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Chello buys 150 hours from BBC Worldwide
Chellomedia, the content arm of Liberty Global, has acquired a 150 hour package of programmes…
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Coolabi hires Val Fry as sales boss
Producer and rights management firm Coolabi has hired Valerie Fry as director of sales. Fry,…
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Amazon launching first original series
Online retailer Amazon is set to go head to head with rival Netflix as it…
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Turner launching WB channel in Pakistan
Turner is launching general entertainment channel WB in Pakistan. The channel will launch a raft…
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TVF International catches rights to Sky’s Flintoff series
British cricketer Freddie Flintoff is set to travel the world again after distributor TVF International…
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USA Networks cancels Signourney Weaver’s Political Animals
USA Network has decided against turning Greg Berlanti’s Sigourney Weaver-fronted miniseries Political Animals into a…
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Fox heads to Asia Television Forum with Graceland
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution is heading to this year’s Asia Television Forum and will…
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RCN teams with US firm to offer Colombian production incentives
US firm CP Media has teamed with Latin American producer 2&2 to launch an incentive…
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Research shows Amazon is catching Netflix
Netflix remains the runaway alternative TV provider in the US, but Amazon is growing at…
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Starz poaches HBO veteran Dave Baldwin
Starz has hired Dave Baldwin as executive VP, programming. He joins the Liberty-owned US cable…
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DHX licensees more Johnny Test to Netflix
DHX Media has sold another season of its animated series Johnny Test to Netflix in…
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Discovery launching five channels on Turkish IPTV
Discovery is launching five of its channels on Turkish IPTV service Tivibu. The IPTV service…
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PCCW loses trademark dispute with Sky over Now TV brand
A UK high court judge has ruled in favour of pay TV operator BSkyB in…
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Dreamworks Animation to launch international kids channel
Dreamworks Animation is looking to launch a number of branded kids channels internationally and will…
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Netflix expands international streaming deal with CBS
Online video streaming service Netflix has expanded its international programming deal with CBS. The deal…
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BBC renews Luther for third season
British public broadcaster the BBC has renewed dark crime series Luther for a third season….
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iConcerts strikes Pitchfork music streaming deal
International music broadcaster and video-on-demand platform iConcerts is airing the Pitchfork Media Festival in Paris…
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James Murdoch reinstated to BSkyb board of directors
James Murdoch has been re-instated as a director of BSkyB having received the support of…
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Netflix shares soar as Carl Icahn acquires stake
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has acquired 10% of Netflix, sending shares in the online video…
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BBC Worldwide closes channels in India
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, is shutting down two of…
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Channel 4 to remake Armoza’s Common Denominator
British broadcaster Channel 4 is to remake Israeli gameshow The Common Denominator after striking a…
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Sky Italia picks up Passion programming
Italian pay TV broadcaster Sky has acquired over 100 hours of lifestyle programming from Passion…
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Keshet’s Fair & Square heads to Scandinavia
Israeli factual entertainment series Fair & Square is to be remade across Scandinavia after Keshet…
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FX renews Wilfred for third season
US cable network FX has renewed stoner comedy Wilfred for a third season. The Elijah…
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USA Network cancels Common Law
US cable network USA Network has cancelled cop drama Common Law. The series, which starred…
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Former Disney boss Rich Ross joins Shine America
Former Disney Studios boss Rich Ross has been appointed chief executive of Shine America, the…
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Disney to ramp up Stars Wars TV series following Lucasfilm acquisition
Disney is to produce a number of new Star Wars television series following its US$4…
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Disney Channels orders French kids series Groove High
Disney Channels has commissioned Groove High, a kids comedy from French producer Planet Nemo, and…
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CBS developing Armoza’s Israeli series The Ran Quadruplets
US network CBS is developing Israeli drama The Ran Quadruplets again after striking a deal…
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Ukraine’s 1+1 cooks up local version of The Taste
Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 is to produce a local version of Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain’s…