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Debra Lee exits as chairman & CEO of BET
BET Network’s chairman and CEO Debra Lee is to exit the network on May 28….
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Natalie Dormer to produce and develop Vivien Leigh drama
Picnic at Hanging Rock’s Natalie Dormer is teaming with UK prodco Mainstreet Pictures and Fremantlemedia…
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Amazon Channels brings Starzplay to UK, Germany
Amazon is set to add Starzplay, from US TV Network and Lionsgate Company Starz, in…
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TBI Weekly: Does Netflix outgrowing Disney/Comcast value mean TV domination?
In one week, Netflix has managed to make a landmark TV deal with the Obamas…
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Flame inks factual deal with Amazon via Janson Media partnership
Flame Distribution has announced a deal with digital distributor Janson Media to bring a package…
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Bruce Rosenblum exits as Disney-ABC TV operations head
Bruce Rosenblum, the Disney-ABC Television Group president of business operations, is to depart the company…
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Scorpion TV lands live-music series featuring Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys
UK-based independent distributor Scorpion TV has acquired the first season of Landmarks Live in Concert,…
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Endemol Shine NA options Celia Cruz scripted series
Endemol Shine North America (ESNA) and Major TV have optioned the right to late Latin…
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Comcast prepares all-cash offer for 21st Century Fox
Comcast has confirmed that it is considering making an all-cash offer for the Fox assets…
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MTG takes full control of Zoomin.TV
MTG has upped its stake in Zoomin.TV from 51% to 100% after agreeing to buy…
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Richard Gere makes TV comeback in MotherFatherSon
Richard Gere is set to star in upcoming BBC drama MotherFatherSon, after a break of…
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UK Writers’ Guild calls commissioners to “let women tell their stories”
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) is calling on commissioners to hire more female…
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UKTV orders Sally Phillips original My Favourite Sketch
UKTV has ordered an original sketch comedy series from Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Diary) for…
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eOne brings Stan’s The Other Guy to North America
Entertainment One (eOne) is bringing Stan’s half-hour original series The Other Guy to Hulu in…
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Amazon greenlights Will Ferrell/Adam McKay docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an untitled docuseries from Adam McKay (The Big Short), Will…
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Showtime picks up Affleck/Damon drama
Showtime has made a series order for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drama City On…
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Ray Winstone visits Sicily in factual TV debut
British actor Ray Winstone is to front his first ever factual TV series Ray Winstone’s…
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Boat Rocker acquires majority stake in Insight
Boat Rocker Media has acquired a majority stake in Insight Productions, a Canadian TV production…
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Hulu and Vice strike content deal for 15 Viceland titles
Hulu and Vice Media have reached their first-ever content licensing agreement, with 15 Viceland…
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Amazon gives Maradona original the greenlight
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a new Prime Original series based on the life of…
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Pat Llewellyn fund created for women in TV
The UK body Women in Film and Television has launched a new bursary to find,…
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TBI Weekly: Hot or not at the LA Screenings
This week’s LA Screenings have brought us the hottest pilot pick-ups from US Studios, but…
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Endemol Shine Germany appoints Turtle’s Kastner as CEO
Turtle Entertainment’s Magnus Kastner has been appointed as chief executive officer for Endemol Shine Germany….
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Moonves receives Upfronts ovation as Redstone legal battle heats up
CBS chief Leslie Moonves (pictured) received a standing ovation from buyers at its Upfronts presentation…
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‘New Fox’ names exec team with Lachlan taking the helm
Twenty-first Century Fox (21CF) has named Lachlan Murdoch (pictured) as the executive chairman and chief…
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STV shuts down STV2 channel as it invests in digital
STV has laid out its plans for the next three years, which will see the…
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Mediapro enters Eastern Europe with prodco acquisition
Mediapro is set to acquire Slovenian production company VPF PRO as it makes its first…
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Acorn TV to launch new Irish original with RTÉ and Treasure
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for Acorn TV, has partnered with RTÉ…
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Hulu lands US rights to Federation’s Bad Banks
Hulu has acquired the US streaming rights to Bad Banks, Federation Entertainment’s European thriller series…
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Fremantle NA rejigs unscripted team
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has expanded its unscripted leadership team, as it brings in MTV’s…