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History expands in Hungary
A+E’s History channel has expanded in Hungary following a carriage deal with Digi. The joint…
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Dutch, Slovakian broadcasters board Babes on the Bus
Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Slovakia are to remake Norwegian dating format Babes on the…
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ESPN promotes programming, digital execs
European sports broadcaster ESPN has promoted a number of programming and digital executives as part…
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Yellow Bird to produce Will Trent crime novels in the US
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo producer Yellow Bird has acquired the rights to Karin…
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HBO tipped to make Indian formats after Eros deal
HBO Asia and Indian movie producer and distributor Eros International have joined forces and will…
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Hearst acquires Say Yes To The Dress producer NorthSouth
US media company Hearst Corporation has acquired a stake in Say Yes To The Dress…
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Tesco-owned Blinkbox ramps up kids programming
Tesco-owned digital platform Blinkbox is aggressively moving into the kids space with a raft of…
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Shine America strikes deal with Nigel Lythgoe
Shine America has struck a deal with American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to produce…
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CNN inks deal with News7
CNN has inked a deal with soon-to-launch news channel News7. The Bulgarian free-to-air channel will…
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Nat Geo Channels International orders raft of factual series
National Geographic Channels International has ordered a raft of factual series, including a new series…
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Disney buys Henson’s Pajanimals
Disney has picked up animated series Pajanimals across a raft of territories. The 52x11mins series…
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Lifetime orders reality series Preacher’s Daughters
US cable network Lifetime has ordered Preacher’s Daughters, a new reality series following a group…
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch producer inks deal with eOne
Paula Hart has agreed a first-look deal with Entertainment One (eOne) and will develop new…
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MTG appoints Prima boss Marek Singer to run CEE
Pan-European broadcaster Modern Times Group has appointed Marek Singer as executive vice-president of the Group’s…
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Canal+ joins forces with Spotify
Canal+ France has created a new musicsite in partnership with Spotify. The service, called simply…
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Tinopolis continues aggressive M&A with Firecracker Films purchase
British TV production and distribution group Tinopolis is continuing its aggressive M&A strategy with its…
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Keshet expands into UK, US with exec hires
Keshet International is to expand in the UK and US and has made a number…
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Sweden’s TV3 greenlights Banijay’s Origins of Love
Swedish broadcaster TV3 is producing a local version of reality dating format Origins of Love…
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Fox orders Norwegian dating series
US network Fox has ordered a local version of Norwegian dating format Babes on a…
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ABC orders UFO series from Shaftesbury
US network ABC has ordered Weird Desk, a supernatural drama from Canadian producer Shaftesbury, straight-to-series….
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BBC Norway strikes ad deal with Fox International Channels
BBC Entertainment in Norway is to have advertising for the first time in the new…
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Antique’s Roadshow app finds over 1.5m users
More than 1.5 million unique users have played the BBC’s interactive Antiques Roadshow game since…
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Canal+ to give up Orange Cinéma Series
Canal+ is to relinquish all control over the Orange Cinéma Series channels while remaining a…
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NBC channels launch on BT
BT has inked a deal with Universal Networks International and three of the studio’s channels…
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New Zealand’s Prime acquires Red Arrow’s The Taste
New Zealand broadcaster Prime Television has acquired Nigella Lawson-fronted cooking format The Taste from Red…
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Netflix strikes first pay window deal with Disney
US online video service Netflix has struck a deal with Disney that will give it…
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US cable net Bravo moves into scripted with two pilots
US cable network Bravo is moving into the scripted business and has ordered two comedy…
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Mark Burnett hires ex-CBS exec Terry Wood to run unscripted
Mark Burnett’s One Three Media has hired former CBS executive Terry Wood to become president…
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Maria Badillo joins MTV from Discovery
Maria Badillo has joined MTV’s US Spanish-language network Tr3s as VP, programming and production. She…
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ITV Studios poaches Shaftel from Pawn Stars producer Leftfield
ITV Studios America has recruited Rob Shaftel as senior VP, development. He joins from Leftfield…