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Matchbox’s Bowden, ex-Fremantle exec form Lingo
The founder of Matchbox Pictures and a former FremantleMedia Australia creative director have created a…
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News brief: Wuaki adds studio movies
European on-demand service Wuaki.tv has acquired new movies from several of the Hollywood studios. From…
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Hulu investment pledge as firm makes loss
Hulu made an equity loss in the quarter ending October 3 due to higher content…
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Job losses expected after NBCU nets restructure
NBCUniversal is merging its UK and emerging markets channels business under its current central and…
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ProSiebenSat.1 nabs ‘important’ Disney content deal
ProSiebenSat.1 and The Walt Disney Company have agreed a significant multi-year agreement that gives the…
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Scripps ups int’l CFO to new post
Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted international chief financial officer Simone Nardi to a new post….
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NBCU launches comedy SVOD platform
NBCUniversal has revealed a subscription on-demand platform for comedy, SeeSo. The US$3.99 a month US…
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Vivendi relaunches Watchever with SVOD ‘channels’
Watchever is being relaunched with a raft of international content companies launching channel-type offerings on…
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Comcast debuts YouTube rival Watchable
US media giant Comcast has launched its ‘YouTube killer’, Watchable, a streaming site that debuts…
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NBCU’s Uva steps aside for Conde
NBCUniversal has promoted Cesar Conde to the new role overseeing the company’s Spanish-language business, with…
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NBCU seeks to match rivals’ int’l revenues
NBCUniversal will seek to bring its domestic to international revenue split in line with rival…
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NBCU SVOD deal with China’s Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has bought a package of content from NBCUniversal for its Tmall…
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NBC and Keshet strike programming pact
NBC Entertainment and Keshet Studios have inked a first-look programming deal. The agreement includes a…
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Berman prodco pacts with Singled Out’s Auerbach
Gail Berman’s production outfit, The Jackal Group, has entered into a first-look development deal with…
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Comcast defends new OTT service
Comcast Communications has defended its new cord-cutting enabler Stream as a way of attracting young…
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EU launches antitrust case against Sky, studios
The European Commission is investigating Sky and six Hollywood majors, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony,…
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Baywatch back on US screens
Los Angeles County lifeguard costumes have been dusted down after a US digital multicast channel…
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NBC Universo calls for Law & Order
Cable channel NBC Universo will debut American procedural Law & Order for Spanish-speaking US audiences…
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NBC ends relationship with Donald Trump
US broadcast net NBC has confirmed it will stop working with Donald Trump in the…
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NBCUniversal nets Shark Island for pay TV
NBCUniversal has acquired worldwide rights to Shark Island and will show the upcoming TV movie…
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Ex-Fox chief scores overall deal with NBC
Former Fox chief Peter Chernin has secured an overall TV production deal with NBCUniversal. Under…
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Broadcasters buy A Deadly Adoption
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 and France’s TF1 are among the buyers of A Deadly…
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NBCU’s Suits sells to South Korea
The first adaptation of US legal drama Suits is in the works after NBCUniversal optioned…
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LA Screenings wrap: analysis
Another year of excess, exuberance and extreme selling at the Hollywood studios is over, but…
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Spotify makes UK and US TV move
A new video platform from on-demand music app Spotify will run content from a variety of…
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C4 orders Made in Chelsea: LA from NBCU’s Monkey
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Made in Chelsea: LA (MIC:LA), a new spin-off from…
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USA to remake La Reina Del Sur
USA Network is remaking popular telenovela La Reina Del Sur for US audiences. Fox 21…
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Verizon pays $4.4bn for AOL
US-based telco Verizon will pay US$4.4 billion to acquire digital content and distribution group AOL. The…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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eOne hires AMC exec for new division
Canada-based Entertainment One has launched a global business and legal affairs division, with AMC Networks…