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NBCUniversal
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NBCU takes on ID as Oxygen retools as crime net
NBCUniversal is repositioning female-focused US cable channel Oxygen as a crime-themed network, putting it in…
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All3Media staffs up new Asia office
The international arm of All3Media has hired former NBCUniversal and BBC Worldwide exec Amreet Kaur…
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NBCU shutters linear Esquire Network
NBCUniversal has pulled the plug on the linear feed of its US lifestyle cable channel…
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Corus Kids chief to run Sprout in US
Deidre Brennan is leaving Canada’s Corus Entertainment after less than a year to become general…
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Warner vet succeeds Katzenberg at DreamWorks
NBCUniversal has placed ex-Warner Bros. toon chief Chris DeFaria at the fill chief of DreamWorks…
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NBCU UK, emerging markets chief set for exit
NBCUniversal’s long-serving Colin McLeod is to leave the US media giant’s international operation this year,…
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Buzzfeed staying ‘fully indie’ after NBCU investment
NBCUniversal has ploughed another US$200 million into online news and video company BuzzFeed. This is…
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A+E poaches Viacom programming exec
A+E Networks has brought over veteran programming executive Katie Buchanan from Viacom’s US cable channel…
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Awesomeness staffs up Verizon content venture
The upcoming AwesomenessTV and Verizon mobile content venture has drafted in the former drama department…
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Trump opposes AT&T/Time Warner and Comcast/NBCU
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has come out against the AT&T and Time Warner deal…
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Telemundo opens international studio
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo as launched Telemundo International Studios here in Cannes. The NBCUniversal-owned Spanish-language…
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Johnny Carson comedy set for Seeso
NBC’s comedy SVOD platform, Seeso, has commissioned a coming-of-age comedy set in the 1970s when…
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Netflix hires ex-Universal TV exec as content VP
Netflix has appointed former Universal Television president Bela Bajaria as its vice-president of content. Bajaria…
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Hollywood heavyweights form Critical board
Mark Itkin, Lauren Zalaznick and Frank Biondi are among the big name Hollywood execs that…
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Comcast eyes international growth but not ITV
NBCUniversal has highlighted the opportunity to grow its international business to put it on more…
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Warner Bros. ups Canuck sales exec
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted James Andrews to a sales director position in…
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VR firm Jaunt appoints Hearst exec as new CEO
Disney-, Sky- and ProSiebenSat.1-backed cinematic VR firm, Jaunt, has appointed Hearst executive George Kliavkoff as…
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Brexit strategies
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is one of the most seismic…
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Cohn to lead TV animation at NBCU’s DreamWorks
Marjorie Cohn will lead the integrated DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures television animation businesses. She…
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Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
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NBC plots major OTT expansion
US broadcaster NBC is nearing the end of its “toe in the water” experiments in…
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NBC, Homeland team prep for Waking Lions
US broadcaster NBC has kicked off the 2017-18 buying season by adding a pair of…
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Paramount in EU geoblocking agreement
US studio Paramount has agreed a settlement with the European Commission to no longer geoblock…
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YouTube, Telemundo set ups Miami Spaces
YouTube has set up an original content pop-up studio in Miami, in association with NBCUniversal’s…
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Worldwide COO heads to NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal has hired David Gibbons, the former BBC Worldwide COO. He will be senior VP,…
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NBCU inks formats deal with France’s Terminal 9
The formats arm of NBCUniversal has inked a first-look deal with Terminal 9 Studios. Paris-based…
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NBC, Dick Wolf join true crime craze
US broadcaster NBC and its most prolific procedurals creator, Dick Wolf, are getting in on…
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Epix hires NBCU’s Dakss for digital post
US premium cable channel Epix has hired Jonathan Dakss from NBCUniversal to fill a key…
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All3 brings in eOne exec for EMEA sales role
All3Media International has drafted in Entertainment One Television’s Graham Spencer to become senior VP, EMEA…
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Universal TV drama EVP exits
Changes at Universal Television continue, with executive VP of drama development Russell Rothberg the latest…