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Hit Entertainment exits JimJam joint venture
Hit Entertainment is no longer a joint venture partner in international kids channel JimJam after…
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Pact warns BBC against programming cuts
Pact has warned British public broadcaster the BBC against cutting its programming budget following the…
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Fox Look to bring back Studs
Fox Look, the international reality division of the News Corp-owned broadcaster and Hollywood studio, is…
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High cost and lack of content hamper 3D TV uptake
A lack of content and the high price of TV sets has limited the early…
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Rolling out international factual formats
Carlo Massarella, company director and executive producer at Windfall Films. Bigger, bolder and more ambitious…
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Packer takes 17.9% of Network Ten in surprise move
James Packer, the former owner of Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Network, has acquired a 17.88%…
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Discovery, Sony, IMAX launch 3D slate
Discovery has announced a slate of new 3D productions for its joint venture channel with…
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NBC picks up series to full season
US network NBC has picked up a number of its freshman series including The Event…
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Cartoon Network rolling out new look and preschool blocks
Kids channel Cartoon Network is rolling out a new on-air look and focusing on preschool…
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MGM cuts more deals for Teen Wolf
MGM has inked new deals for its upcoming TV version of Teen Wolf and says…
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UKTV launches raft of new series
British digital terrestrial and pay broadcaster UKTV has launched its latest season with a raft…
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Danny Cohen named BBC One controller
BBC Three boss Danny Cohen has been named as controller of BBC One. This follows…
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Is US network TV drama dying?
Has US network TV drama had its day? Is the lure of a commission from…
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Abbe Raven, CEO AETN
Abbe Raven is the president and CEO of AETN, the cable channels group comprising A&E,…
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MTV goes digital with Justin Bieber
MTV has recruited social networking poster boy and music star Justin Bieber as the digital…
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Discovery confident TLC can beat Lifetime
Discovery’s international programming boss Luis Silberwasser has told TBIvision that he is confident TLC will…
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ABC orders Irish gameshow
US network ABC has ordered six episodes of Take The Money and Run, an adventure…
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Lagardere acquires Zodiak Right’s Yo Gabba Gabba
French broadcaster Lagadere Active has acquired 26 episodes of US kids series Yo Gabba Gabba!…
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Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes is the creator, writer and executive producer of hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy…
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Disney sets its sights on new Mr Magoo feature
Disney has acquired animated feature Kung Foo Magoo for its boy-skewed Disney XD channel in…
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MTV preps more Nick HD and Comedy Central rollouts
MTV will rollout the high definition version of its Nickelodeon kids channel throughout Europe next…
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Optomen strikes volume deal with new Indian channel
Real Global Broadcasting has acquired a raft of programming featuring UK celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay….
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Vuguru in talks with US cabler over strategic deal
Vuguru, the US digital producer owned by former Disney boss Michael Eisner, is in talks…
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Ridley Scott adapting Philip K. Dick story for the BBC
Ridley Scott is making a TV version of Philip K. Dick novel The Man in…
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CBS orders sister show to Undercover Boss
US network CBS has ordered a pilot of a workplace reality series from UK and…
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Int’l broadcasters picks up GK-TV’s Camelot
A raft of international broadcasters including Channel 4 has picked up GK-TV’s epic drama Camelot….
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Sky Italia acquires Tornante’s Glenn Martin
Italian pay broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired animated series Glenn Martin DDS from Tornante, the…
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Fox to remake BBC pilot Stanley Park
Fox is to develop a US version of British pilot Stanley Park after striking a…
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Redford says big is not better for the Sundance Channel
Indie film and documentary net the Sundance Channel has got distribution in several new territories….
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Gene Simmons rocks MIPCOM
Rock and TV star Gene Simmons told the MIPCOM delegates that branding is everything and…