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Comcast to take full control of NBC Universal
US cable and media giant Comcast is to acquire the 49% of NBC Universal that…
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Spain’s Telecinco takes the plunge with diving format
Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco has ordered a local version of Banijay International’s diving format Stars…
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Intel in talks with content providers for OTT TV launch
Intel is in talks with content providers ahead of a planned internet TV launch, Erik…
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HBO teams with Apple for Go launch
HBO president and COO, Eric Kessler, announced yesterday that the HBO Go TV Everywhere service…
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BBC Worldwide says 10% uptick in buyers attending Showcase
BBC Worldwide says that 700 international buyers will attend the 2013 version of its annual…
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FremantleMedia picks up rights to hit Canadian format
FremantleMedia has taken international rights to Canadian entertainment format Family Harmony (Un Air de Famille)….
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The Walking Dead opener delivers best ever ratings
The debut of the new season AMC’s zombie series The Walking Dead has smashed its…
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Lovefilm renews and extends BBC Worldwide deal
Amazon-owned streaming service Lovefilm has inked a new, extended, content deal with BBC Worldwide, the…
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Disney and Univision name joint venture network Fusion
The upcoming joint venture cable network from ABC and US Hispanic broadcaster Univision will be…
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Cake inks Random House distribution deal
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment (RHCSE) has appointed Cake the distributor of its new animated…
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Entertainment One boss Darren Throop to give MIPTV keynote
Entertainment One president and CEO Darren Throop will give a keynote address at MIPTV. The…
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Liam Keelan opts for BBC Worldwide over Sky
Liam Keelan has opted to take a new role at BBC Worldwide over the position…
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France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for review of ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
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YouTube partner Rightster acquires Preview Networks
YouTube channel partner Rightster has acquired Preview Networks, a distributor of movie trailers online. Rightster…
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Fox’s Latino channel orders more Minute To Win It
Fox’s recently-launched US Hispanic cable network MundoFox has ordered another season of its version of…
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News brief: Alcuni sells kids shows into Russia
Gruppo Alcuni has sold a pair of its shows into Russia and the CIS region….
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Starz inks huge content deal with Sony
US cable network Starz has inked a huge multiyear programming deal with Sony Pictures. Neither…
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Ridley Scott making Philip K. Dick series for Syfy
Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions is adapting sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s Man In The…
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Liberty Global-Virgin Media benefits limited say analysts
While Liberty Global’s acquisition of Virgin Media will create scale and moderately improve the cable…
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BBC to launch content on iPlayer before TV
The BBC has approved plans to launch a raft of programming online before it hits…
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Endemol promotes quartet of US executives
Endemol’s US division has upped four senior executives: Caroline Baumgard, Rob Day, Ron Milkes and…
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Bananas in Pyjamas lands at Disney Junior
Disney Junior in Canada has picked up preschool kids series Bananas in Pyjamas. The channel…
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DLT Entertainment hires US sales boss
DLT Entertainment has hired Greg Rocco as its US director of sales. Rocco will be…
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Counting Cards: viewing numbers for Netflix’s House of Cards
Netflix’s original series House of Cards launched February 1 and while the streaming service does…
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Universal Channel buys The Closer spin-off Major Crimes
Universal Channel has acquired exclusive UK television rights to The Closer spin-off Major Crimes, from…
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New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
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P7S1 inks Hunger Games TV deal
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up free-to-air TV rights to a raft of upcoming Lionsgate movies including…
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Echo Bridge to distribute Turner crime titles
Distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting System and will sell…
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Industry groups agree online rights deal with Canal+
Two groups representing French content creation professionals’ intellectual property rights have agreed a deal with…
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Virgin Media inks new FilmFlex deal
UK cabler Virgin Media has inked a new video-on-demand deal with FilmFlex, the VOD company…