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NENT taps Discovery Networks exec to head up scripted at Viaplay
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has hired Discovery Networks Sweden exec Jon Petersson to head up…
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Talpa strikes multi-year deal with Star India for The Voice
Talpa and Star India have signed a multi-season deal for The Voice franchise, which includes…
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Original taps Kagan 7’s Stepp for development
Fremantle’s Original Productions has hired Kagan 7’s producer and development exec Jeff Stepp (pictured) as…
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Netflix & WarnerMedia strike $100m deal for Friends
Netflix is due to pay WarnerMedia $100m to place Warner Bros. hit Friends on its platform…
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Hulu set to reach 23m subs by year end
Hulu is on track to reach over 23m subscribers by year end, according to Hulu…
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Hooq gets hyper-local for new Southeast Asia strategy
Hooq CEO Peter Bithos tells TBI how he is transforming the Singapore-based streamer from the…
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WGGB Awards: Phoebe Waller Bridge & Charlie Covell make the shortlist
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has revealed the shortlist for its annual awards,…
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CBS & Network 10 launch Aussie SVOD service 10 All Access
CBS and Network 10’s subscription-on-demand service, 10 All Access, debuts today with over 7,000 episodes…
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Issa Rae & Laura Dern to produce HBO limited series
HBO is set to develop a limited series, The Dolls, which will see Insecure creator Issa…
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Sharon Horgan to develop Amazon drama with Peaky Blinders producer
Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan is to develop a new ‘gritty’ drama for Amazon with Peaky…
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Netflix’s Sarandos: “We don’t have a China strategy”
Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that the streamer is unlikely to look to expand…
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Amazon Prime preps first Tamil series
Amazon Prime is set to launch its first Tamil-language series Vella Raja worldwide this week (7 December)….
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Sky takes expanded CBS slate, brings FBI to the UK
Sky UK and CBS Studios International have prepared an expanded licensing agreement for CBS programming,…
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Fox to adapt French detective drama from France 2
Fox Network is set to adapt French detective drama Witnesses, created by Hervé Hadmar and…
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Narcos producer Gaumont adds to distribution and co-pro teams
Gaumont, the producer of Netflix hit Narcos, has added a list of executives to its…
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Nine reveals exec structure for post-Fairfax merger, preps redundancies
Nine Network has revealed the executive structure that will be in place after its merger…
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E4 teams with Thames & Motion for BAEwatch
Channel 4’s E4 is set to launch BAEwatch a new relationship series by Thames and…
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Kids round-up: CAKE sells Pablo to China’s Tencent, Bomanbridge to localise Dutch content from StoryZoo
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has sold a string of its titles in Asia, including the…
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Kew lands global rights for Nick Broomfield’s Leonard Cohen doc
Kew Media Distribution has acquired worldwide sales rights for Nick Broomfield’s Sundance-selected doc Marianne &…
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C4 ups Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions
Channel 4 has promoted acquisitions manager Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions. Lee will…
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WarnerMedia’s “Netflix killer” service to offer three tiers
WarnerMedia owner AT&T has revealed that the company’s upcoming SVOD service will include three separate…
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BBC scripted boss to step down
BBC Studios scripted MD Nick Betts is to step down from his role over the…
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Nat Geo greenlights The Bible From Space from All3’s Caravan
National Geographic has commissioned two-part documentary special The Bible From Space, from UK indie Caravan….
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Kyle MacLachlan: Trump’s America has disturbing “staying power”
Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan said that Trump’s America has a disturbing “staying power” after introducing…
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Netflix to increase European production by a third in 2019
Netflix is set to increase the number of European titles it produces by a…
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In-demand: Germany (November 19-25, 2018)
Netflix’s reset series Narcos: Mexico was widely demanded this past week after the 16 November launch…
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Spongebob: The most enduring kids title in TV
This article originally ran in TBI’s MIPCOM issue. We’re republishing it today in honor and memory…
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Netflix to launch crime procedural set in four different countries
Netflix is set to launch Criminal, a new format-bending procedural series that comprises of 12…
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Fremantle to develop South African drama with Multichoice
Fremantle is set to join forces with African pay TV operator Multichoice to develop an…
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Critical Content acquires T Group Productions
Global content studio Critical Content has acquired Jenny Daly’s T Group Productions. T Group, which…