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Fox investigates Starz takeover
21st Century Fox reportedly met with top executives from US premium cable channel Starz to…
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Fortitude pre-buyers revealed
Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…
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Starz launching reality series online before TV
US premium cabler Starz is launching episodes of its first unscripted series online before it…
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Starz greenlights second Outlander
Outlander, Starz’s new fantasy drama, has had a second season greenlit following the Ron D….
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BBC and Starz join for adaptation of The Kills
UK public broadcaster the BBC and US premium cable net Starz are teaming to adapt…
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Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods
Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…
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Soderbergh inspires Starz anthology series
Starz, the UK premium cable channel, has commissioned a 13-part scripted anthology series inspired by…
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Power exec producer signs Starz deal
David Knoller, who is executive producer on Starz’s urban drama Power, has signed a two-year…
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Starz power
Starz is investing more in programming, reaching out to specific segments of the audience and…
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Spartacus launches on Amazon in Germany
Amazon has acquired swords and sandals drama Spartacus for its Prime Instant Video streaming service…
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Starz launches Power on Amazon and iTunes in the UK
Starz has launched its drama series Power on various electronic sell through platforms in the…
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TF1 buys UK drama The Missing
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has prebought The Missing, the upcoming UK drama about a…
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Netflix swoops to bag Sony Animation movies
Streaming service Netflix has scored a licensing agreement for Sony Pictures Animation movies, and will…
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Thrones most illegally shared US show, CBS hardest hit network
New research into illegal file sharing shows that over the course of one week a…
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Content crunch – the fight for rights
As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke…
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Russian sales first, CEE deals, for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has cut its first deal with Amedia, the fledgling Russian broadcaster dubbed ‘the…
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Starz moves into original unscripted programming
US cable net Starz has ordered its first original unscripted series, The Chair. The show…
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Sky Atlantic buys Italian-language series Gomorrah
Sky Atlantic has acquired its first foreign-language drama series, Gomorrah. The Italian series is a…
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Starz, BBC and Company Pictures team for abduction drama
Production has started on The Missing, a US-European coproduced drama about a man obsessed with…
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Multi-studio deal brings back Blinkbox programme trial
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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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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50 Cent heading to MIPTV for Power debut
Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, will be in Cannes for MIPTV to unveil his new…
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Starz appoints head of acquisitions
Starz has promoted Kevin Kasha to head of acquisitions at Starz, a newly-created position. Kasha…
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Sky to fully fund Fortitude series after Starz drops out
UK pay TV operator BSkyB will foot the full bill for upcoming drama series Fortitude…
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Starz launches on Xbox
US cable net Starz has launched its TV everywhere service on the Xbox platform. Starz…
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Starz overhauls Encore channels
US cable channel operator Starz has overhauled and repositioned its suite of Encore channels. The…
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News brief: Starz ups Penney
US cable operator Starz has upped John Penney to chief strategy officer. Penney has been…
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Starz developing Owen Wilson drama WonderWorld
Starz is developing WonderWorld, a one-hour drama, with movie star Owen Wilson’s production company The…
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Starz promotes pair as production push beckons
Starz has promoted Melissa Harper and Richter Hartig to senior VP at the premium cable…
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News brief: Starz steals into bank robber drama Most Wanted
US premium cable net Starz is developing Most Wanted, a four-part drama set in the…