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Seven Network
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BBCWW raids Seven West for commercial chief
The BBC’s commercial arm in Australasia has hired the founder of Seven West Media’s live…
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Australia’s Seven buys UK drama prodco
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired a stake in British production company Slim Film…
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Seven mulls Yahoo7 buy-out
The parent of Australia’s Network Seven is considering buying out the co-owner of its Yahoo7…
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Broadcast veteran Leckie exits Seven
David Leckie is leaving Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network and will take a full-time role…
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Netflix acquires Technicolor adventure toon
Streaming giant Netflix has taken US rights to CG-animated adventure series The Deep. The show…
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BBC order for Seven’s 7 Wonder
Seven Network-backed UK prodco 7 Wonder has won a BBC commission for Back to the…
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Seven fires Talpa’s Cannonball with ITV Studios
Australian commercial net Seven Network has commissioned ITV Studios Australia to create a local version…
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Nine’s Hotplate ‘shelved after format row’
Australian commercial network Nine has reportedly agreed to stop broadcasting its cooking competition series The…
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Seven parent swings into profit
The parent company of Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has posted a half-year underlying profit…
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My Kitchen Rules drawn up for UK network
British terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 is brining Australian cooking competition format My Kitchen Rules back…
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Watchdog throws Foxtel-Ten deal into doubt
Australia’s corporate regulator has thrown a spanner in the works of the proposed deal that…
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Mythbusters firm revenues up, profit down
Australia’s Beyond International has posted mixed full year results to the Australian Stock Exchange. The…
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Seven parent plunges with A$1.9bn loss
Seven West Media has posted a massive loss of A$1.89 billion (US$1.34 billion) in its…
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Seven, Nine in legal battle over cooking formats
Australia’s two biggest broadcasters are locked in a legal battle over their showpiece cooking formats….
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Kabel Eins sets House Rules
German channel Kabel Eins has commissioned a local version of Red Arrow International’s home-makeover format…
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Seven, Scripps, Shaw join Windfall series
Australia’s Seven Network, Scripps Networks UK & EMEA and Food Network in Canada are all…
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Presto goes Rogue with eOne dramas
Australian on-demand platform Presto has inked a new drama programming deal with Entertainment One Television….
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Seven will Make You Laugh Out Loud
Australia’s Seven Network has acquired Passion Distribution-sold comedy entertainment series Make You Laugh Out Loud….
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Endemol Oz CEO follows Fennessys out the door
The chief executive of Endemol Australia, Janeen Faithfull, is exiting the business as Endemol Shine…
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News brief: North Europe, Belgian nets go Deep
A pair of Scandinavian channels, one from Finland and one from Belgium have boarded Technicolor’s…
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Netflix detects Danger Mouse, Gadget
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to a pair of classic kids TV series being rebooted…
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Sky Vision’s What Went Down generates sales
More than 60 territories have taken on user-generated content clip show What Went Down since…
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Foxtel, Seven, ABC feel factual Passion
Major Australian television groups have acquired content from Passion Distribution. Pay TV operator Foxtel has…
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Seven tracks down Channel 5’s Suspects
Seven Network in Australia has acquired British procedural Suspects, which goes out on Viacom’s UK…
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Miss Universe Pageant entices FIC, Turner
Fox International Channels in Southeast Asia and Japan and Turner International in Latin America are…
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Nets accept Sony’s Marry Me proposals
Broadcasters such as MTG, RTE and OSN have bought American romantic comedy series Marry Me…
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BBC Two buys Aussie period drama
UK broadcaster BBC Two has acquired Australian period drama A Place to Call Home. The…
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Seven wins ratings battle, Nine claims top demos
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has ended the 2014 ratings year on top, beating perennial…
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Streaming service Acorn buys Seven’s Aussie drama
Acorn TV has picked up US rights to A Place to Call Home, the Australian…
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French telco tracks down BBC’s Intruders
French telco operator OCS has acquired the BBC’s new mystery drama Intruders following MIPCOM. The…