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Hulu strikes volume deal with Disney
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu has picked up exclusive rights to Disney-distributed ABC series…
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Channel 4 welcomes ABC’s Goldbergs
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought The Goldbergs, which is one of the rare successful…
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Canada’s latest OTT service buys Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.
CraveTV, the low-cost Canadian OTT service that launched this week, has acquired US hit drama…
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Cristela gets full season as Hulu takes Selfie
US broadcast network has taken freshman comedy Cristela to a full season, as the already-cancelled…
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Huge cuts confirmed at ABC, SBS
Australian pubcasters the ABC and SBS face budget cuts of a combined A$308 million (US$265.9…
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Berger exits ABC
Lisa Berger is exiting her post as the top reality exec as US broadcaster ABC…
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Forever endures as ABC takes last Selfie
US broadcast network ABC has given a full season order to supernatural procedural drama Forever,…
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Discovery poaches ABC exec as CCO
Discovery Communications has recruited Phil Craig as chief creative officer. Craig’s appointment comes after chief…
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ABC to remake UK’s Wire in the Blood
US broadcast network ABC has called on Endemol Studios to adapt British drama procedural Wire…
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ABC romcom is first new season casualty
ABC has cancelled romantic comedy Manhattan Love Story, making the series the first scripted show…
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Extant to return as Murder is greenlit
CBS sci-fi drama Extant has been handed a second season, as rival ABC gives full-season…
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UK’s More4 acquires Oz’s ANZAC Girls
UK channel More4 has acquired Australia World War I miniseries ANZAC Girls from All3Media International….
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Universal Channel will Get Away With Murder
Universal Channel in the UK has acquired How to Get Away with Murder, the new…
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New Dragons’ Den remakes in Europe, Africa
Broadcasters in Sweden, Portugal and South Africa are launching their own versions of the Sony-distributed…
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Netflix, Hulu buy ABC Oz series
The sales arm of Australian pubcaster the ABC has sold several series to Netflix and…
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ABC poaches Nine development chief
Australian public broadcaster ABC has poached commercial rival Nine Network’s director of development and digital….
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Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley
French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s…
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ABC rebrands flagship Oz channel
Australian pubcaster ABC has followed suit from ITV in the UK and rebranded its main…
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News brief: Toon Goggles buys D360 kids show
US video-on-demand service Toon Goggles has acquired kids programming from marblmedia-owned vendor Distribution 360. The…
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Broadcasters celebrate as Aereo ruled illegal
US broadcasters have come together in celebration after the Supreme Court ruled OTT streaming service…
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Got Talent tops Rising Star US debut
The American Rising Star took five million overall viewers on its debut outing on ABC,…
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BBC spotlights Lance Armstrong pre-Tour de France
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story ahead of…
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Aussie pubcaster moving educational shows to ABC3
Australia’s pubcaster the ABC has decided to move its educational children’s programming to dedicated kids…
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Seven picks up Battle Creek
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven has picked up buzzy upcoming US drama series Battle Creek…
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Broadcasters get the LadyBug from PGS
Globosat’s kids platform Gloob in Brazil, the ABC in Australia and Télé-Québec have all acquired…
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Job cuts loom as the ABC faces budget cuts
Mark Scott, the managing director of the ABC, has said that there will be a…
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FilmBox buys Endemol scripted show
The FilmBox movie channels have acquired a package of drama programming from Endemol Worldwide Distribution….
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ABC signs ‘historic’ Chinese content deal
Australian content distributor ABC International has scored what it is defined as one of the…
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Sony sticks with programming chiefs
Sony Pictures Television has extended the contracts of co-presidents, programming and production Jamie Erlich and…
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Brooke-Hunt decides against Flying Bark role
Former ABC TV Children’s boss Tim Brooke-Hunt will not be joining Australian indie Flying Bark…