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Turkish drama lands pilot at Fox
Fox’s plan to adapt Turkish drama The End (aka Son) for US screens lead to…
China SVOD deal for The Simpsons
Chinese subscription video-on-demand platform Sohu has acquired The Simpsons from Fox. The agreement for the…
Fox launches content sales group
Fox International Channels is bringing together its sales divisions to create a new umbrella distribution group,…
Crew member fatally shot during Cops filming
A crew member on Cops has been fatally shot while filming the long-running US reality…
Lifetime orders The Omen TV series
Lifetime has given a straight to series order to Damien, a six-part thriller based on…
Fox takes intn’l rights to Tiger Mom dramedy
Fox International Channels has taken international broadcast and distribution rights to Tiger Mom, the upcoming…
Channel 5 bags sought-after Batman spin-off Gotham
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has won the heated battle to acquire Gotham, Warner Bros.’s Batman…
CBS poaches Fox, Television 360 drama execs
CBS Television Studios has hired a pair of drama executives, one from rival broadcaster Fox…
Channel 5 u-turn over Walking Dead
The UK’s Channel 5 has performed a u-turn on its decision to drop its carriage…
Asia’s WarnerTV swoops for Gotham
Buzzy Batman origin story drama Gotham will be “fast-tracked” into Asia after pay channel WarnerTV…
Analysts predict Fox/Time Warner ‘bloodbath’
Analysts have warned of a “bloodbath” and rising pay TV costs for US consumers should…
Fox Asia going day and date with the US
Fox’s international channels in Asia will show a raft of drama series within hours of…
Fox studio chiefs set to take on network
20th Century Fox Television co-bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman are to be handed control…
UKTV takes The Strain with vampire deal
UKTV has acquired upcoming vampire drama The Strain from Fox. The thirteen-part original series based…
Fox hands emerging writer duo development deal
US broadcast network has given emerging writers Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft scripted development deals…
Broadcasters celebrate as Aereo ruled illegal
US broadcasters have come together in celebration after the Supreme Court ruled OTT streaming service…
Ramsay has final Kitchen Nightmares
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has brought his restaurant-in-trouble series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares to an end…
Dick Clark VP takes on Keshet JV role
Dick Clark Productions’ VP, programming and development, Assaf Blecher, is to oversee the US producer’s…
Deal for pan-European Sky moves forward
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has hired Morgan Stanley and Barclays to advise on its…
Fox International sets strategic deal with Star Sat
Fox International Channels has unveiled a strategic alliance with South African digital subscription TV provider…
I Wanna Marry Harry dropped from Fox
US broadcast network Fox has dropped under-performing reality series I Wanna Marry Harry from air….
Fox staffs up for Swedish launch
Fox International Channels is launching its flagship Fox channel in Sweden and is staffing up…
Canadian channel seeks format Utopia
Canada has become the sixth territory to get a local version of Talpa Media’s buzzy…
Fox poaches TV marketing boss from Warner Bros.
Fox has recruited Greg Drebin to head up its marketing of its TV distribution division….
Kevin Reilly to exit Fox
Kevin Reilly is to leave his role as Fox Broadcasting’s entertainment chairman. Fox has been…
ESPN mulling OTT service
US sports network ESPN is mulling a plan to provide access to US Major League…
First sale for Prince Harry spoof series
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has acquired the upcoming reality series I Wanna Marry Harry….
FIC secures all Wayward Pines rights
Fox International Channels has acquired rigths to M. Night Shyamalan’s event thriller series Wayward Pines….
Fox drops sci-fi series Almost Human
Sci-fi show Almost Human will come to an end after its first run after Fox…
A&E finds Herberts
A&E Network has ordered an unscripted series about five advertising agency brothers. The Herbert Brothers…