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HBO Poland poaches TVN exec to head original production
HBO Poland has poached former TVN executive Izabela Lopuch to become head of original production….
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MTV cuts raft of programming deals in CEE and CIS markets
Viacom International Media Networks has concluded numerous deals for MTV and Nickelodeon programming across the…
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Lionsgate widens distribution pact with Celestial
Lionsgate and Celestial Tiger Entertainment have widened the scope of their programme sales pact. Celestial…
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Kinetic and STV developing National Treasures
Kinetic Content and STV Productions are making National Treasures, a new fact-ent format for UK…
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Polish regulator approves merger of ‘n’ and Cyfra Plus
Polish competition regulator UOKiK has approved the merger between Canal Plus’ Polish subsidiary Cyfra Plus…
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Sonar closes movie and miniseries deals in the UK
Sonar Entertainment, the company formerly known as RHI, has closed a number of deals for…
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Millimages strike presale deals for Me and My Robot
French kids producer and distributor Millimages has struck a number of pre-sales for its animated…
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Israeli’s Viva acquires Telemundo’s Maid in Manhattan
Israeli broadcaster Viva Channel has acquired Maid in Manhattan, the Telemundo-produce novela based on the…
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Turner’s EMEA staff at risk of redundancy as Gerhard Zeiler’s restructuring gets underway
Turner Broadcasting’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler has appointed a five-strong management team that will conduct…
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Nancy Dubuc to run all A+E Networks channels, programming
A+E Networks has promoted Nancy Dubuc to president of entertainment and media in a move…
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RTL Germany preps new version of Old Christine
German free-to-air channel RTL has commissioned a local version of US sitcom The New Adventures…
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Tom Hanks comes on board Nat Geo’s Killing Lincoln
Tom Hanks has come on board National Geographic Channel’s Scott Free Production series Killing Lincoln….
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Spotify eyes HBO Nordic deal
Online music service Spotify could be about to create a new video entertainment unit with…
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Lagardère rebrands Europe Images
French conglomerate Lagardère has rebranded its international distribution arm Europe Images to Lagardère Entertainment Rights…
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Channel 4 to develop historical drama White Gold
British broadcaster Channel 4 is to develop Giles Milton’s epic historical drama White Gold after…
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Lifetime orders reality series My Life is a Lifetime Movie
US cable network Lifetime has commissioned a reality series My Life is a Lifetime Movie,…
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Banijay prevails in €1 million court case with Endemol
Endemol will have to repay Banijay €1 million after a Paris court overturned an earlier…
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Viasat strikes multiple studio deals
Scandinavian broadcaster Viasat has struck a number of output and volume deals with Hollywood studios…
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Studio Lambert poaches Top Gear producer from the BBC
Studio Lambert has hired Gary Hunter, the BBC executive responsible for the hugely successful redesign…
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UK multichannel operators programming spend hits £2.2 billion
The main providers of commercial digital channels in the UK spent a cumulative £2.2 billion…
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Fox TV Studios strikes development deal with Rec creator
Fox Television Studios, the cable production arm of the News Corp backed studio, has struck…
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Cartoonito buys Henson’s Doozer series
Cartoonito has bought the animated Doozers series from The Jim Henson Company. The Turner preschool…
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The CW developing horror drama with Bret Easton Ellis
US network The CW is developing a teen horror series with Gossip Girl producer Fake…
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Nice Group rebrands reality production arm
Nordic production conglomerate Nice Group has rebranded its reality studio Limelight Film & TV as…
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Marvista picks up trio of TV movies for MIPCOM
Producer and distributor Marvista Entertainment has picked up international rights to three TV movies that…
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Tricon expands scripted activity with Lewin Webb hire
Canada-based producer and distributor Tricon has hired veteran TV and film producer Lewin Webb as…
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ZDF picks up new Scandi crime drama
ZDF Enterprises has picked up international rights to Dicte, a new Scandinavian drama about a…
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The Americans to make MIPCOM debut
Fox’s new spy drama The Americans will have its debut at MIPCOM with a gala…
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Shaftesbury launching animated series Mighty Mighty Monsters
Canadian producer and distributor Shaftesbury has teamed with Vancouver-based animation studio Bron Animation to launch…
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Sonar developing Shannara TV series
Sonar Entertainment, the company formerly known as RHI, has optioned Terry Brooks fantasy book series…