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NewsViacom to unite 'siloed' channels
Natpe: MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central are to forge closer ties as Bob Bakish hinted at a shift in global strategy after becoming Viacom chief executive.
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NewsSonar secures Taboo sales
Taboo, BBC1’s eight-part drama series has sold to broadcasters in Spain, Russia, Nordic territories.
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NewsC4's Jilly Pearce to head Objective USA
Channel 4 commissioner Jilly Pearce is leaving the broadcaster to head up Objective’s US division.
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NewsRed Arrow appoints non-scripted chief
Married At First Sight distributor Red Arrow International has promoted Harry Gamsu to the new role of vice president of non-scripted.
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NewsPBS boards BBC hacking drama
US public broadcaster PBS has boarded BBC1 newspaper drama Press from Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett.
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NewsObjective US opens indie
Peep Show US producer Jimmy Fox has launched a production business which will form part of Objective Media Group America.
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NewsMTV boss to stand down in the US
MTV and Comedy central boss Doug Herzog is stepping down after 27 years with Channel 5 owner Viacom.
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NewsBanijay formats chief to step down
Banijay Group formats chief Grant Ross is to step down in April after nearly three years with subsidiary Zodiak Media.
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NewsSyco strikes Chinese formats deal
Syco Entertainment and Chinese indie Star China have inked a three-year co-production deal for global entertainment formats.
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NewsWales targets high-end TV
Wales is looking to ramp up the amount of high-end TV that is filmed in the country after hosting Will, a major 10-part US drama for TNT, its biggest production to date.
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NewsAmazon Video to rollout in 200 countries
Amazon has rolled out its Prime Instant Video service in more than 200 countries.
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NewsBakish secures top Viacom job as CBS merger called off
The potential merger between MTV and C5 owner Viacom and US network CBS has been scrapped and former international boss Bob Bakish has been promoted to chief executive on a full time basis.
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NewsDNI restructures commissioning team
Discovery Networks International is undergoing a creative restructure that will see a number of changes made to its commissioning team.
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NewsLightbox duo look beyond docs
Lightbox, the Channel 4-backed indie set up by Searching For Sugar Man producer Simon Chinn and his cousin Jonathan Chinn, is planning to leverage its feature documentary pedigree and move into small-screen drama and entertainment formats.
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NewsMonty Halls ties with Cineflix
Monty Halls’ indie Seadog Productions is to expand into the North American market following a distribution and production deal with Cineflix Rights.
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NewsSuper-indies eye China deals
China’s crackdown on foreign format adaptations could lead to an explosion of local entertainment hits co-developed with British super-indies such as Endemol Shine Group (ESG), Fremantle Media and ITV Studios.
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NewsEnders: Trump could dent US studios trade output
Donald Trump’s election win could bring about a “less benevolent” attitude towards the foreign operations of major US studios, according to an Enders analysis report.
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NewsShowtime eyes Catastrophe-style comedies
US cable network Showtime is looking for more auteur-driven comedies in the vein of Channel 4’s Catastrophe as it ramps up its slate of half-hour shows.
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NewsBBCW & Cohen eye £50m drama deal
BBC Worldwide is closing in on an estimated £50m funding deal with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment to supercharge its drama pipeline.