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BBC Worldwide streaming Glastonbury festival around the world
BBC Worldwide will stream the upcoming Glastonbury music festival on its international channels. The commercial…
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MTG set to pip Sky Vision to DRG deal
Patrick Svensk’s MTG Studios is set to acquire UK distributor DRG after outgunning Sky Vision…
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Keshet liberates Homeland format in Europe, Canada
Prisoners of War, the Israeli format on which Homeland was based, has been picked up…
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Amazon chooses first-ever original TV series
Amazon has selected the pilots that it will take to series with a John Goodman…
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Roku raises US$60m to grow set top business
Streaming video box-maker Roku has raised US$60 million in Series F funding from new and…
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TF1 names new programming director
French broadcaster TF1 has named Fabrice Bailly as director of programming. The appointments adds responsibility…
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Food Network to launch in Greece
Scripps Networks Interactive has rolled out Food Network in Greece for the first time, with…
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NBC and Hearst’s Esquire TV channel to launch in September
The Esquire TV channel will roll out on September 23, its backers NBCUniversal and Hearst…
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Pact: Channel 5 attitude toward indies ‘worrying’
UK producer body Pact has labelled the terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s relationship with local indies…
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Indian net woos Warner’s Bachelorette
Indian channel Life OK has become the latest to get its own version of Warner…
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ABC1 goes Old School with drama
Australian public broadcaster ABC1 has commissioned an eight-part drama series in which a retired cop…
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BBC Two orders Proper Pub Food
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge will front a BBC Two series on how to cook the…
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Disney XD launches on Canadian pay platform
The Walt Disney Company-owned boys’ channel Disney XD has launched in HD on Canadian pay…
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Dailymotion adds Bollywood content
Video site Dailymotion has inked a deal with Indian movie company Venus for a selection…
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…
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Ex-Nickelodeon exec returns to the fray
Former Nickelodeon UK executive Layla Lewis is re-joining Viacom International Media Networks after nearly three…
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Turner raids MTV for head of programming
Turner Broadcasting System has poached Chris Linn from MTV. Linn will be president and head…
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Digiturk ‘on the block’
Turkey’s Digitürk may be sold off in whole or in part following a Turkish state…
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Netflix’s Arrested Development launch ‘beats’ House of Cards
Internet traffic data for Netflix users suggests that 10% of Netflix viewers that started watching…
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August gets distributor and new series order for Ella Bella
August Media has teamed with Cake for international distribution of preschool series Ella Bella Bingo,…
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Management shake-up at Eurosport
Eurosport’s new CEO has restructured the broadcaster’s management, giving several existing executives new titles and…
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BBC Future Media boss outlines ambitious plans
The BBC is set to deliver more cross-platform event coverage, programme apps and connected Red…
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VRT-Ketnet buys trio of kids’ shows
Belgian children’s channel VRT-Ketnet has acquired three series from Canadian content distributor DHX Media. The…
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Off the Fence inks US$20m doc deal
Off The Fence and newly-formed Malaysian funding and production group Ideate Media have inked a…
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Keshet, Haslingden launch Oz production venture
Israel’s Keshet International is going into business with former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden…
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A+E poaches Universal Channels exec for new distribution role
A+E Networks UK has hired Katarzyna Jablonska as its director of distribution. Jablonska joins from…
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Super RTL offsets Disney loss with DreamWorks deal
German family channel Super RTL has secured a major long term output deal with DreamWorks…
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Tesco’s TV service inks ITV deal
Clubcard TV has picked up a raft of classic ITV drama series and cooking shows….
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RTL and VTM get The Taste for Nigella cooking show
RTL4 in the Netherlands and VTM in Belgium have acquired format rights to The Taste…
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Marblemedia takes control of Distribution360
Canadian producer marblemedia has acquired the 50% of its sales venture Distribution360 it didn’t already…