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A&E Networks
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A+E’s Lifetime Movie Club launches on Roku
A+E Networks’ recently-launched, direct-to-consumer subscription service, Lifetime Movie Club, has launched on Roku devices in…
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Barbarians Rising in new History original
A+E has ordered docu-drama series Barbarians Rising for its History channels around the world. The…
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Hoogstra resurfaces with Banijay’s Stephen David
Former History programming honcho Dirk Hoogstra has resurfaced as chief creative officer of Banijay Group-owned…
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A+E Studios to produce first broadcast show
ABC has ordered a put pilot from A+E Studios, marking the first time A+E Networks’…
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A+E and Vice confirm channel deal
A+E Networks and Vice Media have confirmed that the pair will launch a Vice-branded channel…
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Vice-branded A+E channel due next year
The planned rebranding of A+E Networks’ H2 channel as a Vice Media-branded proposition is expected…
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A+E expands Liberty Euro deal
A+E Networks has secured an extended distribution deal with Liberty Global that will seen the…
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A&E prepares for Enfield Haunting
Basic cable channel A&E has acquired US rights to strong-rating Sky Living paranormal drama The…
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A&E prepares for Enfield Haunting
Basic cable channel A&E has acquired US rights to strong-rating Sky Living paranormal drama The…
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Bennett upped, Hoogstra exits History
Dirk Hoogstra’s time with History is over, with Jana Bennett taking over the general manager…
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Magine exec among two Televisa USA hires
Televisa USA has hired an executive from online pay TV firm Magine to runs its…
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Food Network chief Johnson retires
Brooke Johnson is to retire from her post as president of Scripps Networks Interactive’s lifestyle…
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A+E Networks UK poaches RTL exec for COO post
Dean Possenniskie’s first major move since taking over at A+E Networks UK is the appointment…
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Davidson exits A+E UK, new boss named
Tom Davidson is stepping down as managing director of A+E Networks UK as part of…
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Lifetime joins BBC Agatha Christie series
Lifetime has become a coproducer on the upcoming BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie novel And…
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Fame reboot lands at Lifetime
Female-skewing US cable net Lifetime has greenlit Fame, a contemporary reworking of the popular US…
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History takes African rights to Mandela, My Dad & Me
A+E has acquired African rights to one-off doc Idris Elba: Mandela, My Dad & Me….
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Epic drama Rising
The story of History’s new historical miniseries, Texas Rising, which debuts this evening on Memorial Day,…
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Roots, Damien topline A+E slate
A reworking of classic ABC 1970s series Roots and an Omen TV spin-off are the…
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A+E to rebrand H2 as Vice
Having ploughed US$250 million into Vice Media last year, A+E Networks is now retooling one…
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Ex-Nat Geo, A+E execs launch Propagate Content
Former National Geographic Channels president Howard T. Owens has launched a production company, which counts…
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A+E poaches BBC Worldwide’s Hill
A+E Networks has poached BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill to become its chief creative officer, international….
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History drama explores Knights Templar
US cable channel History and actor Jeremy Renner are developing a scripted series chronicling the…
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New programming chiefs at A&E, History
Elaine Frontain Bryant and Paul Cabana have been promoted to programming chiefs for A&E and…
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A+E raises Black Sales with Starz deal
A+E Networks has acquired exclusive rights to pirate adventure series Black Sails for its History…
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Buyers Briefing: Christian Drobnyk, Lifetime
Name: Christian Drobnyk Title: Senior VP, programming, strategy and acquisitions, Lifetime, A+E Networks Christian Drobnyk…
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A+E ups Asian content sales exec
The Asian division of channel operator A+E Networks has upped Pooja Nirmal Kant to director,…
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Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
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Vice ‘independence drove A+E, Fox investments’
DISCOP ISTANBUL: Vice Media’s managing editor has said recent outside investment from traditional entertainment groups…
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McKillop exits A&E as Sharenow takes over
David McKillop has passed control of US cable channel A&E to Lifetime general manager Rob…