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HBO extends Universal Pictures output
US cable network HBO has renewed a movie output deal with Universal Pictures it was…
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IPTV eats into cable and satellite TV market share in Canada
Almost 10% of pay TV subscriptions in Canada are to an IPTV service, according to…
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Sundance orders unscripted TV series about the TV industry
Sundance Channel has commissioned The Writers’ Room, a reality show about the TV business. Sundance…
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Hulu CEO Kilar to leave this quarter
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and chief technologyofficer Rich Tom are to leave the US online…
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A&E orders Rodeo Girls series from The Weinstein Company
US cable net A&E has ordered a reality series about female rodeo competitors from The…
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Steve Macallister leaving BBC Worldwide in restructure
BBC Worldwide president and managing director sales & distribution Steve Macallister is leaving the company…
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Sony taking Talpa’s The Voice into Italy
Sony Pictures Television’s Italian prodcution arm along with Talpa have inked a deal for hit…
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Burlesque format sells into Ukraine
Eccho Rights (fka Sparks Network) has sold its Lady Burlesque format into Ukraine. Free-to-air broadcaster…
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Management shake-up at Discovery
Discovery Networks has rejigged several senior management positions with Phillip Luff taking a new position,…
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Nielsen partners with Twitter for TV ratings
Twitter and media measurement company Nielsen are creating a ratings system based on the amount…
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Martin Scorsese making Bill Clinton documentary for HBO
Martin Scorsese is making a feature doc about Bill Clinton. The film is being made…
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LG makes “too low” Telenet offer
Liberty Global has made a per share offer of €35 for the remaining stake it…
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Jack Black making web series Ghost Ghirls for Yahoo
Actor Jack Black and the US division of Shine are teaming to make web comedy…
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Music channel Sol Musica launching on YouTube
Sol Musica, the Iberian music channel, has launched its own YouTube channel. The linear channel…
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Amazon inks Prime streaming deal with Warner Bros.
Amazon has inked a deal with Warner Bros. for content that it can stream on…
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Screen Australia backs raft of TV drama
Screen Australia is investing A$11.4 million in a raft of new TV series and features….
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Shine making drama about rock band INXS
Shine has been commissioned to make Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS,…
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Red Arrow sells You Deserve It into China
German-based distributor Red Arrow has sold its gameshow You Deserve It into China. State broadcaster…
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Liberty Global to buy back US$1b of stock
International pay TV platform operator Liberty Global has said it plans to buy back another…
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Netflix bumped from Nasdaq 100 Index
Netflix has been dropped from the list of the top 100 companies on the US…
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Caracol ups Lisette Osorio
Caracol Televisión has promoted Lisette Osorio. Osorio was previously senior director of international sales at…
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Chellomedia expands management team
Chellomedia has announced a management shake-up that includes two new appointments. The Liberty Global-owned channel…
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Viasat slam dunks NBA deal
MTG’s Nordic pay TV broadcaster Viasat has signed a deal with US basketball association the…
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Discovery buys SBS Nordic from ProSiebenSat.1
Discovery has acquired SBS Nordic from ProSiebenSat.1 for US$1.7 billion and has also taken a…
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De Mol poaches key executive from Simon Cowell
John de Mol’s Talpa has poached Simon Jones from Simon Cowell’s Syco. Jones, who was…
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BBC Worldwide sells MasterChef package to Foxtel
BBC Worldwide has shopped a package of MasterChef programming to Australian pay TV operator Foxtel….
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Off the Fence inks European deals
Netherlands-based distributor Off the Fence has sold its shows to a raft of broadcasters throughout…
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UK leading new viewing habits, Ofcom reveals
A new report from UK media regulator Ofcom shows that the country is ahead of…
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New French DTT channels roll out
France’s six new HD DTT channels – HD1, L’Equipe 21, 6ter, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte…
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Tom Jennings becomes 1895 Films
Factual and fact-ent producer Tom Jennings Productions has rebranded as 1895 Films. The company, which…