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Paramount+ available in all “top ten international markets” after Japan launch
Paramount+ has launched in Japan via cable and broadband giant J:COM, and the on-demand offering…
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Sony’s Crunchyroll & Wowow strike pact to expand anime offering
Sony-backed anime brand Crunchyroll has linked up with Wowow in Japan to develop and produce…
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Viaplay ramps up global expansion with new Select brand
NENT Group-owned Nordic streamer Viaplay has launched a new content brand, Viaplay Select, which is…
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Sales round-up: ZDF strikes Asian sales; Hulu investigates ‘Rebecca’; Cinedigm inks deals, expands El Rey Network
ZDF strikes Asian sales Japan’s AXM Mystery and WOWOW and Reeva Films India have acquired…
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CJENM’s streamer TVing & Japan’s Wowow snag Swedish dramas
Streamers in Japan and South Korea have picked Swedish dramas Threesome, Love Me and Honour. CJENM’s…
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Scripted round-up: WOWOW seeks ‘Traitor’; Hulu picks up ‘Bloods’; Starzplay to revive ‘Party Down’
WOWOW seeks ‘Traitor’ Japanese broadcaster WOWOW has acquired Estonian spy drama Traitor for its linear…
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Sales round-up: Sky & Stan snap up ‘Sort of’; France TV & NBCU take kids shows; WOWOW wow-ed by Swedish ‘Honour’
Sky & Stan snap up ‘Sort of’ Sky in the UK, Stan in Australia, M6-Téva…
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Drama round-up: Legendary’s new UK prodco; Wowow enters ‘Tokyo Vice’; Warner Bros. strikes Harris-Lawrence pact; African nets buys SynProNize shows
Legendary links with Frost & Graham Legendary Entertainment has linked up with Ashes To Ashes…
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News round-up: ProgramBuyer, ONE launch free offers; Wowow orders more ‘Cold Case’; All3 adds Covid-19 show
ProgramBuyer unveils free MIPTV service Screening service ProgramBuyer is launching a new, free feature for…
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ABC’s Good Doctor travels to Japan with Wowow
Japan’s premium pay-TV broadcaster Wowow has acquired exclusive Japanese broadcast rights to hit drama series…
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CBS sells Twin Peaks and Bull to Wowow
Wowow has acquired the upcoming reboot of cult TV series Twin Peaks. The Japanese pay…
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UK, Germany clean up at international Emmys
Programmes from the UK and Germany led the way at the International Emmy Awards in…
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NHK, WOWOW prep 4K drama screenings
Broadcast groups NHK and WOWOW are co-hosting a pair of 4K HDR premieres in Cannes…
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Wowow opens Japanese Cold Case
Japanese premium cabler Wowow has ordered a local version of Cold Case, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced…
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Wowow orders para-athletes doc
Japanese pay TV channel Wowow has ordered a doc series about para-athletes, in the run…
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Syfy takes linear UK rights to Extant
NBCUniversal’s UK pay TV channel Syfy has bought exclusive broadcast rights to CBS event series…
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Ovation, WOWOW enjoy Rossellini’s Green Porno
US cable channel Ovation has acquired documentary Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno Live!, which Japanese pay…
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WOWOW bags Extant exclusive
Japanese pay TV provider has acquired exclusive local rights to CBS dramas Extant and Penny…
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Wowow coproducing Nineteen Eighty-Four doc
Japanese premium channel operator Wowow has come on board a new doc about the seminal…
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WOWOW restructures production divisions
Japanese pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has reorganised its domestic and international production divisions. Tetsuya Nasuno…
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WOWOW, Canal+ in tune with Foo Fighters doc
Pay TV operators in Japan and Spain have pre-bought an eight-part documentary about rock group…
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BBC cuts Chinese VOD deal
BBC Worldwide has licensed a raft of drama and factual programming to Chinese streaming and…
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Japan’s WOWOW in crowdsourced copro with PBS
Japanese pay TV platform WOWOW has continued its push into international coproduction with a crowdsourced…
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WOWOW: from Japan to LA to the world
Kayo Washio runs the LA office of Japanese pay TV channel operator WOWOW. She set…
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WOWOW, TBS coproduce noir drama
Japanese free TV broadcaster TBS and leading premium pay TV platform WOWOW are coproducing a…
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Wowow continues int’l copro push with Cameron Carpenter doc
Japanese premium pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has come on board its second coproduction and told…
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Wowow restructures Japan and US operations
Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has restructured and split programming and production into two separate…
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…