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Sony Pictures Television
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BET teams with ‘Afro American Netflix’ in France
Viacom’s African and African-American culture and entertainment channel BET will launch on SVOD in France…
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Amazon collars Sneaky Pete
Amazon Prime Instant Video has greenlit a full season of Sneaky Pete, the drama pilot…
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Sony rebrands Indian channels group
Sony Pictures Television has rebranded Multi Screen Media after the Indian television networks operator turned…
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New SVOD service inks Sony multi-year deal
US studio Sony Pictures Television has scored a three-year agreement with French-African and Afro-American SVOD…
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Sony poaches ABC exec for int’l post
Sony Pictures Television has poached an ABC Entertainment Group programming chief for a new international…
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Sony screens Art of More, cuts deals
Sony Pictures Television went ahead with a screening of The Art of More here in…
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Friends star Schwimmer returns to Channel 4
David Schwimmer (above, far right) is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy from…
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Sony swats international Man vs Fly deals
Several international partners have ordered local versions of Gogglebox Entertainment fly-swatting format Man vs Fly….
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Buyers make pre-MIPCOM play for The Player
Sony Pictures Television has shopped new NBC drama The Player to a raft of international…
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Steve Mosko upped at Sony
Steve Mosko has been upped to chairman, Sony Pictures Television. The new role sees Mosko…
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Sony restructures management team
Sony Pictures Television has made several changes to its senior management team. The changes were…
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TVNZ stocks up on US drama
Kiwi pubcaster TVNZ has unveiled its new season line-up, revealing a raft of US series…
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Andreae forms new indie with FremantleMedia
Former Fox programming chief Simon Andreae has formed Naked Entertainment, a new indie prodco that…
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AMC converts Preacher from pilot to series
US cable channel AMC has greenlit a full season of Preacher, which is based on…
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Amazon picks up Sony’s Bryan Cranston series
Amazon has picked up Sneaky Pete for its Prime Instant Video service. The show comes…
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MGM poaches TriStar exec for TV role
Fargo producer MGM has poached Lindsay Sloane from TriStar Productions to become its executive VP,…
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Sony networks boss named NATPE chairman
Sony Pictures Television’s president, worldwide networks Andy Kaplan (pictured) has been named chairman of events…
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BT, AMC plots free Fear launch in UK
UK pay TV platform BT will make the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead…
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The Crown producer targets China drama
UK drama production company Left Bank Pictures is to begin targeting the Chinese market after…
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Investor boards Michael Grade-backed indie
A venture capital group has acquired a 20% stake in UK production studio Infinity Creative…
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ABC Family hires NBC exec for scripted push
The latest step in ABC Family’s bid to double its original programming output is to…
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Quiz + game = broad entertainment
“Buyers have been looking for more than straightforward Q+A for some time; they want more…
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Networks up, movies and distribution down at Sony
Sony Corp.’s film and TV division swung to a loss in the most recent quarter…
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News brief: Globosat buys Tricon docs
Brazil’s Globosat has acquired Tricon Films & Television’s doc series Rock Icons. The 10x30mins series…
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Sony Pictures Television closes Film1 deal
Sony Pictures Television Networks has completed its buyout of Dutch channel group Film1 from Liberty…
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Sony’s Pop buys Splash’s Sabrina
Sony’s UK free-to-air kids channel Pop has acquired Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage Witch from…
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Sony, S4C renew formats pact
Sony Pictures Television has renewed a formats development pact with Welsh pubcaster S4C. This pact…
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Mubi strikes Sony SVOD deal
UK-based SVOD service Mubi has landed its first deal with a Hollywood studio, striking a…
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Fox champions Eccho’s Japanese format
US broadcast network will premiere a local version of Japanese format Beat the Champions later…
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Legendary status
Former Sony TV sales boss Michael Grindon tells Jesse Whittock how Legendary Television’s emerging international…