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Network Seven
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Show of the week: Con Girl
This 4 x 60-minute documentary series tells the stranger-than-fiction story of con artist Samantha Azzopardi,…
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Network Seven & Paramount+ investigate ‘Con Girl’ Samantha Azzopardi
Australia’s Network Seven has ordered a true crime series about con artist Samantha Azzopardi, with…
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Seven renews ITV Studios first-look deal
Australia’s Network Seven has renewed its long-standing first-look programming deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment…
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Commercial TV licence fees abolished in Oz
Australia’s commercial broadcasters have welcomed a government plan to abolish the television licence fees they…
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Ten lashes out at licence fees
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has issued a profit warning to shareholders, claiming licence fees…
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Aussie pubcasters get budget boost
Australian public broadcasters the ABC and SBS have avoided further budget cuts. The organisations feared…
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Red Arrow, TwoFour execs jump to 7 Wonder
Fledgling UK indie 7 Wonder has hired executives from prodcos within the Red Arrow Entertainment…
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CBeebies hands 7Wonder debut kids commission
UK-Australian prodco 7 Wonder has landed its first children’s television commission, a 25-part series for…
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Ex-ITV Studios producer joins Ten
Australia’s Network Ten has hired former ITV Studios Australia head of entertainment Hilary Innes. She…
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Ten worries eased as Foxtel buys 15% stake
Network Ten’s long search for a new financial investor led to Australian pay TV operator…
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TVN buys Seven, Channel 5 shows
Poland’s TVN has acquired programmes including Seven Network’s World’s Richest Dogs from distributor TCB Rights….
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Leckie resigns from Seven board
Australian TV programming veteran David Leckie has resigned from Seven West Media, the parent of…
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Seven, Ten legal spat rumbles on
Australia’s Network Ten has vowed it would not be “bullied” by Network Seven after a…
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Ten loses Seven programmer legal bid
Australia’s Network Ten has been dealt a blow after a judge rejected the broadcaster’s bid…
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21st Century Fox to delist in Oz
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is delisting shares from the Australia Stock Exchange after regulators…
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Network Ten: Seven has ‘case to answer’ over exec u-turn
Network Ten in Australia has accused rival channel Seven of having “a case to answer”…
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Shine sells Clash of the Choirs into Ukraine
Shine International has shopped its Clash of the Choirs (pictured) format into Ukraine. The deal took…
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MasterChef Australia finale ratings hit all-time low
Three years after MasterChef Australia posted a record-breaking four million viewers, the Shine-produced show has…
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Anything Goes in Europe, Brazil
French comedy entertainment format Anything Goes has landed commissions in four new territories. Spain’s Antena…
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FIC powers up with S.H.I.E.L.D. deal
Fox International Channels has acquired Disney-distributed US scripted series including the much-hyped superhero series Marvel’s…
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SBS Oz poaches Ten exec for programming role
Australian multicultural pubcaster SBS has raided commercial terrestrial Network Ten for its network programme manager….
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Shine making drama about rock band INXS
Shine has been commissioned to make Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS,…
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Banijay sells Stars in Danger diving format into China
Banijay has shopped Stars in Danger: High Diving into China. The format, part of a…
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Rive Gauche sells series to Australia
LA-based distributor Rive Gauche Television has sold a raft of series to broadcasters in Australia…