TV News: Semifinal nabs 31.1 million viewers — Spain’s 1-0 semifinal conquest of Germany on Wednesday set a new ratings record for Teutonic pubcaster ARD as 31.1 million viewers tuned in to experience the agony of defeat and see their dreams of a World Cup victory dashed.
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World Cup breaks German records, heart
TV News: Move is latest skirmish in Spain’s soccer war — Mediapro, one of Spain’s biggest media groups, is seeking bankruptcy protection from creditors for its contents company Mediaproduccion.
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Mediaproduccion files for protection
Bunim-Murray Productions, the company that created The Real World and thus is largely responsible for establishing reality TV’s early aesthetic and structure, was acquired in March by Banijay Entertainment for the mid eight figures, Variety reported. Co-founder Mary-Ellis Bunim died in 2004, after an eight-year battle with breast cancer
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Bunim-Murray’s acquisition "goes a little way to filling that void" left by Mary-Ellis’ death
TV News: Spanish feevee ups commitment to local product — Spanish pay TV is trying to follow in HBO’s footsteps, plowing into series production.
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Canal’s fashions original pipeline
TV News: David Simon series about Katrina to air May 2 — Spain’s TNT has picked up Spanish pay TV rights to HBO’s upcoming David Simon skein “Treme.”
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Spain’s TNT takes HBO’s ‘Treme’
