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Boat Rocker acquires Lip Sync Battle producer
Canada’s Boat Rocker Media has acquired Matador Content, the full-service production company behind Emmy-winning format…
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In-demand: The Netherlands (October 22-28, 2018)
The Netherlands is demanding a range of thrillers as it preps for Halloween festivities, with…
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Sky & ABC Australia pair for scripted comedy Frayed
Sky UK and ABC Australia have co-commissioned Frayed, a comedy drama produced by Sharon Horgan…
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Hat Trick’s Whose Line is it Anyway? heads to the Middle East
Unscripted comedy format Whose Line is it Anyway? is set to be adapted for the Middle…
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Network Ten to rebrand streamer with CBS titles in tow
Network Ten is set to launch its rebranded streamer 10 All Access this December with…
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Australia’s Network Ten to remake human interest format Taboo
Australian broadcaster Network Ten has commissioned distributor Lineup Industries and Sydney-based Lune Media for Taboo,…
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Armando Nuñez handed expanded distribution role at CBS
Armando Nuñez has been handed an expanded remit and will now act as president and CEO…
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Netflix round-up: Scandal producer inks overall deal, UCP vet joins int’l originals
Netflix has signed Scandal writer-producer Chris Van Dusen to a multi-year overall deal. Under the…
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Snap bets on local originals and media partnerships
Snap has revealed a slate of new UK shows coming to its platform through partnerships…
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Netflix plans aggressive push into India
Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos has confirmed that the streamer is planning an aggressive push…
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Nat Geo appoints FNG Asia’s Baek as channels head
Fox Networks Group Asia has appointed Andy Baek as head and vice president of National…
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Platform One hires three for production, business affairs
Platform One Media has hired three new executives for production, business affairs and finance. Jill…
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Turner to shutter FilmStruck service
Turner and Warner Bros.-owned streamer FilmStruck is to cease domestic and international operations from November…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix cancellations in context
The recent slew of Netflix cancellations can reveal some important strategy plans coming from the…
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Viacom rejigs Networks group
Viacom has rejigged its Viacom Media Networks group, which will see Kevin Kay, the president…
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Fremantle Oz hires content director
Fremantle Australia & New Zealand has appointed Jennifer Collins as the director of content for…
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Newen acquires Spain’s The Room
TF1’s Newen Distribution has acquired Spanish series The Room, written by Víctor García, Eduardo Villanueva…
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ABC comedy head joins Kenya Barris company at Netflix
ABC’s senior VP and head of comedy Jamila Hunter is to depart the company to…
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ABC News heads for Hulu’s Live TV
ABC’s News Live Service will now be available on Hulu’s Live TV service. ABC launched…
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Netflix loads up on German originals with five new titles
Netflix is set to produce five new German originals, following the success of 2018 supernatural…
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Snap taps Amazon, HuffPo alum for strategy
Snap is taking its chief strategy role and splitting the office’s responsibilities between Amazon’s Jeremi…
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WarnerMedia leads 15% revenue rise at AT&T
AT&T’s revenues totalled $45.7bn (£35.44bn) for the third quarter of 2018, up 15% from last…
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Blumhouse hires from NBCU, eOne for production & development
Blumhouse Television has added five new positions to grow its production, development and business affairs…
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Apple to roll out TV streamer globally
Apple is set to launch its TV streaming service globally in 2019, according to reports….
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Optomen taps Live PD producer for development
All3Media’s Optomen Productions has tapped Live PD producer and Big Fish exec George McTeague as…
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In-demand: France (8-14 October, 2018)
Titles with recent premieres dominated France’s demand lists across digital originals and overall programming, with…
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Bodyguard smashes BBC viewing records ahead of Netflix launch
BBC One drama Bodyguard smashed viewing records, drawing 17.1m people for its finale. The figure…
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Amazon replaces Schuster with Castallo for unscripted post
Amazon Studios has named former CBS head of alternative programming Chris Castallo as its new…
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UKTV Ventures strikes first investment deal with Hopster
UKTV has struck its first deal through its innovation fund, UKTV Ventures, with an airtime-for-equity…
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Facebook names Nick Clegg as its global affairs chief
Facebook has hired the UK’s former deputy prime minister as the head of global affairs…