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Roma Khanna to run TV at MGM
MGM has tapped Roma Khanna to run its TV and digital division. Khanna was running…
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MBC strikes output deal with Warner Bros
Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has struck a wide ranging output deal with Hollywood studio Warner…
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The dangers of drawing on subsidy
Wayne Dearing, founder and managing director, Top Draw Animation says that new subsidies available in…
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Cablevision approves AMC Networks spin-off
Cablevision has approved the spin-off of its US and international cable networks into a separate…
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Microsoft launching Xbox TV this year
Microsoft has confirmed that it will launch a live TV service on the Xbox in…
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FremantleMedia strikes Mark Burnett format deal
FremantleMedia is to produce local versions of Mark Burnett formats in Australia and New Zealand…
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IT Crowd heads to Russia
British comedy The IT Crowd will be remade in Russia, TBI understands, after distributor FremantleMedia…
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Electus shops reality series Mob Wives around the world
Ben Silverman’s production and distribution company Electus has shopped Mob Wives to several international broadcasters….
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Canada’s CTV buys raft of drama for fall schedule
Fresh from last week’s LA Screenings, the reshuffled management team at Canadian free-to-air broadcaster CTV…
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ZDF makes a killing in Latin America
German distributor ZDF Enterprises has sold the original version of Scandinavian crime drama The Killing…
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Former Five boss Woolfe resurfaces
Former Five controller Richard Woolfe has resurfaced at UK post-production house and indie producer Prime…
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Shine hires BocaBoca’s Macarena Rey to run new Iberian division
News Corp-owned Shine has recruited Macarena Rey from Spanish production company BocaBoca and she will…
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Discovery hires Stuart Pearson to run programming across CEE
Discovery has poached Stuart Pearson from UK IPTV service BT Vision to run its programming…
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Zig Zag cuts deals with Yoshimoto
UK indie Zig Zag has struck an agreement with Japanese entertainment company Yoshimoto Creative Agency,…
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DCD launches new factual division
International producer and distributor DCD Media is launching a current affairs factual division to produce…
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Int’l buyers go shopping with Turkey’s Global
Turkish distributor Global Agency has sold format Shopping Monsters to a raft of international producers…
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HBO strikes movie deal with Twilight producer Summit
US cable network HBO has poached a pay TV deal with Twilight producer Summit Entertainment…
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Channel 4 renews Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
British broadcaster Channel 4 has renewed hit reality series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings for a…
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Bunim/Murray scouring Israel for formats
Bunim/Murray has inked a first-look deal with Israel’s The Operating Room and is looking for…
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MTG inks pan-Scandi deal with Fox
Modern Times Group has agreed a four-year programming deal with Fox. The deal gives the…
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Broadcasters get on board The Biggest Gameshow in the World
CCTV, Channel One and others have come on board The Biggest Gameshow in the World….
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Globomedia joins Newen’s formats network
Globomedia, has joined the recently-created formats distribution network created by French media company Newen. Newen,…
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GKTV, Valhalla and FX pact for pirate drama
The creators of The Walking Dead and Camelot are joining forces to produce a series…
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Tom Toumazis’ Endemol exit confirmed
The departure of Endemol chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis was confirmed this morning. Toumazis will…
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NBC Universal strikes Matchbox deal
NBC Universal has taken a majority stake in Australian production company Matchbox Pictures. Matchbox was…
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Entertainment One ups revenues, preps acquisitions
Producer and distributor Entertainment One upped revenue and profit in the year to end-March and…
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Buyer’s Eye View: Sarah Wright
Sarah Wright is controller of acquisitions, entertainment, BSkyB. She buys for Sky1 HD, Sky Living…
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What’s hot this year…
John Peek of the Tape Consultancy runs the rule over this year’s new shows… Once…
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BBC Worldwide shops series to HBO Lat-Am, confirms 2011 Rio Showcase
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of content to HBO Latin America and announced the…
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ITV poaches Eyeworks exec to run Swedish producer Silverback
UK-based producer and distributor ITV Studios has poached Eyeworks’ creative director Hans Engholm to run…