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Jesse Whittock

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eOne backs Brad Weston prodco

Transatlantic producer-distributor Entertainment One and Comcast-owned Universal have put their weight behind a new content…

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Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher

Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game saga…

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Young Sheldon, 9JKL land key CBS slots

US broadcaster CBS has handed new comedies Young Sheldon, 9JKL and Me, Myself & I…

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In-demand chart: France (May 7-13, 2017)

Netflix holds a domination position in French digital demand expressions. The streamer takes all ten…

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Sky renews European NBCU deal

European paycaster Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with NBCUniversal. The…

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Sky, HBO anoint New Pope with Sorrentino

Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (pictured) will create a second high-end drama about the Catholic Papacy…

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Blue Ant UK studio hires Nerd, Lambent execs

Blue Ant Media’s expanding UK studio, Antenna Pictures, has hired development and production chiefs from…

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Favennec exits Superights for Xilam

Superights deputy managing director Morgann Favennec is joining rival French toon house Xilam Animation. She…

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Channel 4 to tell Handmaid’s Tale in UK

UK terrestrial Channel 4 has acquired buzzy US drama The Handmaid’s Tale from MGM Television….

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Ex-Endemol Shine exec joins Van Toffler firm

Former Endemol Shine Beyond UK digital exec Randel Bryan has joined Van Toffler’s Gunpowder &…

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Show stoppers

The golden age of TV drama has meant more programmes in production, and with resources…

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Newen debuts €50m UK drama fund

France’s Newen Group has created a €50 million (US$54.8 million) drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned…

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Fifty Fathoms exec joins Playground in rejig

Fifty Fathoms’s head of development, Melissa Gallant, is joining Wolf Hall producer Playground Entertainment, which…

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Drama development chief exits 20th TV

Brandon Brito is leaving Twentieth Century Fox Television ten months after being promoted to senior…

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BBC Studios taps Red for drama hire

BBC Studios is adding Red Production Company’s Tom Sherry to its drama ranks. The BBC’s…

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Netflix takes US rights to Babylon Berlin

Streaming service Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to big-budget German drama Babylon Berlin. The series…

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All3 targets US acquisitions with Becker move

All3Media has hatched a plan to expand its portfolio of production companies in the US….

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Grandpas Over Flowers set for Turkey remake

South Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers is being remade in Turkey for Show TV. The…

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Amazon heads to Carnival Row with Legendary

Subscription VOD service Amazon has greenlit a neo-Victorian fantasy drama Carnival Row. The original one-hour…

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Dynamic tests new development model

LA-based Dynamic Television is working on what it describes as a new scripted television development…

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ITVS creates studio with Walking Dead prodco

ITV Studios America has created a joint venture with Circle of Confusion, the Walking Dead…

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Critical holds The Left Hand of Darkness

US producer Critical Content is developing a television version of Ursula K. LeGuin’s novel The…

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Nick UK poaches Scripps programming exec

Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has hired a Scripps Networks International VP of programming. As of…

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Ex-Fox Networks chief to lead Sony

Former Fox Networks Group chief Tony Vinciquerra has been named CEO and chairman of Sony…

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DHX buys Shortcake, Peanuts for $345m

Canada’s DHX Media has acquired the entertainment arm of Iconix Brand Group, handing it control…

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Discovery lines up Hindi ents network

Discovery Communications is to debut a Hindi-language general entertainment network in India. Discovery JEET will…

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Fox CEO Murdoch: Sky deal on track

21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has claimed his company’s £11.7 billion (US$15 billion) takeover…

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Netflix creates 400 Euro jobs, new originals

SVOD giant Netflix is on a European charm offensive, creating 400 jobs at a new…

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New chief for CMJ as Kuyk takes strategy role

Montreal-based producer CMJ Productions has named a new president, with company founder John Kuyk moving…

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eOne strikes Brad Peyton pact

Entertainment One Television has secured a multi-year first-look TV and digital deal with writer-director Brad…