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Lifetime
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A+E poaches finance chief from Scripps
A+E Networks UK, which runs the channel operator’s European operations, has recruited Mark Neil as…
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H2 channel launches on Get in Norway
Norwegian cable and IPTV provider Get will now carry factual channel H2 after extending its…
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Lifetime lays off Devious Maids
US network Lifetime has cancelled female-skewed comedy-drama Devious Maids after four seasons. The A+E Network-owned…
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Lifetime poaches CW scripted exec
US network Lifetime has poached Joanna Klein from broadcast rival The CW to become its…
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Lifetime making Britney Spears biopic
US cable network Lifetime is to dramatise the life of singer Britney Spears in a…
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UKTV buys Red Tent for Drama
UKTV has acquired Sony Pictures Television miniseries The Red Tent for its thematic Drama network….
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A+E launching new free UK channel brand
A+E Networks UK is to launch a free-to-air channel later this year. The channel name…
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A+E appoints African channels boss
A+E Networks has named a new general manager for Africa. Yusuf Nabee will take up…
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Lifetime non-fiction chief to lead MTV2
Eli Lehrer is joining US cable channel MTV2 as executive VP. The senior VP and…
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Free TV Lifetime launching in Turkey
Lifetime is launching as a free-to-air channel in Turkey at the end of next month….
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Acorn grows line-up with And Then There Were None
Acorn has added Agatha Christie adaptation And Then There Were None to its electronic-sell-through line-up….
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All3Media America poaches Lifetime’s Lederman
Nina Lederman has joined All3Media’s US operation in the newly-created role of executive VP, scripted…
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Lifetime hires new unscripted VP
US cable channel Lifetime has hired a new VP, non-fiction programming. Mioshi Hill joins the…
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Corus in ‘game-changing’ C$2.7bn Shaw deal
Toronto-listed Corus Entertainment is to pay C$2.65 billion (US$1.86 billion) to buy rival Shaw Media….
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Hulu Japan takes A+E content SVOD rights
Japanese subscription on-demand service Hulu is bringing an “extensive” catalogue of programming from A+E Networks…
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AT&T to carry Viceland
AT&T’s US platforms are to carry the upcoming A+E Networks-backed cable channel Viceland as part…
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AT&T to carry Viceland
AT&T’s US platforms are to carry the upcoming A+E Networks-backed cable channel Viceland as part…
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News brief: Lifetime, Yahoo launch online Project Runway special
Lifetime and Yahoo have joined forces for an online Project Runway special, Road to the…
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Davidson exits A+E UK, new boss named
Tom Davidson is stepping down as managing director of A+E Networks UK as part of…
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Lifetime joins BBC Agatha Christie series
Lifetime has become a coproducer on the upcoming BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie novel And…
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Time runs out for A.D. on NBC
US broadcaster NBC has axed its Bible-inspired Mark Burnett drama series. A.D. The Bible Continues…
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Lifetime launches SVOD service
US cable channel Lifetime has launched an over-the-top subscription service offering its library to direct-to-television…
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TVPlayer to launch UK subs offering
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer will launch a subscription service this summer offering live streams of…
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Roots, Damien topline A+E slate
A reworking of classic ABC 1970s series Roots and an Omen TV spin-off are the…
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Lifetime making Full House TV movie
Days after the news that Netflix is rebooting Full House, it has emerged that cable…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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Gateley to run Lifetime programming
Liz Gateley has rejoined US cable channel Lifetime to run its programming unit. The former…
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Buyers Briefing: Christian Drobnyk, Lifetime
Name: Christian Drobnyk Title: Senior VP, programming, strategy and acquisitions, Lifetime, A+E Networks Christian Drobnyk…
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TF1, Antena 3 buy Unreal US drama
French commercial free-to-air broadcaster TF1 and its Spanish equivalent Antena 3 have both acquired Unreal,…
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McKillop exits A&E as Sharenow takes over
David McKillop has passed control of US cable channel A&E to Lifetime general manager Rob…