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Arte buys Alex Gibney’s Catholic Church exposé
Arte has acquired Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, the Alex Gibney…
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HBO orders more True Blood
Premium US cable network HBO has ordered another season of vampire drama True Blood. The…
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News brief: Strike Back returns for Cinemax, Sky
Pay TV drama series Strike Back is returning for a third season on HBO-owned Cinemax…
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‘Russian HBO’ makes a major channels move
Russian producer Amedia has moved into the channels business in a big way, effectively launching…
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Mike Tyson to hit out on HBO
Filmmaker Spike Lee is set to bring controversial former boxer Mike Tyson’s one-man stage show…
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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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News brief: HBO recommissions VICE squad
US premium cablenet HBO has recommissioned its magazine series VICE for a second season. The…
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News brief: HBO Sports unearths Starfish Media deal
HBO’s sports unit has scored a first-look deal with broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien and her…
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Cinema deal means Sky Atlantic misses out on Behind the Candelabra
HBO has secured a UK theatrical distributor for its upcoming Liberace movie Behind the Candelabra,…
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Amedia preps programming, distribution deals as HBO and OTT launch
Russia’s largest producer Amedia has launched a premium channel and an OTT service today and…
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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LA Screenings 2013: CBS Studios cuts two European volume deals
As the LA Screenings come to a close, CBS Studios International has inked two volume…
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Live streaming added to HBO GO in Poland
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has added new functionality to the HBO GO service…
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Audio Network hires Johnson from Warners
Music rights business Audio Network has hired Ali Johnson as its new global head of…
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HBO inks exclusive five-year Russian output deal
Russian producer and pay TV channel operator Amedia has inked an exclusive five-year output deal…
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Using the UK tax credit to boost trans-Atlantic relations
Patrick Irwin, Justin Thomson-Glover and Louisa Spring – the principals of London and LA-based exec-production,…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Stephen Mowbray, SVT
SVT airs several big US shows and recently bought The Bible and Bates Motel. Stephen…
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HBO Go goes live in new CEE territory
HBO’s on-demand service HBO Go has launched on Bulgarian cable operator blizoo. The operator’s subscriber…
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Gandolfini onboard as HBO revives Criminal Justice
The Sopranos star James Gandolfini is to star in another HBO series – the newly…
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Miniseries strike back
A few years ago, it looked like scripted miniseries were heading for the scrapheap. With…
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Time Warner channels biz up, Warner Bros. down
US media giant Time Warner’s networks business, which houses Turner Broadcasting System and HBO, posted…
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News brief: Veep returns for third run on HBO
US premium cable channel HBO has ordered a third season of its politics-themed scripted comedy…
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HBO Europe’s Burning Bush to get US outing
Burning Bush, the big-ticket original series for HBO Europe, will be shown on HBO in…
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Quickflix to offer HBO series soon after US broadcast
Australian on demand platform Quickflix has scored a significant agreement with HBO that will allow…
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HBO orders more Game of Thrones
Days after the launch of the third season of Game of Thrones, premium cable network…
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News brief: Marvista adds former HBO exec
US producer-distributor Marvista Entertainment has added a trio of new staff to its ranks, including…
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UK gov’t defends drama tax break system
The UK government has defended the incoming television tax break system, following concerns the scheme…
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3net hits back at 3D critics with expanded slate
US 3D network 3net has unveiled a new slate of ultra HD programming, as the…
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SVT buying spree includes The Bible and Bates Motel
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has acquired mega-hit miniseries The Bible. It has picked up the…