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Oxygen
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Oxygen bolsters true crime with slew of new series and renewals
US cablenet Oxygen has commissioned five new shows and made a slew of renewals to…
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Asylum’s Content Group hires NBCU duo for production & partnerships
Asylum Entertainment Group-owned The Content Group (TCG) has hired two NBCUniversal (NBCU) execs to lead…
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NBCU unveils TV & streaming team, Peacock originals chief McGoldrick to exit
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has appointed a raft of execs to oversee content for its newly…
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Amazon fares badly in NPACT factual survey
Amazon’s approach to factual commissioning is leaving plenty much to be desired, according to a…
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Transgender reality modelling series set for cable
Whoopi Goldberg is exec producing Strut, a reality series set within a agency for transgender…
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McCumber rises as NBCU rejigs entertainment
NBCUniversal is shaking up its entertainment networks division, with USA Networks president Chris McCumber heading…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
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Power Play: why celebs are becoming execs
As the global media superpowers march into ever more sectors, A-list actors, musicians, fashion gurus…
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Pastors deliver sermon for Oxygen
US cable channel Oxygen has commissioned a documentary series featuring larger-than-life religious pastors in LA….
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Electus invests in former SPT exec’s prodco
US-based Electus has made a strategic investment into Hud:sun Media, a production and entertainment company…
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Latin Media Leaders: Powwow
MOST INFLUENTIAL PRODUCTION COMPANY POWWOW LA, Miami and Buenos Aires-based producer Powwow bridges the Latin…
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Lifetime ups Chessler, hires Hardy
US cable network Lifetime has promoted one its key programming executives, Kimberly Chessler and hired…
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US cable net orders new reality shows from Endemol, Eyeworks and A. Smith
NBC Universal-owned female-skewed US cable net Oxygen has ordered new series from Eyeworks, Endemol and…
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Hollywood Studio formats
Plans are underway to make some of the most iconic US shows ever for local…
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US Cable Upfront Report
TBI has teamed with independent research specialist CableU to get under the skin of this…