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About 17% of Germans are using time-shifted TV, with a third of German 16-29 year-olds…

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Italian entrepreneur and Diego Della Valle has expressed a serious interest in  La7, the Italian…

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African pay TV operator Zuku has ordered an original documentary series From Here to Timbuktu….

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UK media regulator Ofcom has awarded a local TV licence for the Northern city of…

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All3Media has secured deals for its German-originated scripted reality format Day and Night. The show,…

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Endemol has taken international rights to gameshow format The Common Denominator. It has taken international…

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Formula One’s global audience declined in 2012, pushed down by a 34% drop in viewing…

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Blinkbox has inked a deal with MGM for the catalogue of James Bond movies. The…

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Starz will launch and screen its original period drama The White Queen at MIPTV. The…

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Double-digit growth at Discovery’s international networks helped drive overall revenue and profit growth at the…

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Netflix is not a threat to broadcast network CBS, according to its CEO and president…

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The lawsuit accusing Netflix of misleading investors has been dismissed by a US court. A…

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Michael Rosenfeld, head of TV at recently-created factual producer Tangled Bank, will give a keynote…

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Disney-owned US cable network ABC Family has ordered a half-hour reality comedy series from the…

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The current system of release windows for movies is often too rigid and can prevent…

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Overall annual growth in the advertising market in Russia slowed last year to 13%, according…

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A raft of international channels have acquired animated kids series Little Spirou. The 78x7mins show…

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Amazon has extended the terms of a programming deal with CBS, adding a raft of…

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Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, has started testing its Club Card TV streaming service and…

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Sony Pictures Television has inked deals for local versions of three of its drama series:…

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Attitudes of ‘digital natives’ – 15-24 year-olds – towards the illicit consumption of online content…

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Discovery’s international arm has hired Charlotte Reid as its first director of production and development…

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Modern Times Group expects some growth from its Nordic pay TV business this year, with…

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Beyond International has taken international rights to two new kids series, Totally Rubbish and Get…

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Canal+ has acquired exclusive rights to the Formula 1 motor racing series. The French premium…

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Brenda Wooding’s kids production and distribution firm Kid Glove has set up a base in…

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Netflix is making its first original kids series. It is teaming with Hollywood studio DreamWorks…

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Pascal Breton, the co-founder of Marathon, has stepped down as CEO of the French production…

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ZDF Enterprises has taken international rights to Death of a Pilgrim, the latest hit Scandinavian…

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Lagardère and Vivendi are engaged in a bitter legal dispute over claims that the latter…