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ITV Studios buys majority stake in Gomorrah prodco
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
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Red Arrow teams with new Ringbakk prodco
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has signed a commercial and creative partnership with a new LA-based…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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TBI Weekly: Uncertainty ahead for DHX
After weak quarterly financials, Canada’s DHX Media is eyeing a sale or merger of the…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police raid Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Edge joins Sky & C4 in backing TRX
Edge Investments has taken a minority stake in Dial Square 86, the holding company for…
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Fremantle invests in factual indie Label1
FremantleMedia is set to invest in ‘fast-growing’ UK indie Label1. Fremantle will take a 25%…
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Bavaria Fernsehproduktion rebrands for int’l push
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion has rebranded as Bavaria Fiction as it looks to grow its international business….
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Tinopolis invests in ex-ITV exec’s new indie
Producer and distributor Tinopolis has invested in former ITV exec Claire Zolkwer’s, UK-based production company…
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Viacom backs UK prodco Banjo
Viacom is supporting a new UK-based production company, Banjo Television. The comes through Viacom-owned Elephant…
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Film firm taps Borderline’s Rocha to lead TV unit
Zoë Rocha, who produces Channel 5 and Netflix mockumentary Borderline, is joining film financier The…
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Peter Gerwe buys Pinewood out of drama JV
Peter Gerwe’s StoryFirst has bought Pinewood-Shepperton Studios’ 50% stake in the drama joint venture the…
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Boat Rocker buys Proper Television
There’s more consolidation in the Canadian TV sector, this time with Boat Rocker Media buying…
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India’s ZEE sets up prodco in Canada
Indian content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has set up a production company in Canada….
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Sony invests in Simon Pegg/Nick Frost prodco
Sony Pictures Television has taken a minority stake in Stolen Picture, the new UK-based prodco…
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Objective picks up Princess pair’s Hitchhiker TV
UK-based Objective Media Group has created new talent-focused production company, Hitchhiker Television. Princess Productions pair…
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Ten creditors choose CBS over Murdoch
CBS Corp will be the next owner of Australia’s Network after creditors accepted its offer….
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Murdoch & Gordon fail to stop CBS’s Ten deal
Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon have failed in their attempt to stop US broadcaster CBS…
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Murdoch attempts to derail CBS deal for Ten
Lachlan Murdoch isn’t giving up on Network Ten just yet. While his brother James was…
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Viacom buys Italian net, half of DeA’s Super!
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired an Italian digital free-to-air frequency in order to…
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Bell takes Wow stake in equity swap deal
Canada’s Bell Media has taken a 12% stake in compatriot kids company Wow! Unlimited Media…
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Kew completes first deals since Content rebrand
UK-based distributor Kew Media has unveiled its first sales since rebranding from Content Media Corp….
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CEO brushes off Comcast concerns
NBCUniversal (NBCU) parent Comcast is in rude health despite a recent stock price drop, according…
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Content becomes Kew Media
Content Media Corp has rebranded as Kew Media Group. The switch comes nearly seven months…
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Keshet buys German prodco Tresor
Keshet International has made its first company acquisition, buying German producer Tresor TV Produktions. The…
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ITV buys French drama group
UK broadcaster ITV has acquired control of Tetra Media Studio, the French prodco behind drama…
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Chellomedia expands management team
Chellomedia has announced a management shake-up that includes two new appointments. The Liberty Global-owned channel…