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Universal Channel to go live in Germany
NBCUniversal International Television’s channels division is set to launch its flagship pay-TV brand Universal Channel…
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Storage Hoarders sells to Euro broadcasters
Twofour Rights, the sales arm of UK-based indie producer Twofour, has sold a raft of…
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Viacom reveals audience’s social media habits
Viacom has unveiled the results of a study into how viewers of its channels use…
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Orange will look for partner for Dailymotion
Orange plans to invest between €30 and €50 million in Dailymotion and will not divest…
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News brief: Netflix to take Derek global
Netflix is set to premier Ricky Gervais comedy Derek later this in each of the…
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ZDF links with Sweden’s leading indie for drama
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has inked a development deal…
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EBU urges EU to defend Europe against the US
The European Broadcasting Union says that including TV and film services in upcoming trade negotiations…
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Liberty quiet on Chellomedia sale report
Liberty Global has declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal that…
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All3Media, Shine and Starz cut Viewster OTT deals
OTT operator Viewster has cut programming deals with a raft of distributors, picking up drama…
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Disney starts work on Star Wars special and series
Disney-owned Lucasfilm has started production on a new Star Wars special and TV series, Star…
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Revenues and profit up sharply at eOne
Entertainment One has posted strong full-year results with double-digit increases in revenue and profit. The…
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NBC acquires Sierra/Engine drama Siberia
NBC has acquired one hour drama series Siberia. The series comes from Sierra/Engine and Oscar-nominated…
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News brief: CBBC orders two shows from Zodiak’s Lucky Day
UK kids channel CBBC has ordered a pair of shows from Lucky Day, the UK…
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Jonathan Ross prodco making BBC history series
HotSauce TV, the production company founded by British TV talkshow host Jonathan Ross, has won…
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MSN and NY TV Fest launch US$75k shortform content contest
The New York TV Festival and web portal MSN are launching the Short Form Storyteller…
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Film group teams with Romanian entrepreneur to create CEE Studio
Film production business Solar Entertainment Group has joined forces with Romanian entrepreneur Dragos Savulescu (pictured)…
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Sonet Film staffs up and launches TV division
Swedish film business Sonet Film has launched a TV division, Sonet Television. Sonet is a…
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Netflix reportedly eyeing Netherlands, France, Belgium
Netflix is reportedly looking at the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets,…
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Sales chief exits Absolutely Independent
The sales and marketing director of Netherlands-based formats house Absolutely Independent is exiting the company…
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Zodiak teams with National Film and TV School for TV scholarship
Producer and distributor Zodiak Media has joined forces with the UK National Film and Television…
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Studio 100 launches film division
Kids producer and distributor Studio 100 has launched a new movie division, Studio 100 Film….
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Entertainment One takes in Simon’s Cat
Entertainment One has taken a raft of rights to YouTube animated property Simon’s Cat. The…
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Ovation poaches Eqal exec for digital media role
US cable net Ovation has hired Jason Black as its new original programming exec. He…
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DirecTV the latest company linked to Hulu
US pay TV platform DirecTV is the latest company to be linked with a move…
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News brief: Syfy closing Warehouse 13
Syfy has said its flagship original series Warehouse 13 will come to an end after…
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Amazon expands programming deal with NBC
Amazon has agreed a wider programming deal with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution, giving…
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Shine International confirms permanent CEO
Shine International’s interim CEO Nadine Nohr has been confirmed in the post on a permanent…
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Homeland format set for Lat Am remake
Florida-based Pomodoro Stories has acquired Latin American remake rights to a pair of scripted series…
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HBO Go goes live in new CEE territory
HBO’s on-demand service HBO Go has launched on Bulgarian cable operator blizoo. The operator’s subscriber…
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Remarkable wins C4 commission for Undo Me
Endemol-owned UK producer Remarkable Television will make new fact-ent series Undo Me, in which Katie…