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AMC orders pilots for The Killing and The Walking Dead
US cable network AMC has ordered two pilots – a remake of Danmarks Radio’s hit…
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Sony-owned Crackle acquires Disney’s web series Trenches
Sony Pictures-owned online video site Crackle has acquired Stage 9 Digital-produced sci fi web series…
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IAC’s Van Veen thinks notionally
Notional is the production company set up by Barry Diller’s InterActiveCorp (IAC) earlier this year…
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Nat Geo orders Virgin space doc from Endemolâs DSP
National Geographic Channel has ordered Virgin Galactic, a four-part doc on Richard Branson’s efforts to…
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Twilight producer Summit moves into TV with Push
Twilight producer Summit Entertainment is moving into TV production with the launch of a TV…
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Tiger Aspect’s Zein to head up WB formats drive
Warner Bros. has hired Tiger Aspect MD Andrew Zein to head up its international formats…
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ProSieben expanding internationally with Red Arrow
ProSiebenSat.1 has created Red Arrow Entertainment, a new entity that will house all of its…
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Metan preps Beckham bio and teams with Friends, Lizzie McGuire alumni
Metan, the China-focused media company, is preparing 52-part celebrity biography series called Icons that will…
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ITV opens up shop in France
ITV Studios is opening a French production division. The Paris-based unit will be headed by…
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Shine sells Rehab to raft of int’l networks
Shine International has sold US cable reality hit Rehab: Party At The Hard Rock Hotel…
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DRG inks first look deal with US producer 44 Blue Prods.
British distributor Digital Rights Group has inked a first-look deal with US production company 44…
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Deadline day for MGM bids
Today (January 15) is the deadline for first-round bids for US studio MGM with twelve…
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Time Warner moves for control of HBO int’l nets
Time Warner’s HBO is close to completing a US$160 million deal to buy Disney and…
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ITV Studios and China’s Hunan ink programming pact
ITV Studios is teaming with Hunan TV to develop entertainment shows for the Chinese broadcaster….
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Simon Pollock leaves AETN
Simon Pollock has left AETN International after nine years in charge of the company’s activity…
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Lionsgate hires ex-ITV exec Peter Iacono as international chief
US producer and distributor Lionsgate has hired former Sony and ITV exec Peter Iacono director…
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Moonscoop sells 150 hours to Canada
French producer and distributor Moonscoop has sold 150 hours of kids series to Canadian broadcasters…
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Fox to launch The X Factor in 2011
Fox will launch hit British format The X Factor in the US next year after…
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NBC greenlights raft of pilots
US broadcast network NBC has ordered several pilots including a legal drama from L.A. Law…
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Second big-budget Borgias drama series announced
Showtime has ordered an historical drama about the Borgias, marking the second big-budget series about…
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Silverman’s Electus strikes deal with Yahoo
Ben Silverman’s production company Electus has struck its first content deal – with online platform…
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MIPCOM director confirmed
Laurine Garaude has been confirmed as the director of Reed MIDEM’s television department, a position…
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Knightscove acquires Ellis Entertainment
Canadian film and TV movie distributor Knightscove Media has acquired TV producer and distributor Ellis…
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KidsCo to ramp up original productions
KidsCo, the international kids channel, is set to ramp up its slate of original productions…
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Nickelodeonâs Litton weighs production moves, kids books
Departing Nickelodeon UK boss Howard Litton is eyeing a move into the production side of…
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US firm preps ‘Chinese Hulu’
Providence is understood to have teamed with Chinese ISP Baidu and is preparing to launch…
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ESPN and Discovery launching in 3D
Sports broadcaster ESPN and factual channel operator Discovery are both launching 3D channels in the…
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Howard Litton leaving Nickelodeon
Howard Litton is leaving Nickelodeon UK after fifteen years at the kids broadcaster. As senior…
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Heroes continues to top illegal download list
NBC’s sci fi series Heroes was the most popular show with illegal downloaders in 2009,…
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Forta acquires Warner Bros series
Spanish regional broadcaster Forta has picked up a number of US series including sci fi…