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Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky raising $175m to make Global Eagle fly
Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky have filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission…
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Royal Wedding doc picked up by broadcasters around the world
Zodiak Rights’ one-off Royal Wedding documentary, Kate and Eight Royal Weddings has been bought by…
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Hat Trick ships Episodes abroad
Hat Trick International has sold Matt LeBlanc-fronted comedy Episodes to 186 countries including Nine (Australia)…
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WordWorld files for bankruptcy
WordWorld LLC, the company behind the eponymous kids series that airs on PBS Kids, has…
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BBC Worldwide launching first branded HD block on Sky Brazil
Latin American pay TV platform SKY Brazil is launching a BBC HD programming block after…
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eOne says it will exceed market expectations in 2011
UK-listed production and distribution group Entertainment One (eOne) says shows including The Walking Dead and…
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Disney US buys animated shows from Chorion
Disney channel has bought Octonauts and Gaspard and Lisa. The pair of animated preschool shows…
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Endemol acquires stake in German producer
Endemol has acquired a stake in German production company Herr P. The international formats giant…
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Discovery invests extra US$50m in OWN and eyes int’l launches
Discovery Communications is investing more money in OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and says the…
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FremantleMedia and Random House team for kids series
Producer and distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises has inked a deal with publisher Random House’s TV division…
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Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller pick up US rights to BBC quiz Secret Fortune
Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe’s production company Big Red 2 has picked up the US…
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Channel 5 launches new progamming slate
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has announced a raft of new commissions and international acquisitions…
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3net 3D channel launching on DirecTV this Sunday
The three-way Discovery, Sony, IMAX joint-venture 3D channel 3net will launch on DirecTV this Sunday….
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Zodiak poaches CBBC boss
Zodiak Media Group’s kids production arm The Foundation has poached CBBC production boss Steven Andrew….
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Treehouse and Wonder Pets duo launch Canadian kids indie
Former Treehouse chief Brenda Nietupski and Little Airplane boss Josh Selig are launching a new…
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Lagardère ups broadcast and entertainment revenues
French conglomerate and media company Lagardère has upped revenues at its TV channels and programme…
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Disney’s Bob Iger warns of too many pilots ahead of upfronts
Disney chief executive Bob Iger has warned of the pitfalls of producing too many TV…
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CTV cleans out management ahead of Bell takeover
Several of CTV’s top executives will be leaving the Canadian free-to-air broadcaster ahead of a…
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Exclusive: Discovery’s TLC unveils first international programming slate
Discovery’s female-skewing pay TV network TLC has unveiled its first ever international programming slate. It…
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FremantleMedia inks Oz deal, hires kids exec
International distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises has struck a first look deal with Australian indie producer Playmaker…
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Forbes to run Discovery Germany following Kastner exit
Discovery Germany has confirmed that boss Magnus Kastner has left and that European boss Dee…
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Start-up kids channel costs Hasbro US$9.3m
Toy company Hasbro’s share of the start-up costs of recently launched US kids channel The…
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NBC to revive Prime Suspect
US network NBC is to revive its remake of British cop drama Prime Suspect after…
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Cineflix closes Lat Am deals
Cineflix International Distribution has closed a raft of deals with Latin American broadcasters following NATPE….
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NBC’s Top Chef format travels to the Middle East
LBC Sat has ordered a local version of NBC Universal’s format Top Chef. The pan-regional…
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Judge Sky Atlantic on buzz not ratings, says Sky boss Mike Darcey
BSkyB says it will judge the success of its HBO-programmed channel Sky Atlantic on the…
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Jones leaves MTV to join All3Media’s North One
MTV Networks exec Heather Jones is to become managing director at All3Media-owned independent producer North…
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Viacom shows return to Hulu
Hulu has won back The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report and…
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Rupert Murdoch says Sky Italia is back on track
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch says the company’s international channels fared well in the three…
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SevenOne to coproduce Lifetime’s Royal Wedding TV movie
Germany’s SevenOne International will coproduce William & Kate, the upcoming TV movie about the UK…