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‘The Great Bake Off’ to get first Asian version in Thailand
The Great Bake Off is to be remade in Thailand, marking the format’s first version in…
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Netflix to borrow another $2bn to spend on content
Netflix plans to raise another $2 billion in debt to fuel its spending on content…
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‘Love Island’ set for remake in Hungary with RTL
Reality format Love Island is to be remade in Hungary this year, taking its total…
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Cineflix signs first look deal with The First 48’s Alexis Robie
Cineflix Media has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Alexis Robie, the executive producer of…
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Vice to explore Hype Culture for China’s Tencent Video
Vice Studios is making a new series for Chinese online platform Tencent Video, which explores…
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Wildflame expands factual offer with Nick Shearman hire
Former BBC commissioning editor Nick Shearman has joined Cardiff-based indie Wildflame Productions to expand the…
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Sports streamers: a long road ahead
As new sports streaming services such as DAZN and Eleven Sports aggressively seek out rights…
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Applause Entertainment to remake BBC’s ‘Luther’ in India
BBC Studios’ crime thriller Luther is to be remade for the Indian market. The Indian…
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Over 7000 WGA members fire their agents
The Writers Guild of America says that over 7,000 members have fired their talent agents,…
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Netflix unveils ‘The English Game’ cast
Netflix has announced the cast of its upcoming football drama The English Game, written and…
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TV channels devote one third of primetime to entertainment formats
TV channels around the world devoted one third of their prime time schedules to entertainment…
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HBO greenlights Iannucci’s space comedy ‘Avenue 5’
HBO has given a series order to Armando Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring…
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Vice strikes content deal with Singapore’s Mediacorp
Singapore’s Mediacorp has signed a deal with Vice that will see the youth skewing company’s…
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NBC Universal strikes pair of format deals with Vietnam’s VTV
NBCUniversal International Formats has struck two deals for local remakes of entertainment shows with Vietnamese network…
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HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ launch triggers global piracy frenzy
The scale of global content piracy was again underlined this week with revelations that the…
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Arte plots VOD service with ARD, ZDF, France Télévisions
Franco-German culture channel Arte is planning to launch a video-on-demand (VOD) platform in partnership with…
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Amazon explores free music service to take on Spotify
Amazon is in talks to launch a free music streaming service that will see it…
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Facebook’s Patrick Walker: Less about ‘You’ and more about ‘Us’
You may remember in 2006 when ‘You’ was named Person of the Year by Time…
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TBI’s Content Innovation Awards 2019 are open for entries
TBI’s Content Innovation Awards are back for another year and now open for entries to…
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Show of the week: Drag Lab
Distributor: Hat Trick International Producer: Summer Films Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Logline: A British drag…
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Diversity in TV must start early
While representation in kids’ TV has increased in recent years, it’s still got a long…
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Iflix strikes strategic partnership with Foxxum
Asian streaming outfit Iflix and smart TV technology specialist Foxxum have struck an agreement to…
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Op-ed: Finding new diamonds in formats
Larry Bass, CEO of Irish producer ShinAwil, on how to find original formats in an…
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Disney, AT&T, Comcast will struggle to dethrone Netflix, claims report
Rethink TV, the TV research arm of UK-based Rethink Technology Research has released a sobering forecast…
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CBS won’t “flick the switch” on global streaming service, says CBS boss
Armando Nuñez, president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group, received Variety‘s International Achievement in TV Award yesterday at…
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Telefonica’s Movistar+ unveils response to Netflix Spain expansion
Telefonica’s Spanish premium PayTV service Movistar+ has unveiled a strategic alliance at MIPTV with Germany-based…
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Op-ed: Uncovering the story in Leaving Neverland
Dan Reed, director of Channel 4/HBO documentary, gives an inside scoop on controversial Michael Jackson…
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MIPDoc 2019: TBI’s Factual Hot Picks
From Tata – Escobar’s Widow to 100 Vaginas, TBI Magazine runs through the pick of…
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MIPDoc Hot Pick: Tata – Escobar’s Widow
Distributor: Drive Producer: Telegramme Media Broadcaster: Club Illico (French-Canada), Discovery (LatAm, Iberia, Italy, Spanish-speaking US)…
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MIPFormats 2019: TBI’s Format Hot Picks
TBI Magazine has picked the most buzz-worthy unscripted formats heading to Cannes. From Race Across…