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WOWOW: from Japan to LA to the world
Kayo Washio runs the LA office of Japanese pay TV channel operator WOWOW. She set…
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Vivendi pays $1.4bn for Lagardère’s Canal+ stake
French media company Lagardère Group has sold its 20% stake in Canal+ to Vivendi for…
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Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
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Int’l orders, Rai recommission for volleyball toon
Italian public broadcaster Rai has ordered a second season of Spike Team, the animated series…
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New US cable net Pivot buys French comedy Bref
Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its French comedy series Bref to Pivot, the recently-launched US…
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English-language broadcasters buy French drama The Returned
Broadcasters in Australia and Canada have acquired French-language drama series The Returned. The show is…
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Canal+ buys Yule Log, Mirette Investigates
French pay TV platform Canal+ has pre-bought an animated Christmas special and a French toon…
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Cartoon Network Lat Am, Canal+ buy shortform toon
Cartoon Network Latin America and French pay TV platform Canal+ have acquired Larva, a shortform…
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French drama Spiral to be remade in the US
LA-based Endemol Studios, the studio behind Hell on Wheels, is to remake French crime drama…
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Paramount Channel launching in France
Viacom International Media Networks’ Paramount Channel is to launch in France this evening at 18:10…