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Jesse Whittock
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Avanti poaches Films of Record MD
UK indie Avanti Media has poached Neil Grant from Zinc Media-owned Films of Record. London-…
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Winners crowned at TBI Content Innovation Awards
Gaumont Television, Zodiak Rights, Content Media and Fox UK were among the big winners at…
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Global Agency sales chief exits to launch own firm
Global Agency’s head of sales, Catherine Stryker, has left the Turkish distributor to launch her…
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NBC will Stream Nordic competition series
US broadcaster NBC has acquired another European talent competition format, which will sit alongside The…
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Irvine Welsh novel set for TV remake
An Irvine Welsh novel is set to get a television adaptation, marking the such development…
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Portfolio reveals Best in the World Japan
Canadian sales house Portfolio Entertainment has acquired a pair of Japenese-themed lifestyle and travel titles…
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Electus bringing Singaporean musical drama to US
Electus has acquired local format rights to Singaporean scripted series The Musical Kitchen from Small…
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HBO, History prebuy Navy SEALs drama
Various branches of HBO and History have acquired upcoming Navy SEALs action drama Six, TBI…
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Flame sends Broke A$$ Game Show to Discovery
Australia-based Flame Distribution has sold three series to Discovery Networks Italy and another to Radio…
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Canal+ drops Canalsat brand in French overhaul
Canal+ Group is revamping its domestic French pay TV offering, retiring the Canalsat brand used…
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Westworld UK launch bigger than Game of Thrones
Westworld’s debut in the UK was bigger than both Game of Thrones and Fortitude. The…
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BBC Studios to axe 300 jobs in ‘reshaping’
The BBC’s production arm will do away with 300 jobs to “ensure it is the…
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SVOD net gets porn drama after Swedish Dicks
Scandinavian subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay’s latest original will be a ten-part drama about a film…
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Ex-Endemol Shine sales exec joins Lionsgate
Former Endemol Shine International exec Gisela Asimus-Minnbergh has joined Lionsgate to help launch its global…
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DCD delivers David Bowie doc sales
DCD Rights has shopped a remastered David Bowie concert film to various broadcasters, as intrigue…
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Sinking Ship debuts Dino Dana
Sinking Ship Entertainment’s first MIPCOM since acquiring Picture Box Distribution will see the Canadian kids…
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Rai’s Bastardi located in Cannes
The sales arm of Italian pubcaster Rai has a new slate for MIPCOM that includes…
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Gold Rush star debuts prodco with Prodigal drama
The star and creator of Discovery Channel reality series Gold Rush will go mining for…
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CBS rehires exec to launch unscripted studios unit
CBS has re-hired Ghen Maynard for the second time, this time to launch an unscripted…
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Banijay nabs Warner Bros. exec for COO post
Banijay Group has hired Warner Bros. International Television Production vice-president Peter Langenberg as COO. Based…
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Johnny Carson comedy set for Seeso
NBC’s comedy SVOD platform, Seeso, has commissioned a coming-of-age comedy set in the 1970s when…
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Orange Smarty offer 100-hour packet
Boutique distributor Orange Smarty is debuting 100 hours of new programming in Cannes. The shows…
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Content bringing Netflix thriller to Cannes
Content Media Corp.’s newly unified sales arm is hitting MIPCOM with a new Netflix thriller…
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Kids TV veterans launch Bento Box unit
A trio of veteran children’s television executives have partnered with Bob’s Burgers prodco Bento Box…
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Red Arrow creates new factual unit
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has create a Unterföhring-based factual prodco, 7Stories. The prodco will aim…
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Gaming firm Atari turns attention to TV
Pioneering gaming company Atari is to push into television production by tapping into broadcasters that…
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Factory catches Log Cabin Fever
The distribution arm of UK-based Factory Media has expanded its slate with the acquisition of…
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In-demand chart MIPCOM special (October 2-8, 2016)
MIPCOM is undeniably upon the TV industry. In offices around the world, sales executives are…
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Show of the Week: Ouro
Canal+’s original series come as a varied bunch: Versailles is an English-language period drama, The…
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Ex-NBCU TV chief to lead Primary Wave
Former NBCUniversal Television chairman Jeff Gaspin has signed on as president of US indie producer…