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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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In-demand: UK (June 4-10, 2018)
Record-breaking format Love Island has taken the UK by storm this week becoming the most…
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Amazon inks first look TV deal with Nicole Kidman
Amazon Studios has signed a first look deal with Oscar winner, Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) and…
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AT&T finalises $85bn acquisition of Time Warner
AT&T has finalised an $85 (£60.34bn) billion acquisition of Time Warner, after a US federal…
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TV4 Entertainment launch indie TV & Film Studio
TV4 Entertainment, the Warner Bros. and Sky-invested OTT producer, has launched Concrete Club, an independent…
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TBI Weekly: Key takeaways from NEM
Croatia’s New Europe Market (NEM) received over 800 participants this week, making it the event’s…
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NEM: Mediapro’s Pinheiro Rotter responds to Serie A rights row
At Croatia’s New Market Europe (NEM), Mediapro’s acquisitions exec Alex Pinheiro Rotter (right) responded to…
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The Wall adaptation a “failure” for RTL Hungary, says CEO
At the New Europe Market (NEM) in Croatia, RTL Hungary CEO Gabriella Vidus branded the…
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Turner Int’l invests in UK kids edutainment distributor
Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation (DV&I) group has made an equity investment in Bright…
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Warner Bros. signs $400m mega-deal with Greg Berlanti
Riverdale producer Greg Berlanti has signed a $400 million deal with Warner Bros. Television Group,…
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Apple to develop best-selling novel Shantaram
Apple is set to develop Gregory David Robert’s best-selling novel Shantaram, with American Hustle’s Warren…
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The Nordics take on ITV’s Love Island
ITV Studios (ITVS) has sold its record-breaking format Love Island across the Nordics in Denmark, Finland…
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TBI Weekly: Instagram will not host the next Game of Thrones
This week, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Instagram may allow video uploads up to…
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UK’s Twickenham Studios opens £50m extension in Liverpool
The UK’s city of Liverpool is set to gain a new film and TV studio…
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Apple orders J.J. Abrams music dramedy
Apple has ordered a J.J. Abrams musical dramedy named Little Voices, which will star Waitress…
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BBC Two picks up Showtime’s New York Times doc
BBC Two has picked up Showtime’s The New York Times: The Fourth Estate, due to…
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Stan & Lionsgate strike multi-year content deal
Australian streamer Stan and Lionsgate have a new licensing agreement that will bring a robust…
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Foz Allan’s Bryncoed makes first senior hire
Bryncoed Productions, the recently launched scripted content company launched by producer Foz Allan (Riviera, pictured),…
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Wonderhood builds unscripted team with BBC’s Anstiss leading
Wonderhood Studios, the business created by ex-Channel 4 chief David Abraham, is set to establish…
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Leftfield taps Scripps vet for development
ITV America-owned Leftfield Pictures has hired veteran development executive Andrew Schechter as senior vice president…
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UKTV & RTÉ board Sharon Horgan drama
UKTV has partnered with RTÉ to bring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) drama Women on the Verge…
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Nick Group’s Zarghami steps down after 30-year tenure
Cyma Zarghami is stepping down as president of Nickelodeon Group after more than thirty years…
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Toonz Media joins Yellow in kids’ content partnership
India-based Toonz Media Group and Australian-based Yellow Entertainment have inked a deal for a co-development…
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Acorn TV launches in Latin America
Acorn TV, the North American streamer hosting British and international TV, will now become available…
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C4 takes 900 hours of Vice content to All4
Channel 4 (C4) and Vice have partnered to launch more than 900 hours of Vice’s…
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Reel One to adapt Belgium’s Team Chocolate for UK
Indie drama producer and distributor Reel One Entertainment is set to partner with theatre company…
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Fulwell73 taps Warner Bros. TV for US scripted head
Fulwell73, producer of The Late Late Show, is expanding its US team with Warner Bros….
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ABC Studios Int’l & Stan set to launch global original
Australian streamer Stan is to launch a new original series by The Kettering Incident’s (pictured)…
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Little Dot Studios & All3Media launch German label
Little Dot Studios, the online video distribution and production company that manages YouTube channels, Facebook…
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Chrysalis Vision expands scripted business
Chrysalis Vision has expanded its scripted business with the promotion of development head Clova McCallum…
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ITV2 pairs Love Island’s Chris and Kem
Twenty Six 03 Entertainment, the entertainment and formats joint venture founded by Duncan Gray and…