Russian net U Channel has scored an exclusive deal with Viacom International Media Networks…