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21st Century Fox
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Brazil’s Gloob inspects Pumpkin Reports
Brazilian children’s channel Gloob has pre-bought a European-Asian animated coproduction from Spanish producer-distributor Motion Pictures….
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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BOOM! Studios lands Fox first-look deal
Comic book publisher BOOM! Studios has entered into a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox…
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Analysis: Will ITV get its way on UK retransmission fees?
ITV says the wider industry will back its aggressive to push to get the UK’s…
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Bewkes sidesteps Fox questions
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes neatly sidestepped questions about why he walked away from a…
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Sky Deutschland says it will add 450,000 subs
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…
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Murdoch drops $80bn Time Warner bid
21st Century Fox has dropped its bid for Time Warner, citing the negative impact it…
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Sky confirms ‘Sky Europe’ merger
UK satcaster BSkyB has confirmed its takeover of European pay TV sister companies Sky Deutschland…
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NBCU ‘well set’ for post-mega-merger era
The CEO of Comcast Communications has said NBCUniversal’s current performance means the content business is…
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Google, Apple ‘could beat Fox to Time Warner’
Tech giants Google and Apple could try to grab Time Warner from under the nose…
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BSkyB set to seal Sky Italia, Deutschland deals
BSkyB is reportedly planning to complete its takeover of sister companies Sky Italia and Sky…
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UK court ruling could force Glee name change
A British judge has ruled Glee producer Twentieth Century Fox has breached copyright over usage…
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Analysts predict Fox/Time Warner ‘bloodbath’
Analysts have warned of a “bloodbath” and rising pay TV costs for US consumers should…
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Walden, Newman confirmed as Fox bosses
21st Century Fox has confirmed its studio bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman will also…
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Fox studio chiefs set to take on network
20th Century Fox Television co-bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman are to be handed control…
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James Murdoch to keynote MIPCOM
21st Century Fox’s co-COO James Murdoch will deliver a keynote at MIPCOM in October. Murdoch,…
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Kevin Reilly to exit Fox
Kevin Reilly is to leave his role as Fox Broadcasting’s entertainment chairman. Fox has been…
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Fox, Apollo plan Endemol, Shine, Core merger
21st Century Fox plans to create a joint venture with fund manager Apollo Global Management…
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Talks underway to create ‘Sky Europe’ pay TV giant
BSkyB has confirmed it is in preliminary talks about acquiring 21st Century Fox’s 57% stake…
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FIC hires business affairs industry vet
Fox International Channels has hired Stuart Tenzer as senior VP, business and legal affairs. The…
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HBO cuts Sky Italia programming deal
Sky Italia has agreed an exclusive programming deal with HBO as it prepares its own…
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David Ellender hires for new prodco
David Ellender has recruited Quan Phung who will join Slingshot Global Media, the former FremantleMedia…
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James, Lachlan Murdoch land key Fox roles
Rupert Murdoch has handed his sons Lachlan and James key new roles within his entertainment…
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21st Century Fox to delist in Oz
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is delisting shares from the Australia Stock Exchange after regulators…
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Viewpoint, Gary Lico: Guess what? Everyone was right
Sorry for the old school rant here, but everything industry pundits said would happen a…
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Discovery, BSkyB could make joint Channel 5 bid
US-based Discovery Communications and British satcaster BSkyB may table a joint bid for for-sale UK…
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News Corp gets huge rebate
Foxtel co-owner News Corp has received a massive tax rebate from Australian authorities amounting to…
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Fox Intn’l poaches Warner Bros veteran Robinson
The distribution arm of 21st Century Fox has recruited Matthew Robinson for a senior sales…
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Major international lift-off for Fox’s Cosmos
Fox plans to give a day-and-date launch to its upcoming factual series Cosmos: A Spacetime…
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X Factor ratings, currency issues weigh on Fox results
Poor X Factor ratings, extra programming costs and currency issues in several international markets have…