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Donati, Brainch among raft of NBCU appointments
NBCUniversal International senior exec Duccio Donati is moving to a new role overseeing the E!…
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Netflix tipped to add up to 5m subs this year
Netflix will add four to five million new domestic streaming subscribers this year, taking the…
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Perfect Storm taps ex-FX exec for new TV division
US media company Perfect Storm Entertainment has hired Danielle Woodrow to run its freshly minted…
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Discovery buys Disney dramas for TLC UK
Discovery has bought several US scripted series for the soon-to-launch UK version of TLC. It…
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RDF makes factual appointments, wins BBC commissions
UK producer RDF Television has appointed new heads of factual entertainment and popular factual and…
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NBC readies ‘genre-redefining’ live quiz series
US network NBC has commissioned a huge live interactive quiz show that will broadcast from…
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Martin Gastinger to run ATV
Tele München has upped Martin Gastinger to CEO of ATV following this week’s news that…
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Global Screen tees up US and Euro deals for Girl Boy gameshow
German distributor Global Screen has secured an order for more episodes of gender-based gameshow format…
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Moonscoop strikes VOD deal
Kids content firm Moonscoop has scored a deal with a new North American children’s VOD…
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China covers Canadian singing format
China’s Enlight Media has bought local format rights to Cover Me Canada, a competition reality…
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History UK to unveil Polish war heroes
The UK’s History Channel has commissioned Sky Vision to produce a 5x60mins doc series about…
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German net returns to The Chase
German regional broadcaster NDR has commissioned a second season of an ITV Studios gameshow format….
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Israeli digital format concept welcomes Irish partner
Armoza Format’s innovative digitally sourced format creation concept TV By the People has welcomed another…
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BuzzTaxi scores Asia, Africa, Euro deals
Toronto’s BuzzTaxi Communications has secured sales with broadcasters in Asia, Africa and Europe. In Asia,…
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Top CBS execs confirmed for Banff
CBS execs Nina Tassler, Armando Nuñez and David Stapf will all give keynote addresses at…
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Shine sells baking format
Shine Group has cut the first international deals for its Best Bakery format. French commercial…
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Boulder Creek hires Matt Wills from PA
UK-based producer and distributor Boulder Creek International has hired Matt Wills as its commercial director….
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Mark Burnett gameshow headed for Canadian channel
Canadian channel CHCH has commissioned a local version of a new Mark Burnett-developed gameshow. Local…
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Bomb Girls series cancelled, continues as TV movie
Canadian WW2 drama series Bomb Girls has been cancelled by Global but the Canadian broadcaster…
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Universal Channel buys Bates Motel for Asia, rebrands
Universal Channel in Asia has acquired Bates Motel, the A&E Network drama based on Alfred Hitchcock…
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Virgin Media’s TiVo customers reach 1.5 million
Virgin Media said that TiVo users now account for 40% of its TV customers after…
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Spain’s Imagina restructures sales division
Spanish TV and film producer and distributor Imagina is restructuring its international sales unit. The…
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Scripps channels announce slew of original shows
Scripps Interactive channels HGTV, DIY Network and Travel Channel have announced a raft of new…
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Store closures will ‘severely impact’ UK video rental market
The UK DVD and Blu-ray rental market will decline sharply this year following the shut-down…
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Ludwig Bauer leaving Tele München
Tele München’s Ludwig Bauer is leaving the company. Bauer has been at the German-language media…
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UKTV orders more of David Attenborough’s Curiosities
UKTV has commissioned a second, longer, run of natural history show David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities….
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Viacom cuts content deals with French broadcasters
Viacom international Media Networks has cut a raft of programming deals with French channels in…
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News Corp settles with shareholders
News Corp has settled a legal case with a shareholder group that were unhappy with…
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November confirmed as ITV drama boss
Acting ITV director of drama Steve November has been confirmed in the role permanently. November…
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ABC appoints new comedy chief
Australian public broadcaster ABC has appointed the co-creator and executive producer of controversial sitcom At…