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UK indie Revolver launches soVOD service
Independent UK film distributor Revolver has launched a social video-on-demand (SoVOD) service via Facebook. The…
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Televisa inks five-year volume deal with Viacom
Televisa, the world’s largest producer of Spanish-language programming, has inked a five-year programming deal with…
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LA Screenings 2012
The US networks have all announced their programming plans for the 2012-2013 season this week…
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UKTV takes 350 hours of content from Channel 4
UK digital channels group UKTV has inked an output deal with Channel 4 and will…
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CBS orders Sherlock Holmes series and new dramas
US network CBS has unveiled its 2012-2013 line-up which includes Elementary, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes…
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Sky 1 orders Eddie Izzard’s Mandela marathon series
UK pay TV channel Sky 1HD has ordered a three-part series following actor and comedian…
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ABC orders six new drama series and four comedies
US network ABC has unveiled its 2012-2013 programming line-up and has ordered ten new scripted…
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iPhone users keen on Apple’s iTV
Almost half of iPhone users would be ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ likely to buy an Apple…
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Exclusive: Netflix to launch in Sweden
US online video streaming service Netflix is launching in Sweden later this year, TBI can…
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Fox confirms new season schedule
Fox has ordered three new comedies and two new dramas for its 2012-2013 season. The…
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Ofcom calls upon Channel 4 to review commissioning strategy
UK communications regulator Ofcom has called upon Channel 4 to review its commissioning strategy to…
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The Voice launching on MBC
Successful singing format The Voice will launch in the Middle East and North Africa after…
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NBC
NBC unveiled its fall schedule yesterday at its annual upfront event. The network had already…
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RTL joins the BBC for blue chip natural history
RTL has joined forces with the BBC to produce factual programming. The pan-European broadcast group,…
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FremantleMedia France creates DTT unit
Production and distribution company FremantleMedia’s French subsidiary is creating a subsidiary dedicated to digital-terrestrial channels….
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NBC picks up more drama ahead of Screenings
US network NBC has added two more drama series ahead of its upfronts and has…
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Red Arrow acquires two production companies
Red Arrow Entertainment, the global producer owned by German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group, is ramping up…
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Fox picks up series ahead of LA Screenings
US network Fox has picked up three new comedies and two dramas ahead of next…
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NBC adds further pickups ahead of Screenings
US network NBC has added more series to its new line-up including a drama from…
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DirecTV moves into original programming
US pay TV platform DirecTV has commissioned Rogue, its first original drama series, after striking…
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John de Mol sells The Voice into China
The international success of singing format The Voice has continued with John de Mol’s Talpa…
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Discovery committed to OWN despite US$50m cost
Discovery CEO David Zaslav has said the company is committed to Oprah Winfrey JV channel…
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ESPN weighs exiting some international markets
Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN is considering exiting a number of international markets as a result…
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NBC orders five new series ahead of Screenings
US network NBC has ordered five new series ahead of its annual upfronts event next…
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Silverman’s Electus acquires US production company
Ben Silverman’s Electus has acquired US production company Mannahatta and is also expanding its in-house…
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China’s Shenzhen orders Sony’s Sing-Off
Chinese broadcaster Shenzen Satellite TV has ordered a local version of Sony Pictures Television’s musical…
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AMC and Endemol remaking UK cop drama Low Winter Sun
AMC is making a US version of UK cop miniseries Low Winter Sun and has…
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International distributors pick up rights to several new Australian dramas
Screen Australia is funding four new dramas and DCD, eOne and Moonscoop will be launching…
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Shine hires new boss for Clash of the Choirs producer
Shine has hired a new boss for its restructured format producer Friday TV. Friday is…
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Exclusive: Iceland’s 365 launches local version of Masterchef
Icelandic commercial broadcaster 365 Media is launching a local version of Masterchef, TBI can reveal….