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MTV acquires African rights to Jimmy Fallon
Youth entertainment net MTV has acquired African TV broadcasting rights to US talker The Tonight…
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NBC to remake Korea’s Grandpas
US broadcast network NBC has ordered an American remake of Korean entertainment travel format Grandpas…
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News brief: NBC set for another stay in Sweden
NBC has ordered a second season of comedy series Welcome to Sweden. The half-hour comedy…
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Red Arrow hires Warner Bros. exec as formats boss
Red Arrow International has hired Warner Bros. formats exec Harry Gamsu to fill a new…
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Netflix tipped to take Seinfeld
Netflix is in talks to acquire classic comedy series Seinfeld, according to its creator and…
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Talpa cuts international deals for The Voice
John de Mol’s Talpa has inked a raft of new deals for its singing format…
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Yahoo saves Community
Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance…
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Broadcasters celebrate as Aereo ruled illegal
US broadcasters have come together in celebration after the Supreme Court ruled OTT streaming service…
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Got Talent tops Rising Star US debut
The American Rising Star took five million overall viewers on its debut outing on ABC,…
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Miramax hires TV VP
US producer and distributor Miramax has hired Daniel Pipski as VP of its TV division….
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Seven picks up Battle Creek
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven has picked up buzzy upcoming US drama series Battle Creek…
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NBC consolidates scripted as Rabinowitz exits
US broadcaster NBC is creating a single unit to house its comedy and drama development…
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ITV orders Celebrity Squares reboot
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a revamped version of Celebrity Squares. The gameshow reboot…
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UKTV buys Gillian Anderson drama from Fox
UKTV has acquired Crisis, the new US drama series starring Gillian Andersen. The series, which…
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Sony sticks with programming chiefs
Sony Pictures Television has extended the contracts of co-presidents, programming and production Jamie Erlich and…
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Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
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Warner Bros. seals ER, Gossip Girl, Liars format deals
US drama series ER, Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars will be remade in Asia…
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NBC confirms Heroes return
US broadcaster NBC has confirmed it is bringing back sci-fi drama Heroes four years after…
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New Walking Dead beats Olympics with massive numbers
The return of The Walking Dead delivered almost 16 million viewers for cable net AMC,…
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Warner Bros’ Shed poaches BBCWW Top Gear exec
The US division of Warner Bros.-owned producer Shed has recruited John Hesling as its senior…
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NBCU revenues up but Comcast ‘underweight’ internationally
NBCUniversal saw fourth quarter revenues rise 7.5% to reach US$6.5 billion but parent company Comcast…
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Sony sweeps in for Broome first-look deal
Sony Pictures Television has secured a first-look deal with The Biggest Loser creator Dave Broome…
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Colombian net, FIC prescribe ER remake
Colombia’s RCN has ordered a Spanish-language remake of NBC medical drama ER, which ran for…
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NBC orders The Slap and a Wizard of Oz series
NBC has ordered a US remake of Australian drama series The Slap. US network has…
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NBC and Facebook in Olympic push
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Facebook Inc. will collaborate to…
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Reilly: Fox will bypass pilot season
US network Fox has declared itself out of the pilots game. Appearing at the net’s…
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BBC details digital Winter Olympics plan
The BBC has unveiled plans to air “the most complete digital coverage of a Winter…
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Funding round scores broadcaster threat Aereo $34m
Over-the-air US retransmission service Aereo has secured US$34 million in its latest funding round to…
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Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
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NBC greenlights full A.D. series
US broadcast network has given the greenlight to a 12-episode run of The Bible follow…