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Peter Rice upped in News Corp executive shake-up
News Corp has promoted Peter Rice to chairman and chief executive of Fox Networks Group,…
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Discovery rolling out second screen app across Europe
Discovery’s international division is launching a second screen application in major European territories. Discovery has…
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Classic Media deal accelerates DreamWorks’ TV plans
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenburg says its US$155 million acquisition of Classic Media will help it…
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Canal+: OK to FTA channels but severe measures on TPS merger
France’s competition authority has approved Canal+’s acquisition of Bolloré-owned free-to-air channels Direct 8 and Direct…
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Jane Johnson out at Sky Living
Jane Johnson, the ex-tabloid newspaper editor brought in to run Sky Living last year, is…
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Viacom and DirecTV resolve carriage dispute
Viacom channels have been restored to US pay TV platform DirecTV after the two companies…
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Channel 5 buys smash hit Kevin Costner series Hatfields & McCoys
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Hatfields & McCoys, the Western miniseries starring Kevin…
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Broadcasters race to buy Usain Bolt doc
A raft of broadcasters have acquired Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive ahead of the…
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Fox Channels picks up Starz/BBC Leonard Da Vinci drama
Fox International Channels has taken international pay TV rights to Da Vinci’s Demons, the upcoming…
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Discovery orders pair of military series from UK indie WMR
Discovery has ordered two series for its Military Channel from World Media Rights, the indie…
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Zodiak Media reorganises management
Zodiak Media has reorganised its management structure following the departure of COO Jonny Slow to…
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BBC and NHK prep Super Hi-Vision Olympics
The BBC and NHK are planning to show the upcoming London Summer Olympics in Super…
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Movies generate US$4.3 billion for Euro broadcasters
Imported feature films generated US$4.31 billion for European broadcasters in 2011, according to new research,…
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ITV Studios staffs up for comedy push
ITV Studios has created the new role of creative director, comedy entertainment and has installed…
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Sir David Attenborough commits to another 3D show for Sky
Sir David Attenborough is making another3D natural history show for UK pay TV operator BSkyB….
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Programme sales help drive Worldwide revenue and profit increases
BBC Worldwide grew headline profit by 8% and revenues by 5% in the year to…
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Paul Jackson making documentary series for China’s CCTV
Paul Jackson plans to make a documentary series for China’s state broadcaster CCTV. The ex-ITV…
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Sky launching Netflix alternative tomorrow
BSkyB’s new internet TV platform Now TV will launch tomorrow, targeting the 13 million UK…
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Former Disney exec Lightcap joins Discovery
Former Disney Channels Worldwide president Carolina Lightcap has joined factual broadcaster Discovery as head of…
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Canal+ boards Gaumont’s Barbarella
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ has come on board Gaumont International Television’s reboot of Barbarella,…
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Alex Mahon promoted to CEO, Shine Group
Alex Mahon will become chief executive of international producer and distributor Shine Group from September….
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Starz developing Dracula and new series from Spartacus creator
US cable network Starz is developing two series including a sci-fi series from Spartacus creator…
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Zodiak consolidates US, Lat Am businesses
International producer and distributor Zodiak Media is consolidating its US and Latin American production divisions…
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Sky to launch international distribution arm
British pay TV broadcaster BSkyB is eyeing the launch of an in-house distribution arm as…
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Int’l nets remaking Shopping Monsters
A raft of Central and Eastern European broadcasters are remaking Global Agency’s Shopping Monsters after…
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MTV developing series from Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus producer
US cable network MTV is developing a paranormal mockbuster series from the creators of cult…
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Fuse and SevenOne making Harry Bosch crime series
The producer of the US version of The Killing and Germany’s SevenOne are coproducing a…
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Space picks up Kevin Smith’s Hulu series Spoilers
Canadian broadcaster Space has acquired Kevin Smith’s movie series Spoilers, the first time that an…
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Yesterday moves into today with new series
UKTV’s factual channel Yesterday has launched a raft of new entertainment series and has rebranded…
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ABC orders Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain series The Taste
US broadcast network ABC has orders eight episodes of SevenOne International’s cooking show The Taste….