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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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CuriosityStream debuts on Roku
Factual subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream has launched a channel on Roku apps and TVs. CuriosityStream…
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News brief: New sales lift Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds reboot has sold to broadcasters in Brazil, French-speaking Canada, Japan and in Europe….
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Scorpion hires sales exec, closes deals
UK indie distributor Scorpion TV has added a sales executive to its ranks, while closing…
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NHK launching English-language VOD
Japanese public broadcaster NHK is launching an English-language video-on-demand service next week. NHK World, the…
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Serious Lunch reps NHK, Studio Ghibli toon
UK-based distributor Serious Lunch will oversee the international roll-out of a 26-part animated toon serial…
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NHK and FIFA team up for 8K World Cup
Japanese public broadcaster NHK and football’s world governing body FIFA are joining forces to cover…
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BBC, Canal+ among Vietnam doc buyers
The UK’s BBC and France’s Canal+ have acquired Last Days in Vietnam, a doc from…
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John Hendricks: still curious
John Hendricks tells Stewart Clarke about CuriosityStream and how it will harness the ‘third evolution…
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Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…