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Kids TV seriously
Today’s kids have an endless array of entertainment choices. From Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting…
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Disney brings on-demand services under ABC Studios banner
Disney is rebranding its on-demand services as part of a wider initiative to have ‘ABC…
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Disney’s new German channel catches Dino Train
The new Disney free-to-air channel in Germany will have Henson’s animated series Dino Train when…
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DreamWorks into TV: Classic and Awesome
In diversifying away from movies, DreamWorks has made two key acquisitions, the multimillion dollar deal…
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Disney boss: Netflix ‘great fit’ for new Marvel shows
Disney’s chairman and CEO Bob Iger has said placing five Marvel Universe shows exclusively with…
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Netflix seals ‘unprecedented’ Marvel deal
Netflix has ordered an “unprecedented” slate of original live-action Marvel series from The Walt Disney…
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21st Century Fox: Hulu can compete with Netflix
US on-demand service Hulu can be a viable alternative to OTT market leader Netflix, the…
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Three – still the magic number?
With an array of new distribution platforms emerging and new children’s channels growing audience shares…
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Sky’s NOW TV adds premium channel brands
UK satellite TV provider BSkyB has bolstered its pay-monthly OTT service NOW TV by adding…
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Exclusive Netflix-Disney deal in the Netherlands
Netflix has agreed an deal with Disney for the studio’s film titles. The agreement gives…
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OSN and Disney extend exclusive programming deal
Middle East pay TV broadcaster OSN has signed a content deal with The Walt Disney…
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‘African Oprah’ to adapt Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is being remade by a new pan-continental channel run by a woman dubbed…
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Lovefilm snags Warner Bros. deal
Lovefilm has agreed a programming deal with Warner Bros. giving it access to a raft…
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Analyst: Studios could dismantle UK pay TV movie market with OTT
Hollywood studios could benefit from going over-the-top direct to consumers in the UK, cutting out…
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Iger says investment in Hulu a boon for content owners
Bob Iger has said Hulu has real strategic and financial value for the company and…
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Time Warner Cable exits Hulu talks
The owners of US video-on-demand site Hulu have reportedly called off deal negotiations with Time…
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Endemol scripted boss Naomi Joseph leaves company
Naomi Joseph has left her role as executive director of international scripted programming at Endemol,…
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Disney’s kids novella launching in the UK
Disney is launching its kids telenovela Violetta on Disney Channel in the UK. The show…
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Malone says cable companies should unite for Hulu bid
US MSOs should join forces to make a bid for Hulu, according to Liberty Media…
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Eisner: Hulu buyer will lose next-day rights
Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner has predicted the victor in the battle to buy US…
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CBS series dominate European drama imports
CBS supplied the top three most-valuable drama imports to European broadcasters last year, with procedural…
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Rastamouse studio Dinamo goes into administration
Dinamo Productions, the Wales-based kids’ TV firm that counts Rastamouse and Abadas among its credits,…
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Sony’s Lubensky to run Lat Am channels
Sony Pictures Television’s Nathalie Lubensky has been upped and will run its channels in Latin…
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Turner poaches Disney’s Patricia Hidalgo
Turner has hired Patricia Hidalgo as its chief content officer, EMEA, filling a role vacated…
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News brief: NBCU cuts Polish VOD deal
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution…
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Disney launches branded service on Lovefilm
Disney will launch a branded on-demand service on the Lovefilm streaming service in the UK….
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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Saban Brands appoints ex-Viggle CEO as COO
Power Rangers owner Saban Brands has appointed Janet Scardino to the role of COO. Scardino,…
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Disney buys Wolfblood for global channels and new German service
Disney Channel has taken free and pay TV rights to hit live action kids series…
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AT&T is ‘latest Hulu suitor’
US telco AT&T is reportedly in discussions about making a joint bid for Hulu, marking…