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Chairman of Spain’s RTVE steps down

RTVE chairman Leopoldo Gonzalez-Echenique has resigned. José Manuel Penalosa, a board member at RTVE, will step into the role at the helm of the pubcaster as acting president with Echenique’s exit taking effect immediately. Echenique has headed the RTVE since mid-2012. In a note to staff at the Spanish pubcaster he said he was leaving […]

News brief: RTVE order TCB’s Mega Food

Spanish pubcaster RTVE is among buyers of factual content from UK-based indie distributor TCB Rights. Among the deals, RTVE has acquired the 6x60mins Mega Food, which goes behind-the-scenes at some of the world’s busiest kitchens and comes from Steel Spyda. Thematic pay TV channel Historia has bought Twisted History, a WAGtv series that takes a […]

Endemol poaches RTVE online boss

Production and distribution giant Endemol has named an RTVE exec at the top of its Iberian digital operation Endemol Beyond Spain. Francisco Asensi has become managing director of the company, which is part of the Endemol Beyond digital business launched late last year to build an econsystem of channels on platforms such as YouTube, Yahoo […]

Matt Hatter travels to Italy, Turkey

Platinum Films has sealed new deals for its boy-skewed action series Matt Hatter Chronicles. Italian pubcaster RAI has picked it up in Italy and OFLAZ Media Group has taken Turkish rights. In Italy the show will go out on RAI’s kids channel RAI Gulp. The Italian broadcaster has taken seasons one and two of the […]

Spain’s drama producers look to go global

Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate Spanish primetime, but the dramatic fall in investment in TV advertising has obliged broadcasters to cut their budgets for originals. Creating virtue out of necessity, an increasing number of drama producers are looking beyond Spanish border and beginning to reap […]

News brief: FilmOn cuts live cage fighting deal

FilmOn has cut a deal for live cage fighting. The over the top service, run by controversial entrepreneur Alki David, will carry Badbeat 10, a series of live mixed martial arts cage fights from the Commerce Casino, California on August 9. The ten fights on the bill will be broadcast on the LA local station […]

Alki David’s FilmOn inks deal with Spain’s RTVE

Over the top service FilmOn has inked a deal with RTVE and will stream the Spanish pubcaster’s content in international markets. An international version of TVE will be launched by FilmOn, the digital service run by Greek entrepreneur Alki David. The revenue-share deal with the Spanish broadcaster involves FilmOn making TVE available on PCs and […]

Euro pubcaster chiefs demand ERT is restored

Fifty European pubcaster bosses have demanded the Greek government reverses its decision to shutter national broadcaster ERT. France Televisions’ Remy Pflimlin, DR’s Maria Rørbye Rønn, ZDF’s Thomas Bellut, Rai’s Anna Maria Tarantola, the BBC’s Tony Hall and RTVE’s Leopoldo Gonzalez Echenique are among the signatories (above) of an open letter to Greek officials issued through […]

PGS sells Robin Hood to raft of b’casters

PGS Entertainment has shopped its new Robin Hood animated series to a raft of broadcasters. The France-based distributor sells 52x11mins Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, which is produced by Method Animation, DQ Entertainment, ZDF Enterprises and Fabrique D’Images. In Europe it has been bought by Spain’s RTVE and its public broadcast counterpart in Belgium VRT. […]

New broadcast deals for Pac-Man toon

Spain’s RTVE has picked up free-to-air rights to new animated series Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. It will air on the Spanish public broadcaster’s Clan TV kids channel, starting next January. The series featuring the iconic Namco Bandai video games character is made by 41 Entertainment, Allen Bohbot’s production and distribution firm. It has also […]