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Stan OTT service is on Good Behavior
Australian streaming service Stan has acquired US drama series Good Behavior. The SVOD service scooped…
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Hulu adds Disney, Fox to channels
Disney and Fox have come on board Hulu’s new channels streaming service. The deals mean…
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UK and France deals for Jason Priestley drama
Broadcasters across Europe have acquired Private Eyes, the new Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) private…
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Turner bringing Will Shakespeare to MIPCOM
Turner’s sales arm, Turner International, is launching drama and comedy from its US cable nets…
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E4 acquires US comedy Black-ish
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has acquired ABC comedy Black-ish, and will premiere it on its…
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Turner takes Stars Wars TV rights
Turner has snagged the US TV rights to the Star Wars franchise and the movies…
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Russia’s original output dips 12%
Locally-produced programming premiering on Russia’s seven biggest TV channels dipped 12% last year, new research…
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TCAs: TBS gets first primetime toon
US basic cable network TBS has ordered its first primetime animated series. Tarantula, from Carson…
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Turner wants unscripted to Bloom with TBS/TNT hire
Turner has hired Michael Bloom to run development and production of unscripted at its TBS…
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E4, TNT coproducing comedic drama
The UK’s E4 and US cable channel E4 are coproducing a comedic drama about a…
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TNT officially revisits Tales From the Crypt
US cable channel TNT has officially greenlit a reworking of the classic television horror anthology…
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MTG exec heads to Turner Nordic
Modern Times Group’s Jeppe Damgaard as been appointed as Turner Broadcasting System Nordic’s director of…
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Time Warner ‘wants current seasons off Hulu’
Media giant Time Warner would like to see episodes from current TV seasons taken off…
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TNT, Shyamalan team for TV horror
US cable net TNT and writer/director M. Night Shyamalan have teamed for a new two-hour…
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Southland duo, ITV Studios make TNT dramas
TNT has commissioned a pair of dramas, one of which reunites the US cablenet with…
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Turner aligns US programming ops with int’l
Turner Broadcasting System plans to align its US kids content and general entertainment operations with…
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Turner EMEA targets Adult Swim expansion
Turner Broadcasting System EMEA has identified young adult-skewing channel Adult Swim as a key driver…
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Taking stock of Turner
Turner Broadcasting System EMEA is heading for its best year, both in terms of ratings…
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Turner names EMEA finance chief
Turner Broadcasting System EMEA has named Jamie Friend as its new chief financial officer, TBI…
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News brief: Turner ups TNT biz affairs exec
Turner Broadcasting System has promoted Patrick Kelly to executive VP, business affairs for its US…
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Russian TV production falls
The number of original series on Russian TV fell by 12% last year as the…
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Turner takes Honourable Woman to Lat Am
Turner Broadcasting Latin America has acquired BBC political-thriller drama The Honourable Woman from BBC Worldwide….
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Turner, Burnett test wearable tech inventors
Turner Broadcasting System, IT firm Intel and unscripted producer Mark Burnett are jointly working on…
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Turner poaches NBC exec, cable team grows
Turner Broadcasting System has poached an NBC drama executive to become a programming chief at…
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Reilly promotes Bradley at Turner
Kevin Reilly has promoted Deborah Bradley to an executive VP post at Turner Broadcasting System….
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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Hulu scores Turner SVOD exclusive deal
US streaming service Hulu has snapped up exclusive subscription on-demand rights to Turner Broadcasting System…
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Red Arrow’s Cop is first Hulu Japan original
The Japanese SVOD platform Hulu has commissioned its first original series, a crime drama based…
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Hulu boards The Last Ship
US streaming service has acquired rights to TNT end-of-days drama The Last Ship. Under terms…
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Reilly to ‘transform’ TBS, TNT with new team
Turner Entertainment boss Kevin Reilly has set out his senior team at the TBS and…