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News brief: Broadcasters tune in to Figaro Pho
A raft of broadcasters have acquired animated kids series Figaro Pho. Canal+ in France, HBO…
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HBO’s TV Everywhere service Go launches in Asia
HBO has launched HBO Go in Asia for the first time. The TV Everywhere service…
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HBO teams with Apple for Go launch
HBO president and COO, Eric Kessler, announced yesterday that the HBO Go TV Everywhere service…
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Latin Media Leaders: HBO Latin America/HBO Go
DIGITAL INNOVATOR HBO LATIN AMERICA, HBO GO In late 2011 HBO Latin America gave…
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HBO Go tipped to join Apple TV
Apple is reportedly in talks to carry HBO Go on the Apple TV platform in…
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Latin Media Leaders: Pedro Leda, Ledafilms
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PEDRO LEDA, FOUNDER AND CEO, LEDAFILMS Pedro Leda’s position in the Latin…
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Turkey’s Global Agency hires Farrell E. Meisel
Turkey-based formats company Global Agency has recruited Farrell E. Meisel as its first-ever director of…
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HBO Europe’s burning ambition
HBO Europe started making original shows six years ago, but its upcoming miniseries Burning Bush…
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Vivendi launches streaming service Watchever in Germany
France-based entertainment conglomerate Vivendi has launched an over-the-top service in Germany called Watchever. The subscription…
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France’s Orange renews HBO output deal
Orange Cinéma Series (OCS) has renewed a key content deal with US premium programme provider…
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HBO extends Universal Pictures output
US cable network HBO has renewed a movie output deal with Universal Pictures it was…
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Martin Scorsese making Bill Clinton documentary for HBO
Martin Scorsese is making a feature doc about Bill Clinton. The film is being made…
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HBO tipped to make Indian formats after Eros deal
HBO Asia and Indian movie producer and distributor Eros International have joined forces and will…
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HBO Europe hires Will Harrison as COO
HBO Europe has appointed Will Harrison as chief operating officer. Harrison will take-up the newly-created…
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HBO launches in Sweden
Telia has become the first platform operator in the Nordic region to offer HBO, making…
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C More snags Miramax programming deal
Nordic pay TV platform C More has inked a content deal with Miramax. The agreement…
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Starz poaches HBO veteran Dave Baldwin
Starz has hired Dave Baldwin as executive VP, programming. He joins the Liberty-owned US cable…
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HBO delays Nordic over-the-top service
US premium broadcaster HBO has delayed plans to launch its first standalone over-the-top pay TV…
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Foxtel snags HBO output deal
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has inked an output deal with HBO. The agreement gives…
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HBO develops Sony Pictures TV’s mystery drama
US premium network HBO is developing Sony Pictures Television’s mystery drama The Return of Daniel…
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Netflix snags Warner Bros content as Scandi roll out continues
Netflix has launched in Denmark today and will roll out in Norway and Finland later…
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Blinkbox snags The Newsroom download rights
Streaming and download service Blinkbox has taken download to own rights to HBO drama series…
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Entertainment One gets on board Philip Seymour Hoffman’s HBO show Upstate
Entertainment One (eOne) has become a coproduction partner on Philip Seymour Hoffman’s upcoming HBO series…
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Harvey Weinstein preps TV version of Miramax movie Shall We Dance?
Harvey Weinstein has told TBI that he plans to make a TV version of Shall We…
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Blinkbox launching HBO series Veep
Online video service Blinkbox has inked a deal with HBO and will make comedy series…
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Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Russia check in for In Treatment
There will be new seasons of the local versions of In Treatment in Argentina, Canada…
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HBO orders fourth, final season of Treme
US premium broadcaster HBO is to give David Simon’s New Orleans drama Treme one final,…
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HBO promotes Plepler to CEO as Bill Nelson retires
US premium network HBO has promoted Richard Plepler to chief executive following the retirement of…
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HBO launches Alex Gibney church doc
HBO has commissioned Alex Gibney to produce feature documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The…
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HBO fleshes out Nordic online plans
US premium pay network HBO is launching an online branded video service across the Nordic…