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Sendokai Champions a win for KidsCo
International children’s channel KidsCo has acquired CG-animated series Sendokai Champions from Spanish distributor Nottingham Forest….
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News brief: Bravo adds Farrell, Oliver to current team
NBCUniversal-owned Bravo Media has hired doc maker Leslie Farrell and former Food Network executive Jeffrey…
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Studios JV Oz channels to leave Foxtel
A pair of Australian channels jointly operated by NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios…
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Syfy launches catch up app, other NBCU nets to follow suit
NBCUniversal-owned US cable net Syfy has launched an app allowing viewers to watch shows a…
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New hire for NBCU’s Monkey
NBCUniversal-owned Monkey Kingdom has recruited a new executive producer, Ollie Brack, from FremantleMedia’s UK prodco…
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NBCU’s Telemundo channel launches in Africa
The international Telemundo channel has launched in Africa. The pay TV network is distributed by…
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CBS: Amazon, int’l sales key to Under the Dome profits
The streaming deal CBS scored with Amazon in February and international sales were key to…
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New-look Universal Channel hitting the UK
NBCUniversal’s new-look Universal Channel will debut in the UK on August 5. NBCU has been…
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News brief: Cyber Group takes Zou to PBS Kids Sprout
French producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has sold its preschool series Zou to the…
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NBCU developing sci-fi comic for TV with Walking Dead firm
NBCUniversal production wing Universal Television is working with writer David Schulner to develop a TV…
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News brief: Syfy Kids set for Asia, SA launch
International children’s channel KidsCo will launch its Syfy Kids programming block in Asia and South…
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Banijay, Telemundo hit Reset with French format deal
Banijay and Telemundo Internacional have agreed a three-year format deal for the distribution of formats…
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Shine America poaches legal boss from NBCU
Shine America’s expansion has continued with the hire of Jeffrey Schneider who has taken the…
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‘Real Housewives SA to go ahead’, Barbie manager claims
The manager of a woman who claims she has the right to produce a South…
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Telemundo making first Spanish-language Top Chef
NBCUniversal-owned US Hispanic network Telemundo is making a Spanish-language version of cooking format Top Chef….
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NBCU in South Africa Real Housewives format row
NBCUniversal’s formats team has told TBI it is in no way connected with a South…
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Hulu parents scrap sale, inject $750m
Hulu’s US broadcaster owners have scrapped the sale of the streaming website for a second…
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Eisner: Hulu buyer will lose next-day rights
Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner has predicted the victor in the battle to buy US…
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USA Network launches new NBCU TV Everywhere push
NBCUniversal has debuted a TV Everywhere service for USA Network – the first time it…
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Telemundo launching pay TV channel across Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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Shine America staffs up, poaches Saban, NBCU execs
Shine’s Shine America division has hired new marketing and research bosses. Rob Hughes has joined…
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ITV sells Mr Selfridge to BBC in Africa and NBC in Europe
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold drama series Mr Selfridge to new partners in Europe…
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Intel ‘offering premium, but yet to secure content for TV service’
Intel is reportedly offering a premium of up to 75% over standard cable rates to…
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Echo Bridge hires for digital drive
LA-based distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired an experienced digital exec to lead its new…
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Seacrest to produce variety series for Telemundo
Ryan Seacrest’s production company will coproduce a variety series for Spanish-language for US Hispanic channel…
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Turkey’s SinemaTV inks output deal with NBCU
Turkish pay TV broadcaster SinemaTV has inked an output deal with NBCUniversal. The programming agreement…
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Nielsen launches online TV ratings pilot
US-based ratings agency Nielsen has launched a pilot programme that will measure audiences for TV content…
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Donati, Brainch among raft of NBCU appointments
NBCUniversal International senior exec Duccio Donati is moving to a new role overseeing the E!…
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NBC readies ‘genre-redefining’ live quiz series
US network NBC has commissioned a huge live interactive quiz show that will broadcast from…
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Bravo adds execs, orders Housewives spin-off series
NBCUniversal-owned US cable channel Bravo has hired a pair of executives to run its current…