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News round-up: Canal+ expands docs; Netflix extends ‘Witcher’; ‘Last Cowboy’ rides again
Canal+ expands docs with Espresso deal Canal+ in France has struck a 12-hour doc deal…
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AMPLE launches true crime division, hires All3Media & 44 Blue Productions alum to run it
AMPLE Entertainment, the US prodco behind Facebook’s 9 Months With Courteney Cox, has launched a…
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Fremantle taps ex-CMT exec for unscripted post
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has hired former CMT development head Jayson Dinsmore as president of…
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CMT realigns dev under Cox as Dinsmore exits
Viacom is centralising development at its US cable channel CMT under Paramount Network’s Keith Cox,…
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CMT president Philips exits after 16 years
Brian Philips is leaving Viacom cable channel CMT after 16 years with the network. Frank…
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eOne brings in CMT exec for alternative
Entertainment One Television has hired Julia Silverton from US cable channel CMT as senior VP,…
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TV Land’s Cox lands key role at Paramount Net
TV Land development chief Keith Cox is reportedly set to add the upcoming Paramount Network…
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Viacom moves CMT, TV Land in ents rejig
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has delivered on his promise to move the CMT and TV…
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A+E poaches Viacom programming exec
A+E Networks has brought over veteran programming executive Katie Buchanan from Viacom’s US cable channel…
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Viacom merging US and int’l under Bakish
Viacom’s international and US channel groups are merging into a new unit that Bob Bakish…
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CMT and Hulu save Nashville
CMT has stepped in to rescue cancelled US series Nashville, teaming with Hulu to order…
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Comedy Central Africa will Deal With it
Comedy Central Africa has acquired celebrity prank show Deal With it from Israeli distributor Keshet…
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Peace Point prepares for Ice Racer Showdown
Peace Point Entertainment has taken worldwide sales rights to Ice Racer Showdown, a “adrenaline-fueled” driving…
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Viacom retools channels under Zarghami, Herzog
Viacom has promoted Cyma Zarghami and Doug Herzog to run its channel operations, which will…
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Viacom promotes Gorke for US distribution
Viacom has promoted Tom Gorke to a wider content distribution role in its domestic networks division….
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Viacom confirms ‘landmark’ Sony OTT deal
Entertainment giant Viacom has confirmed it is to provide 22 launch channels for Sony Corporation’s…
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Ob docs: obsolete or of the moment?
Rumblings that the ob doc trend is stifling creativity on both sides of the Atlantic…
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Upcoming Sony Central Europe channel buys 100 hours from Electus
New Sony Pictures Television-operated Central European channel AXN Black has bought more than 100 hours…
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Viacom shops cable shows around the world
Viacom International Media Networks has cut programming deals for several shows from Viacom’s US cable…
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AMC poaches CMT unscripted exec
AMC has poached US cable rival CMT’s senior VP of original programming to run its…
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News brief: CMT poaches Turner veteran for programming role
Viacom-owned cable net CMT has tapped Turner Broadcasting System for its new VP, programming and…
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Viacom plans TV production push as revenues fall
MTV and Nickelodeon owner Viacom has seen revenues fall 6% year-on-year in its second quarter…
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CMT hires new development executive Joe Livecchi
Viacom-owned US cable network CMT has hired former NBC executive Joe Livecchi to run development….
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Dog the Bounty Hunter gets new reality series, Electus to distribute
Ben Silverman’s Electus is making a reality series Dog, starring Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’…
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US Cable Upfront Report
TBI has teamed with independent research specialist CableU to get under the skin of this…