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Mercury Filmworks expands management team
Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks is expanding its management team, promoting several key executives and…
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Freeform orders Pretty Little Liars spin-off
Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered drama pilot Pretty Little Liars:…
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TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
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Disney to launch branded channel on Netflix rival
Disney, fresh from pulling out of its distribution agreement with Netflix, has signed up to…
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Fremantle hires Neylon as global content head
FremantleMedia International (FMI) has appointed Katrina Neylon to the role of executive vice president of…
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Lionsgate poaches Disney veteran Goetz
Lionsgate has appointed Jared Goetz, a 22-year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, to the…
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ABC Studios and Hoodlum sign global first look deal
ABC Studios International and Australian prodco Hoodlum Entertainment have signed a worldwide first look deal,…
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Netflix takes Korean toons from Imira
SVOD giant Netflix has bought a package of children’s programming from Spain’s Imira Entertainment, including…
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Disney creates Digital Network in Maker rejig
Disney has unveiled the Disney Digital Network, a new home for digital stories that brings…
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Amazon Channels boss joins BAMTech as CEO
Amazon Channels boss, Michael Paull, has been named CEO of BAMTech – the video streaming…
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Disney drops PewDiePie in race row
Disney and Maker Studios have distanced themselves from PewDiePie after the YouTube star posted videos…
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Disney launching Miranda Hart web series
Disney EMEA is launching So Sammy, a new shortform kids series from British comedian and…
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Starz Play renews Warner Bros. deal
Starz’ MENA-focused OTT service has renewed a programming deal with Warner Bros. The news comes…
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Disney shoots down kids set top box link
The Walt Disney Company has refuted rumours that it officially licensed a German company’s TV streaming box….
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Hulu CEO lifts lid on new live-streaming service
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins has revealed fresh details about its forthcoming live streaming TV service,…
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In demand chart: Netflix’s Gilmore Girls leads Amazon’s Grand Tour
Netflix’s reboot of US comedy series the Gilmore Girls is leading the pack in Germany,…
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Sales veteran Patel upped at Warner Bros.
Roni Patel has been upped to senior VP at the distribution arm of Hollywood studio…
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Asia’s Television Forum
Yeow Hui Leng, senior project director of Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore organiser…
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Viacom channels yanked from Sony streaming net
Viacom’s cable nets are being pulled from Sony’s US cloud TV service, PlayStation Vue. The…
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‘Afro-American Netflix’ starts expansion
Afrostream, the subscription video-on-demand service that set itself the goal of being the ‘Netflix of Afro-American and…
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Hulu adds Disney, Fox to channels
Disney and Fox have come on board Hulu’s new channels streaming service. The deals mean…
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10 MIPCOM trends
MIPCOM has ended with no major dramas of the ash cloud, flood or industrial action…
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The script for ITV Studios America
ITV Studios America wants to be the top indie drama studio in the US. In…
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Disney and Nick buy Bing Bunny
Preschool toon series Bing Bunny has been acquired by several big name broadcasters and kids…
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Layer3 taking on US pay TV giants
A new player is entering the US pay TV market and attempting to rival the…
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VR firm Jaunt appoints Hearst exec as new CEO
Disney-, Sky- and ProSiebenSat.1-backed cinematic VR firm, Jaunt, has appointed Hearst executive George Kliavkoff as…
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MIPCOM confirms US Media Masterminds
Reed Midem has confirmed execs from Disney, Participant Media and STX Entertainment as keynote speakers…
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Disney cooks up Chefs – Family Style
The UK and Ireland Disney Channel is prepping First Class Chefs – Family Style, a…
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Steve Macallister leaves All3Media
All3Media’s International CEO Steve Macallister has left the company, TBI has learned. Macallister is a…
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Annecy 2016 report
In a global animation market, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival reflected changes in the…