Zodiak Rights has agreed a three-year deal woth Foxtel. The Australian pay TV operator will take a raft of Zodiak’s shows over the duration of the agreement. The first titles to head to Foxtel following include Embarrassing Bodies, Hardcore Pawn (pictured), Lizard Lick Towing, Rehab with Dr Drew and Wife Swap USA. The new deal […]
Turner Broadcasting System has poached Chris Linn from MTV. Linn will be president and head of programming at TBS’ TruTV, responsible for all programming on the cable net including development and production of originals. Linn was executive VP of programming and head of production at the US MTV channel. At MTV he developed and oversaw […]
Channel operator Chello Zone has picked up nine seasons of Hardcore Pawn for its CBS Reality channel. The observational doc series, which is set in a Detroit pawn shop, will go out on the channel’s EMEA feed, and be seen in Poland, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, the Middle East and Africa from next month. The series […]
Zodiak Media’s US arm has created a partnership with Don’t Forget the Lyrics executive producer Jeff Apploff – a deal Zodiak says acts as a template for its stateside business. Under terms of the agreement with Apploff Entertainment, Zodiak and Apploff will work together on develop and create new unscripted formats. Apploff Entertainment will relocate […]
Mark Juris has exited his role as US cable channel truTV’s executive VP and COO. truTV parent Turner Entertainment Network’s president Steve Koonin made the announcement in an internal memo, in which he disclosed he was “evaluating truTV’s current and future leadership needs” to find a replacement. Juris joined truTV in 2004 when it was […]
