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Sky Living
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Sky UK among buyers of Ryan Murphy’s Fox drama 9-1-1
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed its high rating cop series 9-1-1 in over…
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Bennett to lead Sky UK and Ireland after rejig
Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett will lead the wider Sky Entertainment business in the UK…
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Euro, Lat Am nets find Conviction with eOne
Major networks in the UK, France and Latin America have bought Entertainment One Television’s new…
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Sky buys J-Lo’s NBC cop series
Sky has acquired Shades of Blue, the US cop thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray…
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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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Sky rejigs programming team
Sky has installed a new head of comedy and rejigged its senior programming team across…
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Hulu secures British poltergeist drama
US streaming service Hulu has bought British poltergeist drama The Enfield Haunting. The show, a…
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Sky Living checks NBC’s Blindspot
UK pay TV channel has acquired new season NBC mystery drama Blindspot from Warner Bros….
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Sky hires non-scripted trio
UK-based satcaster Sky has hired a trio of commissioners to work across its non-scripted programming…
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E4 bags Supernatural after Sky Living drop
UK digital channel E4 has acquired rights to US demon hunter drama Supernatural after pay…
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Sky takes UK rights to CBS series Madam Secretary
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has picked up new US drama Madam Secretary. The series…
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Sky Living buys Stalker from Warner Bros.
Sky Living has continued a busy round of commissions and acquisitions with the pick-up of…
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Sky Living orders Timothy Spall poltergeist drama
BSkyB has ordered a new three-part poltergeist drama, TBI has learned, as the pay TV…
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TalkTalk bags Sky catch-up rights, extends deal
UK telco TalkTalk has extended its arrangement with BSkyB with a new deal that hands…
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Discovery, Foxtel get new arrival with Spun Gold series
Discovery in Europe and Latin America and Foxtel in Australia have picked up pregnancy and…
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Buyers Briefing digital season: Will Ennett, TalkTalk
Name: Will Ennett Title: Head of pay TV content, TalkTalk Former Blinkbox and Viasat buyer…
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Remedy taps ex-Sky factual exec
Argonon Group-owned Remedy Productions has hired ex-Sky Living commissioner Sophie Wurzer-Willliams as head of factual…
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Roughcut cuts Sky channels development deal
UK indie producer Roughcut TV has agreed a programming deal with Sky whereby it will…
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DCD sells Aussie dramas to Sky, C5 and Hulu
UK-based distributor DCD Rights agreed US and UK deals for two of its Australian dramas….
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Sky’s NOW TV adds premium channel brands
UK satellite TV provider BSkyB has bolstered its pay-monthly OTT service NOW TV by adding…
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New drama hub for UK’s Manchester as tax breaks kick in
The UK city of Manchester is continuing its push into media production by opening a…
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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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The Blacklist beats Hostages in season launches
The first episode of buzzy US drama The Blacklist has performed well for NBC, winning…
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HBO acquires Sky Living comedy Doll & Em
US premium cable net HBO has bought Doll & Em, a new comedy from Emily…
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TV2, 365 reveal It’s Love, Actually
Broadcasters in Denmark and Iceland have acquired straight-to-series format remakes of Sky Vision-distributed factual entertainment…
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Naomi Campbell takes her Face to Foxtel
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is to executive produce an Australian version of her modelling competition format…
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New hire for NBCU’s Monkey
NBCUniversal-owned Monkey Kingdom has recruited a new executive producer, Ollie Brack, from FremantleMedia’s UK prodco…
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Lifetime confirms UK launch, expected to replace Bio
US cable network Lifetime has confirmed it will launch in the UK this autumn. The…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Sarah Wright, controller of acquisitions, BSkyB
UK pay TV operator BSky is the largest UK-based buyer of US studio programming and…
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Sky Living orders female-led sitcom
UK pay TV channel Sky Living HD has commissioned a female-led six-part comedy set in…
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