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Channel 5 buys Walt Disney biopic
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Walt: The Man Behind the Myth, a doc…
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Immigration doc set for MIPTV launch
Orange Smarty will launch Immigration: Tearing My Family Apart to buyers in Cannes after picking…
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TVPlayer calls for new OTT pubcaster rules
UK online TV service TVPlayer has called on the government to table a provision to…
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Discovery, Channel 5 buy Supernatural Nazis
Channel 5 and Discovery have both prebought Supernatural Nazis, the upcoming factual series about Hitler’s…
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Fremantle UK restructures as C4 exec enters
Richard Holloway will step down from his duties as interim CEO of FremantleMedia UK but…
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Milkshake! puts Shane the Chef to work
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has greenlit production on a 52x11mins animated preschool series about an energetic…
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Prison sells
Prisons have long been a source of fascination for TV producers – as illustrated by…
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NATPE: Bakish outlines Viacom turnaround plan
New Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has begun to flesh out a plan to turn the…
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Channel 4 poaches Channel 5 exec
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has hired two commissioners for its specialist factual and documentaries commissioning…
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Viacom UK boss named new int’l chief
Viacom’s long-serving UK chief, David Lynn, has been named CEO of Viacom International Media Networks….