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Nordic World hires drama chief, readies MIPTV slate
Distribution alliance Nordic World has hired a veteran Scandinavian channels executive to bolster its drama…
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Ridley Scott making twelve projects for Machinima
Ridley Scott is making twelve short films with online video site Machinima. The projects will…
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Shipments of internet-enabled settops set to rocket
Global shipments of multimedia home gateways are expected to rise more than 100 times between…
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Exclusive: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel inks huge programming deal with Disney
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) has inked a programming deal with Disney for TV series…
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Middle East dives in for Celebrity Splash
Eyeworks has sold diving format Celebrity Splash to a Lebanon-based satellite channel, which will launch…
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News Corp company split draws closer
News Corp has unveiled details of how it plans to split into two separate entertainment…
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WBITVP to launch Speed King remake
Warner Bros International Television Production will launch a UK pilot based on Japanese quiz format…
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Alphanim rebrands, producing Noddy remake
French toon producer-distributor Alphanim has rebranded and is onboard a new version of Enid Blyton’s…
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Turner kids’ channels arrive in Sri Lanka
Turner children’s channels Cartoon Network and POGO have launched on Sri Lankan IPTV platform PEO…
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Good Food gets taste for Scandi cooking
UKTV pay channel Good Food is getting in on the Scandinavian cookery-themed trend by acquiring…
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Tobias Bringholm exits Eyeworks
Eyeworks Scandinavia CEO Tobias Bringholm is leaving the company to focus on creating new start-ups…
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Neillis exits Sky Vision after short stint
Angela Neillis has exited Sky Vision less than three months after joining the UK distributor…
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UKTV moving into international programme sales
Multichannel group UKTV will start to distribute some of its original shows directly and will…
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UK retransmission ruling is ‘significant moment’
A court ruling stating online ‘rebroadcaster’ TVCatchup.com illegally transmitted live UK terrestrial TV channels represents…
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Ben Stiller attached to IFC sketch comedy
Ben Stiller is behind a new 10-part comedy for US cable channel IFC. The Hollywood…
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Syfy orders new Ron Moore series
Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore’s latest series will broadcast on US cablenet Syfy. Thirteen-part…
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Star comes out for Disney Channel
US kids’ net Disney Channel has gone in-house for animated comedy adventure series about a…
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Content Partners tracks down CSI stake
Entertainment financier Content Partners has acquired 50% of the CSI franchise from Goldman Sachs. The…
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ITVS peers over the Edge at MIPTV
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch new BBC Scotland wildlife series Islands on the Edge…
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BBC buys into Nordic cooking trend
BBC Worldwide has acquired a local cooking series for several of its international channels. Tareq…
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Alloy Digital gets US$30 million cash boost
Multiplatform producer Alloy Digital has won a US$30 million investment from private equity house ABS…
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Esquire Network gears up for Party Down
Esquire Network, the new identity of NBCUniversal cablenet G4, has licensed US broadcasting rights to…
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Lagardère Active’s results improve
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, saw an improvement in its like-for-like…
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Content and Co. launching on-demand programming service Cirkus
Content and Co., the UK-based consultancy run by TV industry veterans Mark Bradford and Hugh…
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WoCC: Indies securing more BBC tender hours
UK independent producers are securing more BBC drama, entertainment and children’s commissions than in previous years,…
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Julia Stiles partners with WIGS on second web series
Fox-backed YouTube drama channel WIGS has ordered a new four-part series from actress Julia Stiles,…
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Amazon greenlights pilot for original kids series
Amazon Studios has greenlit a pilot of Sara Solves It, an animated kids series about…
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US consumers warming to connected and 3D TV
Consumers in the US are registering a sharp increase in 3D TVs and, to a…
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Antena 3 rebrands post LaSexta merger
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 Group has rebranded as Atresmedia, as part of a strategy to…
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BBC Trust starts review of kids’ TV services
The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, has announced a review of its…