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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…
Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher
Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game saga…
Young Sheldon, 9JKL land key CBS slots
US broadcaster CBS has handed new comedies Young Sheldon, 9JKL and Me, Myself & I…
In-demand chart: France (May 7-13, 2017)
Netflix holds a domination position in French digital demand expressions. The streamer takes all ten…
Sky renews European NBCU deal
European paycaster Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with NBCUniversal. The…
Sky, HBO anoint New Pope with Sorrentino
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (pictured) will create a second high-end drama about the Catholic Papacy…
Blue Ant UK studio hires Nerd, Lambent execs
Blue Ant Media’s expanding UK studio, Antenna Pictures, has hired development and production chiefs from…
Favennec exits Superights for Xilam
Superights deputy managing director Morgann Favennec is joining rival French toon house Xilam Animation. She…
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….
Ex-Endemol Shine exec joins Van Toffler firm
Former Endemol Shine Beyond UK digital exec Randel Bryan has joined Van Toffler’s Gunpowder &…
Show stoppers
The golden age of TV drama has meant more programmes in production, and with resources…
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…
Fifty Fathoms exec joins Playground in rejig
Fifty Fathoms’s head of development, Melissa Gallant, is joining Wolf Hall producer Playground Entertainment, which…
Drama development chief exits 20th TV
Brandon Brito is leaving Twentieth Century Fox Television ten months after being promoted to senior…
BBC Studios taps Red for drama hire
BBC Studios is adding Red Production Company’s Tom Sherry to its drama ranks. The BBC’s…
Netflix takes US rights to Babylon Berlin
Streaming service Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to big-budget German drama Babylon Berlin. The series…
All3 targets US acquisitions with Becker move
All3Media has hatched a plan to expand its portfolio of production companies in the US….
Grandpas Over Flowers set for Turkey remake
South Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers is being remade in Turkey for Show TV. The…
Amazon heads to Carnival Row with Legendary
Subscription VOD service Amazon has greenlit a neo-Victorian fantasy drama Carnival Row. The original one-hour…
Dynamic tests new development model
LA-based Dynamic Television is working on what it describes as a new scripted television development…
ITVS creates studio with Walking Dead prodco
ITV Studios America has created a joint venture with Circle of Confusion, the Walking Dead…
Critical holds The Left Hand of Darkness
US producer Critical Content is developing a television version of Ursula K. LeGuin’s novel The…
Nick UK poaches Scripps programming exec
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has hired a Scripps Networks International VP of programming. As of…
Ex-Fox Networks chief to lead Sony
Former Fox Networks Group chief Tony Vinciquerra has been named CEO and chairman of Sony…
DHX buys Shortcake, Peanuts for $345m
Canada’s DHX Media has acquired the entertainment arm of Iconix Brand Group, handing it control…
Discovery lines up Hindi ents network
Discovery Communications is to debut a Hindi-language general entertainment network in India. Discovery JEET will…
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…
Netflix creates 400 Euro jobs, new originals
SVOD giant Netflix is on a European charm offensive, creating 400 jobs at a new…
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…
eOne strikes Brad Peyton pact
Entertainment One Television has secured a multi-year first-look TV and digital deal with writer-director Brad…