C21 Media: Fox Entertainment Global hires Fifth Season’s Liz Tang as VP of UK content and acquisitions

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Fox Entertainment Global, the distribution arm of Fox Entertainment, has appointed Fifth Season’s Liz Tang as VP of UK content and acquisitions.

C21 Media: ITN’s Tim Forrest promoted to head of distribution and commercial innovation

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ITN’s news production and archive chief Tim Forrest has been promoted to head of content distribution and commercial innovation at the UK-based media production and news broadcasting company.

C21Media: ITV to shed 220 daytime jobs, pledges to invest savings in drama, entertainment, reality

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More than 220 jobs are expected to be cut at ITV after the UK commercial broadcaster announced changes to the scheduling and production of its daytime shows, with savings set to fund additional investment in genres such as drama, entertainment and reality.

C21 Media: Private school alumni over-represented in senior UK TV roles, report finds

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Almost one in four people in senior roles across UK broadcasters and production companies were privately educated, according to the latest report from the TV Foundation.

C21 Media: UK producer World Media Rights set to close following death of founder

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World Media Rights (WMR), the UK factual outfit behind Netflix’s The Lost Pirate Kingdom that counted Germany’s ZDF Studios among its investors, is set to close following the death of its founder Alan Griffiths.

C21 Media: ITV ringfences another £80m for diverse commissioning over next three years

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ITV has committed £80m to commissioning from diverse-led companies over the next three years and doubled its diversity development fund to £1m.

C21 Media: Sky axes Fantasy Football League

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Sky in the UK has recommissioned the Rob Beckett- and Romesh Ranganathan- fronted Rob & Romesh Vs for a seventh season and ordered A League of their Own: The Rally.

Channel 4 Takeover - C21 Media: UK kids’ industry leaders mull impact of government chaos on Channel 4, YACF

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The chaos currently engulfing the UK government has prompted key figures in the local kids’ industry to consider what a change in administration might mean for the future of Channel 4 and the Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF).

C21 Media: Christina Sulebakk named Warner Bros Discovery Nordics general manager

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Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has appointed Christina Sulebakk as general manager for the Nordics, elevating her from her post overseeing HBO Max in the EMEA region.

C21 Media: MGM film heads De Luca and Abdy to lead Warner Bros Pictures Group

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MGM Studios film heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy are set to join Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) as co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros Pictures Group, taking over from longtime studio head Toby Emmerich, who is setting up his own production company.

C21 Media: Ofcom agrees to BBC reducing original productions quota for CBBC

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UK regulator Ofcom has granted a request by pubcaster the BBC to reduce the original production quota set out in its operating licence for children’s channel CBBC.

Channel 4 Takeover - C21 Media: Stars speak out in support of Channel 4’s public ownership at Bafta television awards

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ITV was among the big winners at the British Academy Television Awards (Baftas) on a night when talent came out in support of publicly owned Channel 4.

WarnerMedia-Discovery merger - C21 Media: WarnerMedia-Discovery merger clears final US antitrust hurdle as deal nears finish line

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The WarnerMedia-Discovery merger has cleared its final antitrust hurdle in the US, paving the way for the US$43bn deal to officially close.

WarnerMedia-Discovery merger - C21 Media: WarnerMedia-Discovery merger expected to close in Q2, says AT&T’s Stankey

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The WarnerMedia-Discovery merger is on track to close in the second quarter, AT&T CEO John Stankey has told investors.

Discovery-WarnerMedia merger - C21 Media: Zaslav talks up Discovery-WarnerMedia merger, vows ‘shock-and-awe’ strategy

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Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav says the blockbuster merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia will create the most “compelling menu of IP” for global consumers, as the merged entity prepares to take on the likes of Disney and Netflix.

C21 Media: Sony acquires TruTV in the UK

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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired the UK version of TruTV, less than three years after it was launched into the market by Turner Broadcasting.

C21 Media: BT to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland business

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UK telecoms company BT Group has confirmed that it’s to acquire ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels business, including ESPN and ESPN America.

C21: Current TV to close March 11th in the UK and Ireland

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Twenty-three staff at Al Gore’s Current TV have begun to search for new work after attempts to rescue the UK channel failed and it is now set to cease broadcasting on March 11.

UPDATE: Virgin Media to kick Current TV off Virgin TV in 2012?

Media Web site ''C21'' is reporting the following (Full info thanks to HD Boy):

UPDATED November 15th:

C21 Media: Zone Horror to be rebranded back to Horror Channel from April 5th

Zone Horror, part of Chello Zone's UK channels portfolio, is returning to its former identity as the Horror Channel.