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TrustNordisk’s Ennis exits as Wendt is upped to MD
TrustNordisk’s CEO Rikke Ennis has departed the company, as its director of international sales and…
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Fremantle inks first TV deal with author Paulo Coelho
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), together with Random House Studio and Dancing Ledge Productions, has signed…
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Weinstein Co. names Lantern Capital winner of bankruptcy sale
The Weinstein Company has officially named Lantern Capital as the winning bidder of its bankruptcy…
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MTV Int’l greenlights reality format The Lovers & The Liars
MTV International has greenlit The Lovers and The Liars to add to its latest slate…
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China’s Tencent picks up 60 Second Docs
China’s Tencent has picked up short-form documentary series 60 Second Docs from Indigenous Media. 60…
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BBC Two orders Riz Ahmed original among new slate
BBC Two has ordered a new original drama from actor and comedian Riz Ahmed (pictured)…
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Netflix teams with Canada’s Hot Docs for funding initiative
Netflix and Canada’s documentary festival and conference, Hot Docs, are unveiling a five-year funding and…
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Red Arrow hires Scott Free exec for scripted strategy
Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) has appointed Scott Free’s Carlo Dusi to the newly created…
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Kew Media acquires Essential Quail for $24m
Canada’s Kew Media Group has agreed to acquire Essential Quail Media Group for an initial…
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NBCU & Google partner for VR content
NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce virtual reality (VR) content across networks and…
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HBO picks up Obama doc The Final Year
HBO has picked up exclusive rights to The Final Year, which follows former President Obama’s…
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Kew preps Cannes non-fiction slate with Dames doc
Kew Media Group has acquired worldwide sales rights to six documentaries ahead of the Cannes…
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Show of the Week: Family Food Fight
Good humour and healthy family rivalry are promised in Endemol Shine Australia’s Family Food Fight,…
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Hat Trick hires ex-Gaumont exec for first acquisitions role
Hat Trick International (HTI) has hired former Gaumont exec Hana Zidek as its first acquisitions…
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France Télévisions’ appoints director for national fiction
France Télévisions has appointed Anne Holmes as its new director for national ficition. Holmes will…
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Endemol Shine UK prodco to gain Belfast base
Endemol Shine UK’s Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) is to open an office in Belfast, Ireland….
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BBC World News brings in Vice slots
Vice Media and BBC Global News have partnered to bring weekly program Vice News This…
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Tin Roof hires Dragonfly’s Fleming as finance director
Tin Roof Media has appointed Dragonfly Film and Television Productions’ Matt Fleming as the new…
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ITV’s Leftfield Pictures set for Facebook talk show
ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures has teamed with Scooter Braun’s SB Projects to develop and produce…
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Netflix continues to invest in sci-fi with new original
Netflix has ordered sci-fi drama Another Life, as it continues to commission titles in the…
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TBI Weekly: Comcast joins the M&A race
This week, Comcast kicked off a bidding war by formally offering £22bn for Sky and…
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Forest Whitaker to star in Epix mobster series
MGM-owned cable channel Epix has given a straight-to-series order for ABC Signature Studios-produced drama, Godfather…
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BBC & Discovery set for Offspring Films doc
A BBC and Discovery copro, hailing from Bristol-based Offspring Films, is set to air on…
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UKTV orders first doc from BBC Studios for W
UKTV has ordered documentary series Sex, Knives and Liposuction from BBC Studios’ Science Unit, a…
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Netflix & Buzzfeed partner for short-form doc
Netflix is set to launch a new short-form documentary series with Buzzfeed that follows the…
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Parable moves to TV with first VR original for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned its first virtual reality original from VR studio Parable, named Grenfell:…
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Viacom launches Nick Jr on Indonesian mobile platform
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is joining forces with Indonesia’s leading mobile operator Telkomsel to…
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Ink Factory hires ex-Zodiak CEO Rod Henwood
Indie studio The Ink Factory has appointed industry heavyweight and former Zodiak UK boss Rod…
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Authentic & Kronicle ink unscripted deal
Authentic Entertainment is partnering with Kronicle Media to develop and produce character driven content about…
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Sony & Komixx ink deal for young adult content
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Komixx Entertainment have signed a multi-project deal to co-develop and…