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Sony Pictures Television
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UKTV adds ex-BBC comedy commissioner
UK broadcaster UKTV has hired former BBC comedy commissioner Simon Lupton to become its commissioning…
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First original Polish drama for AXN
Sony Pictures Television channel AXN Central Europe is getting its first local production for the…
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Crackle signs AVOD deal with NBCU
Sony Pictures Television’s on-demand service Crackle has signed a multi-year licensing deal with NBCUniversal Television…
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Sony sticks with programming chiefs
Sony Pictures Television has extended the contracts of co-presidents, programming and production Jamie Erlich and…
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News brief: Syfy renews Ron Moore’s Helix
US cable channel Syfy has recommissioned sci-fi drama Helix for a second season. The drama,…
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Sony closing Crackle streaming service in the UK
Sony Pictures Television is closing its online channel Crackle in the UK at the end…
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Sony commissions first Playstation original drama
Sony’s Playstation Network has moved into original drama with an adaptation of comic book Powers….
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Sony launches Northern Ireland prodco
Sony Pictures Television is launching a production outfit in Northern Ireland. Stellify Media is a…
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Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
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Israel’s United Studios preps UK prodco acquisition
Israel’s oldest production studio is poised to move into the UK market and buy into…
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Fox set to Release the Hounds with US format deal
US broadcaster Fox is set to air a local version of horror gameshow format Release…
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FremantleMedia poaches Garcia to launch Spain office
X Factor producer FremantleMedia is launching an office in Spain and has poached Nathalie Garcia…
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Amazon Studios originals land with Sony
Sony Pictures Television will sell Amazon Studios-produced originals internationally, TBI has learned. SPT already sells…
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News brief: Lifetime dropping Drop Dead Diva
US cable net Lifetime has said that comedy drama series Drop Dead Diva will come…
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Moore to the story
Sci-fi guru Ronald D. Moore is launching his first major new cable dramas since Battlestar…
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Release the Hounds races to first format deal
ITV horror gameshow Release the Hounds has scored its first international format deal, with German…
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Sony remaking The Jeffersons sitcom
Sony Pictures Television has struck a scripted format deal for Los Gutierrez, a new version…
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Sony sweeps in for Broome first-look deal
Sony Pictures Television has secured a first-look deal with The Biggest Loser creator Dave Broome…
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Sony Pictures TV weighs Scandi TV moves
Sony’s resurgent TV division wants to increase its exposure to the Scandinavian market and is…
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ITV recruits celebrities for full Release the Hounds series
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a full series of horror gameshow Release the Hounds….
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Sony Entertainment Television launches on UK’s TalkTalk
Sony Pictures Television Networks has launched its general entertainment channel, Sony Entertainment Television, through UK…
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Sony confirms Karl Warner prodco deal
Sony Pictures Television is backing a new production company headed by ex-BBC executive Karl Warner….
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More Jerry Seinfeld and original series for Crackle
Crackle has ordered another season of its signature show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as…
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NBC staffs up with new roles at channels business
NBCUniversal has created two new positions in its international channels division and hired executives from…
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Breaking Bad spin-off Saul scores Netflix streaming deal
Episodes of the hotly-anticipated Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will launch on Netflix in…
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Red hot channels in Asia
Asian pay TV is growing at a fast clip with subscriber numbers on the rise…
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Dale Winton in line for BBC lottery gameshow pilot
UK producer Victory Television has won a pilot order from the BBC for a new…
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Blacklist gets early renewal at NBC
The Blacklist, the most successful of this year’s batch of new season broadcast dramas, has…
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Intellygents founder leaves Sony Pictures Television
Kirsten Jan van Nieuwenhuijzen has left his position as creative director at Sony Pictures Television…
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Paranomal series to debut on upcoming Syfy Oz
New paranormal series Haunting: Australia will be among the programmes broadcasting on the soon-to-launch Australian…