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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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Shaftesbury expands UK team with UKTV hire
Shaftesbury is to expand its UK team with new hire Alexandra Finlay, who was formerly…
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MIPTV round-up: Cineflix unveils scripted slate; Kew focuses on unscripted series ‘The Movies’
Cineflix Rights has revealed its MIPTV slate, which will focus on scripted projects. The headliner…
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Nat Geo orders Israeli moon landing doc from Arrow Media
National Geographic has commissioned Arrow Media for a “fast-turnaround” of Mission Moon-Lander (WT), a story…
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UK launches £57m Young Audience Content Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched the UK Government’s £57m ($74.45) Young Audiences Content…
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ADD Content’s ‘Sirens’ set for Russian adaptation
Content creation and distribution company ADD Content has signed a scripted format deal with Channel…
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SPT ties up with Chicken Soup for the Soul for new AVOD
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) have signed a…
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Kimmelot, ITV America strike unscripted deal
Kimmelot, the company formed by Jimmy Kimmel and Wheelhouse Group CEO Brent Montgomery, has struck…
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MIPTV round-up: Drive launches True Royalty TV titles; Lagardère preps drama-focused slate
Drive is set to launch a slate of royal family docs from UK indie Spun…
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Limonero acquires rights for Norway’s ‘Wars Don’t End’
Limonero Films has tied up with Norwegian production company Up North to distribute its WWII…
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Channel 4 to adapt NBC’s ‘Songland’ format
UK broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) is set to adapt NBC’s songwriting competition format Songland. C4…
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Spun Gold TV reveals ‘Secrets of the Royal Babies’ for ITV
Spun Gold has been commissioned by ITV to produce an hour-long doc focused on royal…
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Kids round-up: Hoho takes ‘Shane The Chef’ to global nets; Mondo TV preps MIPTV slate
Hoho Rights has struck multiple deals around the world for food-based preschool title Shane The…
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MIPTV round-up: Fremantle leads slate with ‘Beecham House’; Kew shops ‘Clink’
Fremantle will bring a packed slate of premium programming to MIPTV, including Gurinder Chadha’s Beecham…
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BBC’s ‘MotherFatherSon’ strikes global sales
BBC Studios has struck a raft of global sales for Richard Gere-fronted drama MotherFatherSon ahead…
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CuriosityStream pre-buys ZDF’s ‘Planet of Treasures’
CuriosityStream has pre-bought six one-hour documentary series Planet of Treasures – A History of Mankind…
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MIPTV round-up: Keshet leads line-up with ‘2025’; Red Arrow brings ‘Vienna Blood’
Keshet International will bring a varied line-up to MIPTV which is led by reality format…
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Endemol Shine extends ‘The Bridge’ to Croatia, Serbia
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) has secured a deal for a 10 x 50-minute Croatian/Serbian version…
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YouTube pulls out of Premium race
YouTube has cancelled plans to build a slate of high-end drama and comedies as it…
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Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet for ‘Dark Waters’
Beloved biologist and River Monsters star Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet after two years…
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Discovery rolls out HGTV to Germany
Discovery is to launch HGTV, its home and lifestyle network, in Germany as a free…
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Exclusive: Canada’s Media Ranch to rep DR formats
Canadian distributor Media Ranch has partnered with Danish broadcaster DR to represent its TV formats…
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TBI Weekly: Brexit fallout signals more competition for UK businesses
One week away from the UK’s Brexit deadline, it remains unclear what the country’s quest…
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MIPTV slates: Looking Glass shops Michelle Obama doc; Scorpion acquires current affairs titles for market
Australian distributor Looking Glass International (LGI) is bringing a slate of factual titles to MIPTV…
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Les Misérables nabs raft of global sales ahead of Series Mania
Ahead of its national premiere at Series Mania 2019, BBC Studios has struck a raft…
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DRG acquires rights to “happy noir” police procedural ‘For Life’
DRG has acquired the rights to For Life, a Norwegian “happy noir” police procedural that…
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Mondo TV taps Rainbow for head of content sales
Mondo TV, the European producer and distributor of animated content, has hired Rainbow’s Luana Perrero…
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Momentum, Industrial strike overall deal
Momentum Content has entered an exclusive overall deal with American Idol prodco Industrial Media. Through…
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Cineflix alum Anthony Kimble launches content outfit
Anthony Kimble, who recently left Cineflix Rights after five-years as senior VP of acquisitions and…
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Kids round-up: Netflix, Amazon line up for Animation Dingle Festival; eOne takes PJ Masks to China
Execs from Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Nickelodeon are all set to head to Dingle, Ireland…
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MIPTV slates: Sky Vision shops ‘Catherine The Great’; Barcroft preps ‘Sleeping with the Far Right’
Sky Vision has unveiled its MIPTV slate with Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great leading the…