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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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Script to Screen: The Capture
On the set of BBC One’s surveillance conspiracy thriller, Kaltrina Bylykbashi gets the lowdown on…
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Show of the Week: The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes is a Red Arrow – distributed social experiment format that…
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TBI Weekly: Five takeaways from Netflix’s Q1 results
Netflix beat expectations all round for its first quarter results of 2019, drawing $4.52bn for…
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Kids round-up: Portfolio strikes Netflix deal; Cartoon Network hires content head for APAC
Portfolio Entertainment has struck a streaming deal with Netflix that will see it place preschool…
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Roku launches the Olympic Channel
Roku is set to launch the Olympic Channel on its platform, which will include exclusive…
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BBC Studios, ZDF strike strategic content partnership
BBC Studios and Germany’s ZDF have struck a strategic partnership to develop and co-produce a…
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CBC brings back ‘Battle of the Blades’
Canada’s CBC will reboot hit competition series Battle of the Blades for its fifth season…
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Oxford Scientific Films hires BBC alum as exec producer
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), part of the ITV Studios-owned Boom Cymru group, has appointed BBC…
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Netflix promises greater transparency after beating earnings expectations
Netflix bosses have promised to reveal more data around the viewership of its programming after…
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BET greenlights ‘Copwatch America’ from Renowned Films, Critical Content
Viacom’s BET has commissioned 10-part docu-series Copwatch America from London-LA based prodco Renowned Films and…
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‘Temptation Island’ travels to Spain
Banijay company Cuarzo TV and Mediaset España are set to create the first Spanish remake…
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Hulu buys back minority stake from AT&T
Hulu has struck a deal with AT&T to take back a 9.5% minority stake from…
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YouTube hires Fox veteran to boost unscripted
YouTube has hired Fox veteran Alex Piper to head up unscripted as it continues to…
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BAFTA fellowships revealed
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is set to honour Red Production’s…
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Tencent picks up ‘Miss Fisher’ adaptation
China’s Tencent has picked up a Chinese adaptation of Australian series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries….
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Nadiya Hussain to deliver keynote at UK’s Children’s Media Conference
British Bake Off alum Nadiya Hussein is set to deliver the opening keynote interview at…
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MTV UK commissions Reggie Yates doc
MTV UK has commissioned a doc series which will see British personality Reggie Yates tackle…
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Kids round-up: Sesame content heads to HITN; Endemol Shine’s ‘Simon’s Cat’ joins TikTok
HITN, the Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content across the US, has struck…
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Mentorn taps ITN Productions for new factual head
Mentorn Media has expanded its senior team with ITN Productions exec Bernie Kay, who will…
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Discovery, Science Channel commission ‘Uncharted’ from Karga Seven
Discovery and Science Channel in the US have commissioned Uncharted from Karga Seven Pictures –…
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MIPTV round-up: Viacom shops titles to C4, TF1; Keshet sells raft of non-English language dramas
Viacom International Studios confirmed a raft of international sales for new scripted, comedy and animated…
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Disney+ to reach 75m subs by 2024, says research firm
A forecast from research firm Digital TV Research shows that Disney+ is set to reach…
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YouTube cancels four shows as it continues Premium pullback
YouTube has cancelled four shows as it continues to roll back its Premium strategy and…
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Disney + unveils unscripted slate as it preps SVOD pitch to investors
Disney has unveiled a robust unscripted slate for its Disney + service ahead of revealing…
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Ex-Apple, Warner execs launch high-end prodco
Former Apple executives Sebastien Janin and Andy Docherty, together with ex-Warner Bros. exec Chris Law,…
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BBC One to air Attaboy TV’s ‘The Gatwick Drone Attack’
BBC One is set to air Attaboy TV’s The Gatwick Drone Attack on its Panorama strand next week (15…
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All3Media rejigs German management team
All3Media Germany has restructured its management team appointing new chief business and chief financial officers….
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Cannes Series winners revealed
The winners for the second edition of Cannes Series Awards have been revealed, with Beta…
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Int’l Emmy Kids Awards winners revealed
The winners of the seventh International Emmy Kids Awards have been revealed the UK’s Hey…
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Scripted Hot Pick: Baghdad Central
Distributor: Fremantle Producer: Euston Films Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Logline: A crime thriller looking at Baghdad through the eyes…