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CBS in talks with Netflix over Lat Am, Canada deals
CBS is in talks with online video service and DVD firm Netflix to strike a…
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US Cable Upfronts 2011: Lifetime
Lifetime has tripled the number of reality series that it airs and has doubled its…
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US Cable Upfronts 2011: History
History, the male skewing US cable network, is launching a raft of original factual entertainment…
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US Cable Upfronts 2011: USA Network
USA Network has unveiled a development slate comprising thirteen new, original projects. LA-based Jeff Watchell…
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Orange’s spending on content falls by €48m
The amount Orange spends on content fell by almost a third in the first quarter…
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Sony’s AXN to launch eOne’s The Firm globally
Sony Pictures Television is to launch a remake of the John Grisham novel The Firm…
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Lifetime strikes development deal with Demi Moore
US cable network Lifetime has struck a development deal with Hollywood actress Demi Moore that…
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US Cable Upfronts 2011: TV Guide Network
TV Guide Network, the US cable channel operated by Lionsgate, is ramping up its slate…
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Simon Fuller teams with Jennifer Lopez for Latin music series
Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment is making Q’Viva! The Chosen, a Latin music series with Jennifer…
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BBC America ditches plans for US Come Dine with Me
BBC America has scrapped plans for a US version of Come Dine with Me, TBIvision…
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Blue Planet’s Alastair Fothergill talks to TBI
Alastair Fothergill is the highest-profile producer of factual programmes in the world. The exec producer…
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Netflix eyes more original content
Online video service Netflix is looking to launch more original content following its deal to…
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Showtime picks up The Borgias for second season, sells globally
US cable network Showtime has picked up Jeremy Irons-fronted period drama The Borgias for a…
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Investigation Discovery and Science’s new shows
Crime and mystery channel ID (Investigation Discovery) had a banner year in 2010 in terms…
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Exclusive: Sony’s format boss in talks to set up own prodco
Victoria Ashbourne, Sony Pictures Television’s senior VP, formats, is in early stage talks with Sony…
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Exclusive: Mike Morris leaving Channel 4
Mike Morris is stepping down as managing director of Channel 4’s rights exploitation division 4Rights,…
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Discovery and Animal Planet’s 2011-2012 shows
Discovery Channel and Animal Planet are the big beasts of Discovery Communications’ portfolio of channels….
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Mike Beale swaps NBC Universal for ITV Studios role
Mike Beale is leaving NBC Universal to take a formats role at ITV Studios, the…
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Bonus time for Shine staff following News Corp deal
Shine has paid a flat bonus of £10,000 (US$16,380) to its staff, having finalised the…
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John de Mol buys into SBS channels
John de Mol’s Talpa Media and Finnish media company Sanoma have acquired the Dutch and…
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TLC’s new shows for 2011-2012
Female-skewed TLC has started the year well, recording its best Q1 for six years. Here…
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AETN closes post-MIP TV deals
AETN International, the global sales arm of the US cable network, has sold a raft…
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The Killing up for BAFTA audience award
The British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) has announced the shortlist for the YouTube…
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Sky Italia buys Borgia
Italian pay TV channel Sky has bought Borgia, the Tom Fontana drama series about the…
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Discovery ‘on a mission’ to push international content business
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav said that the company is ‘on a mission’ to drive…
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OWN: new programming line-up
Discovery unveiled a billion-dollar line-up of new programmes at its Upfront presentation in New York…
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Zed closes MIP TV factual deals
Argentinean public broadcaster Canal Encuentro has acquired a 10 hour package of programming from factual…
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Oprah Winfrey to take her Encore on OWN
OWN is launching a 60-episode series looking back at The Oprah Winfrey Show, which is…
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TLC to produce US version of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
Cable network TLC is to produce a US version of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings after…
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Chello launches new kids channel
Chello Central Europe is launching a new kids channel in Hungary. The Liberty Global-owned channel…