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HBO Europe CEO exiting, restructure underway

HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen will leave the company at the end of the year,…

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HBO Europe preps Golden Life, more local drama

HBO Europe will launch Golden Life, a family crime drama based on a DRG-distributed Finnish format,…

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Beyond poaches ABC exec for drama drive

Producer and distributor Beyond has recruited David Ogilvy to run a new Australia-based scripted division….

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Content companies vie to be Best Distributor

Five content sales companies have been shortlisted for the Best Content Distributor category in the…

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Channels switch on OTT

Premium, basic pay and free TV channels around the world are looking to OTT and…

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Showtime chief: US and UK writing styles merging

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Showtime president David Nevins told delegates here in Edinburgh that elements…

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Iannucci launches spirited BBC defence

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Comedy writer Armando Iannucci used his keynote lecture at the Edinburgh…

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HBO strikes five-season Sesame Street deal

HBO and Sesame Workshop have agreed a five-season deal for iconic kids series Sesame Street….

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David Simon pilots set for HBO

HBO’s long-standing partnership with The Wire creator David Simon continues with the greenlight of two…

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HBO NOW set for ‘case-by-case’ int’l launches

Subscriber satisfaction for HBO’s US over-the-top service has surpassed expectations with announcements about new country…

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HBO pulls Bulgarian channels in fees row

HBO Bulgaria has pulled its HBO and Cinemax services from pay TV operator Bulsatcom’s platform…

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HBO Now launches on Amazon Fire tablets

HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…

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Comcast to launch Stream online TV service

Comcast is due to begin trialling a new streaming cable service in the US called…

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HBO orders Katims drama pilot

US premium cable channel HBO has ordered a romantic drama pilot from Parenthood creator Jason…

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Red flag to a bull: James Ross, Lightning Int’l

It’s a common sight in Asia: husband and wife, together on the sofa – or…

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HBO Now to launch on Android

HBO’s recently-launched US streaming service, HBO Now, is due to launch on Android devices this…

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Sky launches Veep on demand before linear

Sky is making the new, fourth, season of HBO comedy Veep available as on on-demand…

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FremantleMedia takes Young Pope rights

FremantleMedia International has snagged international rights to The Young Pope, the upcoming Canal+, HBO and…

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BT adds Game of Thrones downloads

UK telco BT has added Game of Thrones to its download-to-own line-up and claims the…

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In the spotlight: Colin Callender

Wolf Hall producer Colin Callender reveals the influences that have shaped a five-decade career spanning…

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HBO picks up Lanzmann doc

US premium cable channel has acquired a 40-minute documentary that looks into the making of…

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A+E to rebrand H2 as Vice

Having ploughed US$250 million into Vice Media last year, A+E Networks is now retooling one…

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Game of Thrones premiere notches 18.1 million

The opening instalment of season five of Game of Thrones garnered a total of 18.1…

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Sky postpones Gibney’s Scientology doc

UK satcaster Sky has pulled its scheduled broadcast of Alex Gibney’s controversial Scientology documentary, Going…

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Romanian launch for HBO Go

HBO’s TV Everywhere service HBO Go has launched on Digi Net and Digi TV in…

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Sky Germany going day-and-date with HBO

Sky Germany will start launching HBO series on the same day they go out on…

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Broomfield’s Sleeper awakens channels

Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, has sold to broadcasters in Australia,…

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Vice launching daily news and OTT channel with HBO

Youth content brand Vice is launching a daily news service on HBO in the US…

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Tax break sweetener to drive UK copros

International drama shot in the UK has just become more appealing to overseas investors following…

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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…