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Sony Pictures Television
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Mediaset’s Stewart joins Sony in Italy expansion
Long-serving Mediaset buyer Zelda Stewart is to lead Sony Pictures Television’s Italian sales efforts. Stewart…
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Ex-VH1 exec takes CBS alternative spot
Former VH1 reality chief Susan Levison has joined US broadcaster CBS in a senior alternative…
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Ovation buys The Halcyon, X Company
US cable net Ovation has bought two Sony-distributed period dramas: The Halcyon and X Company….
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Endemol Shine, BBCWW, Sony execs join Fox
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has hired six executives, who are joining from the likes…
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UK gameshow Pointless set for US remake
US gameshow network GSN is aiming to remake Endemol Shine Group’s British quiz format Pointless….
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Sony buys Italy FTA nets as Sky Italia drops AXN channels
Sony Pictures Television Networks is moving into the Italian free-to-air TV market for the first…
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Russian nets form pact for Hollywood deals
A trio of Russian broadcasters have allied to group-buy content from the Hollywood studios, according…
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Sony takes $977m charge on Pictures unit
Japan’s Sony Corp. has recorded a ¥112.1 billion (US$977.4 million) goodwill impairment charge due to…
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Peter Liguori leaves Tribune, linked to Sony
Veteran TV exec Peter Liguori has left US station group Tribune after four years at…
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Sony Entertainment CEO resigns
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton has resigned from his post. Lynton (pictured) is leaving the…
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Keshet International adding to the MX
In December, Keshet International’s Asia chief, Gary Pudney, told TBI about the distributor’s plans for…
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Gaumont hires MarVista sales chief
Narcos producer Gaumont Television has hired MarVista Entertainment’s long-serving sales chief, Vanessa Shapiro, as president…
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Channel 4 calls for Turner’s Search Party
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights to dark US comedy Search Party and will…
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Sony and iQIYI in China streaming first
Sony’s TV arm has teamed with Chinese ISP iQIYI and the pair will make a…
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Asia’s Television Forum
Yeow Hui Leng, senior project director of Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore organiser…
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Hooq launches in Singapore
Video streaming service Hooq has launched in Singapore. Hooq has struck a deal with one…
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Content hires London-based sales VP
Content Media has brought in Tom Bairstow as vice president, sales and distribution. The new…
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Job losses as Sony restructures UK-based sales
Two of Sony’s London team have been made redundant, with another likely to also go as…
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Pre-market Shark Tank deals for Sony
Sony Pictures Television has struck several pre-MIPCOM deals for one of its evergreen formats, Shark…
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Ex-Victory creative chief joins Flynn prodco
Former Victory Television creative director Stuart Shawcross has joined Youngest Media, the fledgling UK-based prodco…
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Sony poaches UK sales exec from Warner Bros.
Sony’s distribution arm has hired Dee Robertson for a UK and Ireland role, with the…
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US, UK writers join C4, Sony anthology drama
British broadcaster Channel 4 and US studio Sony Pictures Television have pooled together top writing…
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Sony appoints Asia content head
Sony Pictures Television has upped Virginia Lim to head of content at its Asian business….
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NBC, Homeland team prep for Waking Lions
US broadcaster NBC has kicked off the 2017-18 buying season by adding a pair of…
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Fox poaches Keshet exec in drama originals plan
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has poached Sara Johnson from Keshet UK as a…
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Dick, Tick, Van Johnson set for Amazon
An adaptation of cult novel I LoveDick, a superhero series starring Peter Serafinowicz and a…
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Spike, Channel 5 win ‘bidding war’ for BattleBots
Viacom networks Spike UK and Channel 5 will broadcast the ABC mech combat format BattleBots…
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Sony buys into Jordskott team’s Swedish prodco
Sony has bought into Palladium Fiction, the Swedish firm behind mystery drama hit Jordskott. Sony…
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UKTV buys Red Tent for Drama
UKTV has acquired Sony Pictures Television miniseries The Red Tent for its thematic Drama network….
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Disney Channel buys Nelvana, Sony toon
Disney Channels Worldwide has acquired Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series, which comes from Canada’s Nelvana…