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Fox extends offer for Sky as auction deadline looms
21st Century Fox has extended its deadline for Sky shareholders to accept its £14 a share…
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TBI Weekly: Sky and Channel 4 deal is clear sign of the times
Sky and Channel 4’s content-sharing deal earlier this week signalled the beginnings of closer collaboration…
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Turkish indies launch distribution business
Turkish production companies Medyapim and Ay Yapim have teamed to launch a new distribution business….
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Fox departs DRG as NENT’s Mogensen steps up
DRG is to replace its founder and chairman Jeremy Fox with Morten Mogensen from NENT…
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Fremantle nabs Sky Italia exec for COO
Fremantle has appointed Sky Italia’s Andrea Scrosati to the position of group chief operating officer….
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Little Dot hires Disney duo for social sales
Little Dot Studios, the digital content studio and broadcaster, has hired Disney duo Elliot Baum…
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21st Century Fox invests $100m in Caffeine
Twenty-First Century Fox has invested US$100 million in Caffeine, a social broadcasting platform for gaming,…
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TeamTo adds Guru’s Mary Bredin to creative team
European kids studio TeamTO has hired Mary Bredin, former EVP of content and strategy at…
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Eleven signs ex-Vodafone TV head as Portugal chief
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has named Vodafone’s former head of TV Jorge Pavão de Sousa…
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Blue Ant brings CBS titles FBI & Charmed to Asia
Blue Ant Media, an international content producer, distributor and operator, is bringing fresh CBS Studios…
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Sky ups startup focus with Berlin and Tel Aviv investments
Sky plans to open a new office in Berlin and invest US$4 million in an…
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France 3 director Dana Hastier departs, prompts reorganisation
France 3 director Dana Hastier is set to depart the company after over a decade…
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Red Bull & Beta Film pick up first network partner for JV series
Red Bull and Beta Film have partnered with the first network, Germany’s ARD/Degeto, for the…
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ITV’s Carolyn McCall to deliver MIPCOM keynote
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall is set to deliver a keynote at MIPCOM, where she will…
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DC Universe streamer due for September launch
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment are due to launch their digital subscription service, DC Universe,…
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RTL posts strong results as it focuses on VOD and drama
RTL announced strong Q2 and H1 results as it focuses on its two main growth…
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UK’s My Dad Wrote a Porno heads to HBO
The UK hit podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno is set to appear on HBO…
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In-demand: UK (August 13-19, 2018)
Orange Is The New Black was highly demanded in the UK last week, after its…
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Netflix inks multi-year deal with Kenya Barris
Netflix has entered a multi-year overall deal with Black-ish writer and producer Kenya Barris to…
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Vice and Canada’s Bell Media strike content pact
Vice Media and Bell Media have paired for a ‘long-term, far-reaching’ agreement to bring Vice…
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ID set to premiere Kardashian-produced Twisted Sisters
Investigation Discovery (ID), Discovery’s destination for true-crime programming, is set to premiere Twisted Sisters, executive…
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Pilgrim Media inks deal with game show duo
Pilgrim Media Group has inked a production deal with Michael Canter (left) and Jeff Krask…
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Tencent to acquire film & TV outfit New Classics Media
China Literature Limited, the publically listed e-books unit of Tencent holdings, is set to acquire…
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Banijay’s Temptation Island heads to Germany
Reality format Temptation Island is set to launch in Germany on RTL and TV Now….
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UKTV returns to Virgin with more content than ever
UKTV’s channels returned to Virgin Media at the weekend, ending a three-week negotiations stand-off that…
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Starzplay to launch branded channels in France, Italy & Spain
Lionsgate-owned subscription video-on-demand service Starzplay has struck agreements to launch branded channels in France, Italy…
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Apple orders comedy from It’s Always Sunny duo
Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour comedy by It’s Always Sunny in…
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BBC Studios appoints C4’s Ralph Lee as content director
BBC Studios has appointed Channel 4’ s creative officer Ralph Lee as director of content….
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Disney reveals SVOD plans, misses Q3 expectations
Disney is “on track” to launch its Disney-branded streaming service late next year, with “numerous…
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Silberwasser to depart NBCU’s Telemundo
Telemundo president, Luis Silberwasser, is to depart the company after four years with the US…