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Killer Karaoke
Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
ITV bringing back Name That Tune
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster ITV is piloting a new version of Name That Tune,…
Turner to launch truTV in UK
Turner Broadcasting UK is launching a new general entertainment free-to-air channel, truTV – it’s first…
ITV’s High Noon floats Butterfly deal
High Noon Entertainment has inked a first-look deal with US indie Lucky Butterfly Productions. High…
Mid East nets to perform Killer Karaoke
Broadcasters across the Middle East have ordered local versions of Zodiak Rights’ comic singing format…
Zodiak Media appoints Russia CEO
Zodiak Media has appointed Laurent Saillard as CEO of Zodiak Vostok, its Russian division. Saillard…
New Canadian foodie channel rolls out
Gusto, a new lifestyle cable channel has launched in Canada. The specialty channel has rolled…
Killer Karaoke in tune with Indian channel
Zodiak Media format Killer Karaoke is being produced for a Tamil-language channel in India. Zodiak-owned…
Formats in focus: Zodiak Rights
Zodiak’s two big new formats stretch from the wacky Japanese-originated end of the market to…
Zodiak puts Yates at top of restructured LA arm
Production giant Zodiak Media Group has named Tony Yates as CEO of a restructured LA…
Turner raids MTV for head of programming
Turner Broadcasting System has poached Chris Linn from MTV. Linn will be president and head…
Killer Karaoke hits right note for Euro broadcasters
Zodiak Media’s extreme singing competition format Killer Karaoke has sold to broadcasters in the Netherlands…
Lifetime ups Chessler, hires Hardy
US cable network Lifetime has promoted one its key programming executives, Kimberly Chessler and hired…