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A day after the ViacomCBS merger closed, the company's international networks are already starting to work together. UK broadcaster Channel 5 and Australian broadcaster Network Ten have co-commissioned drama thriller Breathless. The four-part series is produced by Fremantle and stars Station 19 star Brett Tucker and Ea…

CBS' influence on Australian broadcaster Network Ten is starting to show after it revealed it would launch three CBS All Access original series on a rebranded digital platform. The network, which CBS acquired last year, is to launch One Dollar, Strange Angel and Tell Me A Story on its 10 All Access service, which will…

CBS has completed its purchase of Australian broadcaster Network Ten, acquiring the main free-to-air channel as well as digital spin-offs One and Eleven and streaming service Tenplay. This comes after an ownership saga that lasted months, which saw a bidding war between CBS and News Corp executive co-chairman Lachlan…

The Simpsons and Modern Family will be pulled off Network Ten in Australia after 20th Century Fox canceled its output deal with the broadcaster. The move also means that Fox's latest tranche of shows including Seth MacFarlane's The Orville, X-Men series The Gifted and sci-fi alien comedy Ghosted will not air on Ten or…

The battle over Network Ten, Australia’s No. 3 broadcaster, just intensified. Its largest shareholder, Bruce Gordon, teamed with Fox co-Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch to make a bid — possibly topping CBS’ announced plan to buy the company. The Australian government cleared the way for the bid this week when it…

Rupert Murdoch’s son Lachlan Murdoch and Win Television owner Bruce Gordon have been joined by 21st Century Fox in their bid to block CBS’ acquisition of Australia’s Network Ten. CBS announced its plans to buy Oz’s third-rated broadcast network late last month. Gordon and the younger Murdoch were quick to respond…

CBS is going down under. CBS Corp chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves has announced that the company will acquire Network Ten, one of three major commercial broadcast networks in Australia. The deal also includes digital terrestrial television channel Eleven, in which CBS already owns a 33% stake, as well as channel ONE…

A+E Networks UK Orders British Version Of 'Dance Moms' The UK is getting the first format adaptation of Lifetime's U.S. reality series Dance Moms. A+E Networks UK has ordered a British version the show, to be titled Dance Mums. Shiver, part of ITV Studios, will produce eight hourlong episodes of the show, which will…

UK, Australia Won’t Wait Long For Season 3 Of ‘Homeland’ The UK's Channel 4 has set an October 6 start for Season 3 of Homeland. The show airs at 9 PM and will get to Britain one week after its U.S. debut on Showtime on September 29. Meanwhile, folks in Australia will get to stream the first episode online while it’s…

Phone-Hacking Allegations Hit Mirror Newspapers Until yesterday, phone-hacking claims had been limited to papers owned by News Corp.'s UK press arm. Now, Britain's Mirror Group Newspapers may be brought into the scandal as four individuals line up cases against its titles. Among those seeking damages are former…

New Top Programmer At Australia’s Ten Beverley McGarvey starts tomorrow in perhaps the most challenging job in Australian commercial broadcasting: chief programming officer at Network Ten, the network languishing in third place in the ratings behind Seven and Nine. A six-year Ten veteran, McGarvey had been acting in…

UK Phone-Hacking Could Haunt Murdochs For Three More Years Rupert Murdoch could be 84 years old before the British police complete multiple investigations into The News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers, who's in charge of three overlapping probes into alleged criminal…