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News round-up: ‘Got Talent’ reaches Japan; Amazon, A+E buy Abacus show; Pluto lands in Canada
Got Talent reaches Japan Abema TV in Japan is preparing a local version of Fremantle’s Got…
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UK’s ITV pulls ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ as pandemic hits production
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to cancel its hit entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent (BGT)…
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News round-up: Sky returns to ‘Rob & Romesh’; BBC cancels ‘The Greatest Dancer’; Electric launches streamer; and more
Sky picks up second run of Rob & Romesh Vs Sky One and Now TV…
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Dancing and X Factor exec lands Fox job
Former BBC Worldwide and Syco programming exec Rob Wade is the new head of alternative…
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ITV, Syco plot Making a Murderer-style doc series
UK network ITV and reality show guru Simon Cowell are working on a Making a…
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US X Factor axed as Cowell returns to UK show
US broadcast network Fox has cancelled The X Factor after three seasons and the format’s…
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Originals and English reshape US Hispanic TV
TV channels chasing US Hispanic viewers are programming an ever increasing amount of original content…
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De Mol poaches key executive from Simon Cowell
John de Mol’s Talpa has poached Simon Jones from Simon Cowell’s Syco. Jones, who was…
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Peter Chernin buys into YouTube channel operator
Peter Chernin’s investment vehicle has bought a stake in Base79, the digital company that operates…