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All3Media
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BBC quotas to be scrapped after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…
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Ramsay has final Kitchen Nightmares
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has brought his restaurant-in-trouble series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares to an end…
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Discovery, Liberty will ‘build on’ All3Media acquisition
Discovery and Liberty Global are expected to buy additional content companies and assets to build…
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TF1 buys UK drama The Missing
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has prebought The Missing, the upcoming UK drama about a…
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All3Media posts profit ahead of takeover
All3Media Holdings, the parent company that houses All3Media and its production companies, posted turnover of…
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Landmark German deal for All3’s Hinterland
ARD has acquired Hinterland, marking the German public broadcaster’s first acquisition of a UK drama…
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Discovery, Liberty secure All3Media takeover
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have confirmed the £550 million (US$930 million) acquisition of the…
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Zodiak poaches All3Media digital boss
Zodiak Media’s sales division has poaches senior digital exec Gary Woolf from rival All3Media International….
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Discovery, Liberty set for $933m All3Media takeover
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have reportedly paired up to acquire UK production powerhouse All3Media…
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Talpa’s de Mol predicts major prodco consolidation
John de Mol has predicted “further centralisation” will lead to between three and five consolidated…
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Content crunch – the fight for rights
As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke…
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All3Media launches US prodco with ex-Ryan Seacrest exec
All3Media has hooked up with former Ryan Seacrest Productions unscripted programming chief Heather Schuster to…
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Dutch M&A firm hires Hegedus to launch UK office
A Dutch management consultancy credited as a key player in Warner Bros.’ 2010 acquisition of…
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FremantleMedia hires MGM’s Hummel for Canada base
FremantleMedia is opening up shop in Canada and has poached MGM executive Susan Hummel to…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Multi-studio deal brings back Blinkbox programme trial
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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Best of British SVOD service Cirkus launches
Cirkus, the subscription VOD service for pay TV platforms, has launched on Swedish cable platform…
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Discovery Intn’l orders second season of Breaking Magic
Discovery Networks International has ordered a second season of Breaking Magic. The magic show is…
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Studio Lambert UK format Gogglebox gets US remake
US network Bravo has commissioned a local version of the Studio Lambert’s British unscripted format…
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All3 acquires stake in Matt Lucas prodco
All3Media has acquired a minority stake in John Stanley Productions, better known as Little Britain…
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MTG Studios makes its move
MTG rebranded Modern Studios and created MTG Studios two years ago with little fanfare. However,…
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Easel TV VOD service in the picture for All3Media
All3Media is set to get its own version of multi-screen software specialist Easel TV’s over-the-top…
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DCD targets Scottish drive with Objective exec hire
UK indie DCD Media has hired Location, Location, Location creator Paul Murray from Objective Scotland….
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All3Media America launches German prodco in LA
The latest step in All3Media’s push into the US has seen it hire TwoFour America…
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Sky Atlantic boss exits for Pattinson’s New indie
Elaine Pyke is leaving her role as boss of the Sky Atlantic channel to join…
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Best of British SVOD service Cirkus cuts Nordic deal
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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Programming team changes at Shine’s Dragonfly
Shine Group-owned Dragonfly has created a new specialist factual role and recruited a new head…
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Johnsons becomes first Kiwi drama to travel to the US
NBCUniversal-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Kiwi series The Almighty Johnsons, marking the first time…
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News brief: BBC Two visits Tudor Abbey Farm
UK terrestrial BBC Two has commissioned a six-part series looking at rural life in 16th…
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Stephanie Hartog out, Neil Bailey in as All3Media rejigs international
All3Media is reorganising its international division in a series of changes that see formats sales…