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Jesse Whittock

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Orphan Black studio restructures as Boat Rocker

Canada’s Temple Street Productions has created a parent unit that will house an expanded group of…

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Publisher takes on Netflix with kids SVOD

A global learning company is challenging Netflix’s push into kids TV commissioning by launching 58…

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US rubber-stamps Legendary-Wanda deal

US regulatory authorities have approved the deal that will see Legendary Entertainment pass into Dalian…

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Amblin Partners boss extends contract

Steven Spielberg’s new US content company, Amblin Partners, has extended CEO Michael Wright’s contract “for…

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Joy for Content as UK sales boss arrives

Content Television has hired a former Entertainment One executive as director of UK and SVOD…

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Reality veteran creates prodco with Vidiots

US reality TV veteran producer Brian Flanagan has partnered with a pair of branded entertainment…

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First Instagram scripted series launches

Picture-sharing platform Instagram has had its first exclusive scripted series launched. Shield 5 debuted on…

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Dick Wolf re-ups with NBCU

Crime procedural guru Dick Wolf has signed another contract with NBCUniversal, this time tying him…

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Netflix bags Indian comedy feature

A new coming-of-age comedy from India is headed for Netflix after the streaming giant secured…

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MTV brings grandparents to Spring Break

MTV has commissioned an eight-part reality series for its international channels in which twenty-somethings hit…

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Comcast service buys DreamWorks-backed M-GO

Comcast-owned movie ticket service Fandango has reportedly acquired movie-streaming service M-GO for an undisclosed fee….

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Endemol Shine prodcos make dev team changes

Endemol Shine North America-owned True Entertainment and Original Media have added senior VPs to theirs…

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US prodco to adapt Israeli crime drama

Canadian prodco Thunderbird is taking an Israeli-created scripted series from Armoza Formats to North America….

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Ex-Starz buyer joins expanding distributor

Canada-based distributor 108 Media has hired Starz’s former VP, programme acquisitions, Nancy Silverstone. Her appointment…

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Ex-History, MTV execs form indie

Sky Vision and transatlantic indie October Films are backing a new production company from former…

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Ex-Endemol Shine execs pact with Fremantle

Former Endemol Shine Group producers Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin have created an unscripted prodco…

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TV industry veterans buy UK indie

Three television industry veterans behind a new London-based investment group have bought a UK-based factual…

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Ex-Alliance Atlantis boss invests in Norton firm

Former Alliance Atlantis entertainment CEO Peter Sussman (left) has joined the board of London-based Awesome…

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Ex-SPT exec named Endemol Shine Studios boss

The changes at Endemol Shine Studios continue, with former Sony Pictures Television and Alcon Television…

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Quebec net acquires CBS’s Limitless

TVA owner Quebecor Content has acquired high-concept CBS procedural Limitless. The CBS Television Studios-, K/O…

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Stretch Armstrong to Netflix as original

An animated comedy series based on extendable-armed rubber kids toy Stretch Armstrong is headed to…

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TV’s Big Questions: has 4K truly broken through?

There was a buzz around ultra-high definition television coming into 2015, but did the medium…

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Bedell latest to exit ITV

ITV director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell following Peter Fincham out of the door…

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Red Arrow buys Building Alaska prodco

Munich-based Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired Denver’s Orion Entertainment, which is behind various unscripted…

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Aussie SVOD service pulls off Showtime coup

Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has scored exclusive streaming rights to programming from premium US…

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New development deal for Sky Vision

UK-based distributor Sky Vision has scored an exclusive two-year development deal with Wales-based factual producer…

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3 Ball gets new development chief

LA-based prodco 3 Ball Entertainment has promoted a long-serving executive to oversee its development efforts….

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Tech crime drama for on-demand net Crackle

An original drama from the newly-established Critical Content is headed to Sony-owned on-demand platform Crackle….

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Data: Walking Dead is TV’s ‘most in-demand’ show

The Walking Dead is the most in-demand television show in the world, according to exclusive…

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Keshet taps Vertigo for UK drama chief

Keshet UK has appointed Howard Burch as its first head of drama. He comes across…