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Dish bags 4K content from Sony
US satcaster Dish Network has bought 4K movies and series from Sony Pictures Entertainment, plus…
ITV orders Top Gear rival Drive!
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned Drive!, a new motoring entertainment series that will go up…
BBC Two to restart Robot Wars
UK pubcaster BBC Two has brought eccentric machine battle series Robot Wars back 15 years…
Hincks to exit Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group’s president, Tim Hincks, has decided to leave the mega-indie. This ends a…
Hernan Lopez exits in Fox reorganisation
Fox has reorganised its international channels and content division along regional lines in a shake-up…
Worldwide seals deal with new prodco Raconteur
BBC Worldwide has sruck a first-look deal with Raconteur, the new UK indie recently set…
Daily Dancing with the Stars for Colombia
Colombian broadcaster RCN has ordered a local version of international format hit Dancing with the…
Content deals, new launch for Asian Netflix rival
Viu, the recently-launched OTT service from Hong Kong-based telco PCCW, has launched in Singapore, providing…
Show of the week: Who’s Who?
In a risk-averse formats world, Who’s Who? has a good chance of jumping the queue in…
SVT returns to classic format
Sweden’s SVT has commissioned a local remake of classic gameshow format Who’s Who?, 13 years…
Fox poaches Warner exec for formats push
Fox International Channels Content Sales has hired long-serving Warner Bros. sales executive Jess Khanom to…
The Voice exec launching new Objective prodco
Moira Ross has left Warner Bros.-owned Wall to Wall to set up Panda Television, a…