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Matthew Humberstone
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Love Nature 4K, White Pine and Blue Ant team for ‘Wild Pacific Rescue’
Natural history specialist Love Nature 4K has greenlit Wild Pacific Rescue , a six parter produced by White…
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Wheelhouse hires CAA’s Eric Wattenberg as chief content officer
Longtime CAA agent Eric Wattenberg has joined Brent Montgomery’s media, marketing and investment company Wheelhouse…
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Endemol Shine Boomdog lines up ‘Gente Maravillosa’ for US and Mexico
Endemol Shine Boomdog has teamed with Glowstar Media and Sinapsis Production to produce and distribute…
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Fauda writer readies Mossad thriller with Reel One, Capa Drama
Fauda writer Amir Mann is developing a new international drama series, Band of Spies, with…
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Univision and Televisa team to launch Univision channel in Latin America
Hispanic media firms Univision and Televisa are teaming up to launch a Univision-branded linear television…
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AVOD service Tubi partners with TV Azteca for Mexico launch
Tubi, the ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service, is to expand into Mexico later this…
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Banijay Rights to sell Thomas Markle doc internationally
Banijay Rights has acquired the rights to Thomas Markle: My Story, a Channel 5 documentary featuring…
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Streamer launches slow Netflix’s growth in US
Netflix added 8.7 million subscribers in the final quarter of 2019, ending the year with…
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FilmRise teams with Sky Studios for crime series ‘Bloodline Detectives’
FilmRise and Sky Studios have partnered on international sales for true crime documentary series, Bloodline…
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Red Arrow hires Niki Page for factual
Red Arrow Studios International has appointed former Sky Vision exec Niki Page to the newly…
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MBC Studios adapts Tony Jordan crime thriller for Arabic audiences
An Arabic version of a crime thriller created by acclaimed British writer Tony Jordan is…
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DRG strikes first deal with BritBox
Distributor DRG has struck a deal with BritBox covering a package of British drama and…
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NATPE deal round up: TCB Media, Cineflix, Drive, Kew Media, All3Media, Keshet and more
Distributors including TCB Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Drive, Kew Media, All3Media International, Keshet International, GRB…
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Online TV sales platform Vuulr goes global
Online programme sales platform Vuulr has rolled out internationally after launching across Asia in January…
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Disney+ sets pricing and earlier launch date for Western Europe
The Walt Disney Company has brought forward by a week the Western European launch date…
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How Netflix won back Hispanic and Latinx subscribers
As NATPE delegates arrive in Miami, Fateha Begum, associate director at TBI sibling IHS Markit…
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Disney kills ‘Fox’ name for film, TV title still in limbo
Disney has removed the Fox name from any film studios inherited in last year’s US$71…
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Netflix’s Sarandos: “who wouldn’t be interested” in deal with Harry and Meghan?
Netflix is interested in doing a deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, chief content…
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ITV orders serial killer drama ‘The Pembrokeshire Murders’
ITV has commissioned true crime drama The Pembrokeshire Murders (w/t) starring Luke Evans and produced…
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Kew Media sells Two Rivers stake as restructure kicks off
Glasgow-based producer Two Rivers Media has bought out Kew Media Group’s stake in the company,…
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BritBox hires Will Harrison as UK managing director
ITV and BBC streaming service BritBox has hired Will Harrison as its UK managing director….
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Brazilian streamer Globoplay plots international expansion
Brazilian streaming service Globoplay is to launch in the US this month, marking the start…
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Tony Hall to step down as BBC director general
Tony Hall is to stand down as BBC director general this summer after seven years…
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Why Netflix’s new French office might have to play by new rules
Netflix’s launch of its new 40-employee-strong office in Paris last week and the unveiling of…
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Studio Ghibli licences animation films to Netflix
Netflix has licenced 21 films from acclaimed arthouse Japanese animation producer Studio Ghibli as part…
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Insight TV appoints AMC’s Marco Frazier to head US studios
4K broadcaster Insight TV has hired AMC executive Marco Frazier to become SVP of its…
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Embracing an alternative New Year’s resolution
In this month’s Well-being column, former BBC Studios exec and corporate wellness coach Tracy Forsyth…
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BBC could move 3,000 jobs out of London by 2027
The BBC has pledged to make two-thirds of its roles based outside of London by…
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Toonz Media’s Paul Robinson on Animation and incentives in Russia
Former Disney exec and Toonz Media Group’s EVP Paul Robinson explores the emerging opportunities and…
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TBI’s forward thinkers: Synchronicity Films’ Claire Mundell & Submarine’s Femke Wolting
Claire Mundell, Creative director, Synchronicity Films What aspect of the drama business gives you most…