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Breakthrough seals pre-NATPE deals
Producer and distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has finalised programming deals with several broadcasters in the Central…
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All3Media sells Rome and Ancient Egypt series around the world
All3Media’s sales arm has shopped Lion Television factual special Meet the Romans and Ancient Egypt:…
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ITV pays US$30m for US producer of Hatfield & McCoys
ITV has acquired a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, the US producer that made Hatfield…
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Netflix launching in the Netherlands
Netflix will launch in the Netherlands later this year in the latest stage of its…
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Turner streamlines L+M team amid wider cost cuts
Turner has streamlined its Turner CN Enterprises licensing and merchandising divison as the company continues…
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ABC Oz’s kids boss resigns
Tim Brooke-Hunt, the controller of kids TV at ABC, has resigned and will leave the…
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Content Media gets US$40m credit line
Film and TV producer and distributor Content Media has renewed and extended a key line…
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TV holds firm, but Euro ad spend recovery ‘postponed’
The expected recovery in advertising revenues across the eurozone will not materialise this year and…
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RTL confirms DreamWorks output deal
Super RTL has officially announced its output deal with DreamWorks, giving it a raft of…
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Yahoo! Middle East boss quits to launch social TV firm
Ahmed Nassef (above) has left his role as Yahoo!’s VP and managing director for Middle…
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ABC Oz catches MTV’s Catfish
Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought MTV reality series Catfish. The show, based on the…
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News brief: Peace Point launching film catalogue at NATPE Budapest
Canada-based producer and distributor Peace Point will launch a new 40-title film catalogue at the…
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Satellite revenues to overtake cable this year
Global DTH revenues are set to overtake cable TV revenues this year, according to an…
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Scripps’ Food Network and Travel Channel launch on Virgin Media
Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for its Food Network and Travel Channel services on…
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News brief: CBBC orders more Dani’s Castle
UK kids channel CBBC has greenlit a second season of live action drama series Dani’s…
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A+E inks CEE deals ahead of NATPE
A+E has concluded a raft of programming deals with broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe…
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News brief: Discovery Kids buys kids doc series
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has acquired documentary adventure series Bushwhacked from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation…
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BSkyB veteran gets top marketing and sales job at Sky Italia
Sky Italia has appointed Delia Bushell chief commercial officer. Bushell has been at the News…
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Greece’s ERT back on air
Greece’s public broadcaster ERT is to continue broadcasting during a restructure process after a Greek…
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Saban rejigs and staffs up for new licensing division
Saban Brands has upped several executives and hired a new VP as it launches a…
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Netflix inks ‘largest ever’ deal for originals with DreamWorks
Netflix says that its new deal for original programming from DreamWorks is its largest yet…
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Ex-Warner Bros TV boss Rosenblum resurfaces at Legendary
Bruce Rosenblum, until last month the boss of Warner Bros’ TV activities, has become president…
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NBC poaches ABC exec for international copro role
US broadcast net NBC has recruited Quinn Taylor as its new executive VP, movies, miniseries…
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Liberty Global moves for Germany’s KDG
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed that it has received a counter-offer from Liberty Global following…
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FIC launching Fox Sports Channel in Italy
Fox International Channels has secured a slew of rights for a new Fox Sports channel…
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iPlayer usage stays flat
BBC iPlayer usage for May was flat month-on-month, with the breakdown of usage across PCs,…
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Zodiak clocks another Tickety Toc deal in Spain
Spanish broadcaster Clan TV has acquired preschool series Tickety Toc. The series is distributed by…
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Oprah Winfrey launching in Australia
Oprah Winfrey’s cable channel will get a branded block in Australia, starting later this year….
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FremantleMedia inks ProSieben, RTL and raft of German deals
FremantleMedia International has announced a slew of sales to German broadcasters. The distributor has inked…
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Kabillion to preview Simon Fuller’s kids TV project
On demand kids service Kabillion will show the first excerpt from pop and TV impresario…