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Southern Star rocked by CEO departure
Rory Callaghan has resigned from Endemol owned Southern Star and looks likely to take a…
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Hulu registers 1.5m subs, says it offers best deal for content providers
Hulu had 1.5 million paying customers at end-2011 and says that subscription services will account…
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People to Meet: Adriana Cisneros, Vice chairman and director of strategy, Cisneros Group
Adriana Cisneros is vice chairman and director of strategy at Cisneros, the privately held, Venezuela-based,…
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Sky buys Fox’s Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has taken exclusive rights to Touch, the US network drama…
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John Morris swaps Cookie Jar for Atlantic
John Morris is leaving kids producer and distributor Cookie Jar and joining Atlantic Productions. He…
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People to Meet: Henry Martinez, President and managing director, Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic
Discovery registered 21% growth in its Latin American subscriber base this year as well as…
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Turner promotes Spain’s Corral to run entertainment
Turner has appointed its current Spanish chief Domingo Corral as head of general entertainment across…
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Netflix to coproduce second season of Lilyhammer
Netflix is to coproduce a second season of international mob drama Lilyhammer, marking another step…
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Australia’s Quail TV hires Jay Kandola
Australian production company Quail Television has hired former ITV acquisition boss Jay Kandola as European…
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People to Meet: Univision’s Luis Fernández
Luis Fernández President of entertainment, Univision As president of entertainment at Univision and its dedicated…
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Studiocanal acquires majority stake in Tandem
Canal+ Group-owned Studiocanal has acquired a stake in German producer and distributor Tandem Communications. Studiocanal…
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FremantleMedia promotes Kinane as Rob Clark returns
International producer and distributor FremantleMedia has appointed Trish Kinane as president, worldwide entertainment and has…
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People to Meet: Emilio Romano, Telemundo
Emilio Romano President, Telemundo Media Emilio Romano has been the boss of NBC-backed US-Hispanic network…
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BBCWW closes Spanish digital deals
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has struck a raft of…
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BSkyB teams with zeebox for social TV service
UK pay TV provider BSkyB has taken a stake in zeebox and will launch an…
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Netflix launches £5.99 service in the UK, LoveFilm launches £4.99 offer
Netflix has launched a TV series and film streaming service in the UK, its first…
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Lovefilm strikes deals with BBC, ITV
Online streaming service and DVD rental service Lovefilm has struck two major digital deals with…
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Gossip Girl producer Alloy acquires web studio Generate
Alloy Digital, the digital arm of producer and distributor Alloy Entertainment, has acquired online producer…
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Exclusive: Netflix secures raft of Hollywood content for UK launch
Netflix will have a raft of US series and movies on its upcoming UK service…
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A&E launches flagship channel in Australia
A&E Networks is launching its flagship A&E channel in Australia, marking one of the first…
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Netflix up as quarterly streaming numbers hit 2 billion
Netflix shares were up sharply yesterday after the company issued figures showing that streaming figures…
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Raft of senior Nat Geo staff axed following Fox deal
A raft of senior management from National Geographic’s TV division have been axed including National…
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History channel launching biggest ever global series, Mankind
Nutopia is producing Mankind The Story Of All Of Us for History and the A&E…
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Exclusive: NBC cuts African deal with Zuku
Zuku, the African pay TV and triple play service, has inked a content deal with…
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Spain’s RTVE could close channels following budget cuts
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE could be forced to close a number of its thematic channels…
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Canal+ to close 3D channel
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ is to close its 3D channel following poor take-up. The…
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Electric Sky sells Olympic docs
A raft of European broadcasters have acquired documentaries on this year’s Olympic Games after striking…
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France’s Marathon to open Asian office
France’s Marathon Media is launching an Asian office and has hired Stéphane Aldebert to run…
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USA Network hires comedy exec
US cable broadcaster USA Network is further expanding its push into comedy series and has…
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Sky launches new 3D series
UK pay broadcaster Sky is launching a new 3D project with David Attenborough following the…