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Indian sellers look to edge out Turks in CEE
Indian family telenovelas are primed to replace the Turkish dramas as the in-vogue imported scripted…
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CBC, BET adapting African slave novel
Canadian pubcaster CBC and Viacom’s US cable channel BET are to broadcast a miniseries adapted…
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News brief: Logo dials up Call Girls
US cable channel Logo has acquired a documentary about the British phone sex industry. The…
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Intel ‘offering premium, but yet to secure content for TV service’
Intel is reportedly offering a premium of up to 75% over standard cable rates to…
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News brief: CBS Corp promotes CFO to COO
Joseph Ianniello has been promoted from CFO to COO of CBS Corp, charged with maximising…
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Turner raids MTV for head of programming
Turner Broadcasting System has poached Chris Linn from MTV. Linn will be president and head…
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Comedy Central hits 15 platforms in Asia
Viacom-owned channel Comedy Central is now on 15 platforms across Asia after launching on services…
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Comedy Central gets Wood from Discovery
Viacom’s Comedy Central UK channel has recruited Brad Wood as its new head of acquisitions….
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Hannibal Buress signs up to Comedy Central
US stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress has inked a wide-ranging development deal at Viacom-owned cable network…
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Viacom reveals audience’s social media habits
Viacom has unveiled the results of a study into how viewers of its channels use…
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Viacom plans TV production push as revenues fall
MTV and Nickelodeon owner Viacom has seen revenues fall 6% year-on-year in its second quarter…
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MTV adapting Scream for TV
MTV is developing a one-hour pilot based on the horror film franchise Scream, with the…
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BBC America inks Twitter deal
BBC America has signed a deal with Twitter to offer branded videos on the site,…
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Comedy Central orders HBO Digital series for TV
Comedy Central has ordered a full season run for Brody Stevens: Enjoy it!, a HBO…
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News brief: Viacom raising US$500 million
Viacom is raising US$500 million via a new bond offering. The US-listed media giant said…
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Nickelodeon and Sky team for kids Block Party series
Nickelodeon UK and BSkyB have jointly commissioned a new kids series, Jordan & Perri’s Ultimate…
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Nickelodeon launches TV Everywhere iPad app
Viacom-owned kids network Nickelodeon is launching a branded TV Everywhere iPad app. The Nick App…
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New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
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NATPE News: Nick launches branded blocks across Lat-Am
Viacom is rolling out branded Nickelodeon blocks on free-to-air broadcasters in Latin America. The kids…
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NATPE News: Comedy Central Roast format launching in Lat-Am
Comedy Central’s Roast franchise is launching in Latin America for the first time. The first…
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Zodiak takes two US cable series
Zodiak Rights has acquired international rights to two US cable series. The distributor, part of…
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Liberty and Starz complete split
John Malone’s Liberty Media and US cable network Starz have completed their planned split. …
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Comedy Central takes Facebook series to TV
Comedy Central in Italy will start showing web series Amici@Letto on its linear channel early…
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Viacom promotes Wade Davis to CFO
Viacom has promoted Wade Davis to chief financial officer, replacing Jimmy Barge. Davis, who was…
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Turtle Power
Viacom acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment in…
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Spike TV offers $10m to find Bigfoot
US cable network Spike TV is offering a $10 million prize to anyone who finds…
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UK multichannel operators programming spend hits £2.2 billion
The main providers of commercial digital channels in the UK spent a cumulative £2.2 billion…
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UK multichannel programming spend rockets to £623 million
Commercial multichannel broadcasters spent £623 million on content last year, a 31% year-on-year increase. A…
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Hoho Rights poaches Danielle Davies from Viacom
Kids distributor Hoho Rights has hired Danielle Davies as head of sales and acquisitions. She…