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NAPTE: Spanish pay service orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improve comedy…
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‘Liberty Global hires Mann’
Liberty Global has hired Australian TV veteran Bruce Mann to head up its content strategy,…
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News brief: Chinese VOD net add Turtles
Chinese on-demand video site Tencent has acquired seasons one and two of Viacom’s Tenage Mutant…
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Scripps ups int’l CFO to new post
Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted international chief financial officer Simone Nardi to a new post….
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TVN launches OTT originals
Polish media giant TVN is launching a raft of original programming for its Player.pl streaming…
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NHK, Canal+ buy Escape From ISIS doc
NHK in Japan and France’s Canal+ are among buyers of Escape From ISIS. ZDF (Germany),…
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Sony creates recipe for Mexican Top Chef
Mexican network Canal Sony has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef, which…
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New chief executive for Canal+-backed pay firm
Polish pay TV operator nc+ has named Manuel Rougeron as its new president, replacing Julien…
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Scripps clinches €584m TVN deal
Scripps Networks Interactive has closed its acquisition of a majority stake in Polish commercial broadcaster…
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MTV’s Lip Sync heads to China streaming
Chinese streaming platform Sohu has ordered a local version of hit Spike show Lip Sync…
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Scripps to launch 100% takeover bid for TVN
Scripps Networks Interactive has confirmed plans to buy 100% of Polish broadcaster TVN, after it…
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News brief: AMCNI, TVN add Blue Ant factual
AMC Networks International’s central Europe division and Polish broadcaster TVN are among buyers of programming…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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Scripps makes pair of EMEA hires
Scripps has recruited former Disney and Sony exec Ross Hair to run its affiliate sales…
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Cost of Scripps’ TVN deal could hit US$2bn
Financial analysts have said the cost of Scripps Networks International’s deal for TVN could rise…
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Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
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Poland’s TVN launches international channel
Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has launched a new international news and entertainment channel aimed at…
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BBC Worldwide strikes trio of Chile deals
BBC Worldwide has struck three deals with Chilean broadcasters and platforms for its content. The…
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Supply and demand in Latin America
TBI and Eurodata TV look at the latest trends in TV viewing in Latin America…
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Korea’s Grandpas format heading for Europe
Hit Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers has been optioned in France, Germany and the UK….
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TVN buys Seven, Channel 5 shows
Poland’s TVN has acquired programmes including Seven Network’s World’s Richest Dogs from distributor TCB Rights….
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H&M doc sells to YLE, TVN
An investigative documentary looking at the practices of clothing retailer H&M has sold to broadcasters…
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H&M doc sells to YLE, TVN
An investigative documentary looking at the practices of clothing retailer H&M has sold to broadcasters…
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Top European broadcasters back digital pitching comp
A host of Europe’s top broadcasters are backing a new pitching competition for digital entrepreneurs…
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Chile to serve up Top Chef
Chilean public network TVN is getting its own version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef. The…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash
International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…
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South Korean Three Musketeers series greenlit
South Korean pay TV channel TVN has ordered a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas swashbuckler…
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Passion cuts pre-NATPE CEE deals
Passion Distribution has struck a number of deals with broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe…
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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…