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Lip Sync Battle
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Boat Rocker acquires Lip Sync Battle producer
Canada’s Boat Rocker Media has acquired Matador Content, the full-service production company behind Emmy-winning format…
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Pilgrim signs Lip Sync Battle’s Greenberg
Pilgrim Media has signed a development and production deal with Josh Greenberg, the showrunner and…
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Paramount importance
The US’s newest general entertainment station, the Paramount Network, launches in January 2018. Jesse Whittock…
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Lip Sync Battle on first Paramount Network slate
Paramount Network’s first slate includes programming from the network it replaces, Spike, and TV Land….
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Nick preparing for junior Lip Sync Battle
Nickelodeon is taking the kids to the Lip Sync Battle arena with a spin-off of…
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TBI Formats: Year in Review
The best-sellers, the trend makers, the battles, the emerging territories, the industry favourites… here is…
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Raft of Lip Sync format deals for Viacom
Viacom’s Lip Sync Battle continues to travel well, with new format and option deals for…
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Viacom launching new Spike channels
Viacom will launch Spike channels in the Netherlands and Hungary next month. The male-skewing cable…
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Freston wades into Viacom boardroom drama
Former Viacom CEO Tom Freston has attacked Philippe Dauman, claiming his successor is the wrong…
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Middle East launch for Comedy Central
Middle Eastern pay TV platform OSN has added the Comedy Central channel to its line-up. The…
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Plans drawn for Lat Am Lip Sync Battle
Comedy Central Latin America and TV Azteca are to coproduce a 13x60mins version of Lip…
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Lip Sync Battle breaks out in Africa
MTV in Africa is getting its own version of parent Viacom’s global format hit Lip…
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Viacom keeps up Lip Sync momentum
Viacom’s popular entertainment format Lip Sync Battle has sold to six new territories. Season one…
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Game of Thrones tops Facebook buzz chart
Game of Thrones was the most talked about TV show on Facebook this year, while…
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Pre-market Lip Sync deals for Viacom
Viacom International Media Networks has shopped its entertainment format Lip Sync Battle to a raft…
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Viacom reveals global SVOD service
Viacom has unveiled Viacom Play Plex, a suite of mobile TV apps that will offer…
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MTV’s Lip Sync heads to China streaming
Chinese streaming platform Sohu has ordered a local version of hit Spike show Lip Sync…