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9
Aug

2017 US Shows that are making it big in Europe

The 2018 U.S. “Up-Front” selling season has completed its primary push for worldwide sales of the debuting product. Essential Television Statistics thought it would be an interesting exercise to analyse the U.S. network releases from the 2017 season (which started their domestic runs in the autumn of 2017) and see which shows were scheduled most on European stations. This review

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7
Jun

What does a merged Fox and Disney mean for free-to-air stations in Europe?

Free-to-air stations in the Top 5 European countries still rely on a great deal of US programmes to help their channels make advertising revenues. In 2017 major channels in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany generated net net advertising revenues of 3.4 billion Euros from running US series and feature films according to ETS Revenue (net net = station

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