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Watchever snaps up CBS content
German OTT service Watchever has inked a programming deal with CBS Studios International. The Vivendi-backed…
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News brief: Mattel and Gurin making gameshow based on Uno card game
Toy company Mattel and gameshow producer Phil Gurin (pictured) are teaming to make Uno: The…
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Hulu offering every episode of Star Trek until end-March
Hulu has made almost 700 episodes of sci-fi TV series Star Trek ever made available…
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Lifetime wins legal battle over Romeo Killer TV movie
US cable net Lifetime has won a legal battle over Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco…
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BBC orders original dramas for iPlayer
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a strand of original dramas for its iPlayer…
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3D TV is dead says HBO technology boss
3D TV with glasses is “dead”and 4K TV is highly unlikely to succeed, according to…
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Lovefilm strikes deal for BBC kids series
Lovefilm has bought a raft of classic BBC kids content including iconic series Teletubbies. The…
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News brief: Online video will be worth €1b by year-end
Revenues from online video in Western Europe will total €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) this year,…
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Connected TV will fail without common standards says iPlayer boss
The TV industry must adopt common standards for connected TVs or risk these devices becoming…
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Hallmark moves heavily into original drama series
Hallmark Channel has ordered its second ever original scripted series and is prepping two more…
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The Voice app launches
The BBC has launched a companion app for the second season of singing competition show…
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UK animation industry to gathering to discuss tax breaks
The Children’s Media Conference is organising a get-together for the UK animation industry in the…
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Fox makes first ever European commissions
Fox UK has ordered a pair of original series for the first time. Fox UK,…
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Sierra/Engine teams with Capote producer for Siberia
Sierra/Engine is teaming with Oscar-nominated movie producer Michael Ohoven for Siberia, a thirteen-part drama series,…
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DCD inks output deal with US cable net Fuse
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has inked a deal with Fuse and will sell the music…
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YouTube hits a billion and says TV is a priority
Bringing fully featured YouTube to the TV is a key priority for the video portal,…
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NBC buys Tandem’s Crossing Lines
NBC has acquired Tandem and Bernero Productions European-flavoured cop series Crossing Lines. The US broadcast…
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Super RTL and Canal+ head for Camp Lakebottom
9 Story Entertainment has shopped its animated series Camp Lakebottom to a raft of broadcasters….
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Shaftesbury’s Good God heads to Foxtel
Canada’s Shaftesbury has sold its comedy series Good God to Foxtel. The Australian pay TV…
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Zodiak reels in Minnow for first-look
Zodiak Rights has inked a first-look deal with UK indie producer Minnow Films. The distributor…
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BBC calls for second screen standards
The BBC has called for technology standardisation for second screen services in order to help…
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Dragonfly taps Channel 4 commissioner as creative director
Shine Group-backed Dragonfly Film and Television has hired Mark Raphael as its creative director. He…
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The Bible beats The Walking Dead in epic ratings battle
The latest instalment of The Bible on History narrowly edged out The Walking Dead on…
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Gary Carter joining Shine Group
FremantleMedia COO Gary Carter is joining Shine Group where he will take the new role…
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Money Drop ranked the most valuable format in Europe
Endemol’s Money Drop format has come top of a new list measuring the value created…
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MTV and Strix ink Scandi fomat deal
Strix has optioned MTV’s reality competition format The Challenge: Battle of the Exes. The Scandi…
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Spotify plans push into TV
Internet-powered music service Spotify is planning to make a bigger push into the living room,…
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Cake takes rights to NASA-influenced Space Racers series
Kids distributor Cake has picked up international rights to a new preschool series about a…
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New Fireman Sam series greenlit
Hit Entertainment is making a new 24-part series of popular cartoon series Fireman Sam for…
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MediaCorp cuts format deal with Thai PBS
Singaporean broadcaster MediaCorp has inked a format deal with Thailand’s public broadcaster for its competitive…