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NATPE Europe: Rod Perth on Prague and succession plans
Following the NATPE Europe event in Prague again last week, outgoing CEO Rod Perth tells…
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LA Screenings wrap: analysis
Another year of excess, exuberance and extreme selling at the Hollywood studios is over, but…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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TV features heavily in top media firms list
Media agency ZenithOptimedia has ranked the world’s top media owners, with Disney, Comcast, Fox and…
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Celestial Tiger pounces on Chinese kids opportunity
Celestial Tiger Entertainment announced its entry into a very crowded space last month when it…
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Sky snags exclusive Star Wars deal
Sky has acquired all six of the existing Stars Wars movies for its Sky Movies…
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Seinfeld SVOD auction ends in Hulu win
Hulu has beaten off stiff competition to acquire US SVOD rights to classic comedy Seinfeld…
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New Disney channel launches in France
Disney has launched a new movie channel and on-demand service in France that will have…
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Wildseed, Tricon call on Fonejacker for Disney toon
Wildseed Studios and Tricon are coproducing Counterfeit Cat, a new animated series for Disney voiced…
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Corus launching Disney Channel in Canada
Canadian media giant Corus has struck a deal with Disney and will launch Disney Channel…
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Canal+ and Disney strike French streaming deal
French pay TV operator Canal+ will launch a Maker Studios-branded streaming service later this year….
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Scripps makes pair of EMEA hires
Scripps has recruited former Disney and Sony exec Ross Hair to run its affiliate sales…
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Disney closes intn’l deal for kids comedy Zip Zip
Disney has acquired animated comedy Zip Zip for a raft of its international channels. The…
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Apple ‘planning’ autumn web TV launch
Apple is reportedly planning to launch an online TV service this autumn in partnership with…
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Disney buys Superights’ Boyster
Disney has acquired French-produced animated series Boyster for its channels in Japan, Southeast Asia and…
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Netflix Australia inks Disney deal
Netflix has struck a deal with Disney ahead of its Australia and New Zealand launch…
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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
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French on-demand site launches with US movies
French operator Numericable-SFR has launched its download-to-own store, VideoStore by Numericable, giving users access to…
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Hulu strikes volume deal with Disney
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu has picked up exclusive rights to Disney-distributed ABC series…
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Disney spending more time in Camp Lakebottom
Disney has acquired the second season of toon series Camp Lakebottom for several of its…
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Canada’s latest OTT service buys Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.
CraveTV, the low-cost Canadian OTT service that launched this week, has acquired US hit drama…
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Buyers Briefing: Devi Noviana, RCTI (Indonesia)
Name: Devi Noviana Title: head of international acquisitions Ahead of the ATF market in Singapore,…
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Canadian Netflix rivals snags exclusive Disney deal
Recently-launched Canadian SVOD service Shomi has struck a programming deal with Disney. The deal, with…
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SoftBank launches OTT service
Japanese internet giant SoftBank has launched an OTT pay service for Japan’s smartphone and tablet…
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Buyers Briefing: Andrea Scrosati, Sky Italia
Name: Andrea Scrosati Title: Executive VP, programming, news and partner channels, Sky Italia. As the Italian…
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Disney extends Bob Iger’s deal until 2018
Disney CEO Bob Iger has signed a new deal, which will keep him at the…
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Russia weighs new foreign ownership limits
Russian legislators have called for a ceiling of 20% to be imposed on foreign ownership…
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Universal Channel will Get Away With Murder
Universal Channel in the UK has acquired How to Get Away with Murder, the new…
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Disney creates Asia president in regional rejig
Disney has appointed Paul Candland as its first president for the Asia region. Candland is…
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Buyers Briefing digital season: The true value of MCNs
Buying YouTube multichannel operators is the trend of the moment, but do those leading the…