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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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Amazon Prime picks up Indian dating show Hear Me. Love Me.
Amazon Prime Video is to bring original reality series Hear Me. Love Me. to its…
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Lionsgate signs TV deal with Two and a Half Men’s Tannenbaums
Lionsgate has made a multiyear television deal with Two and a Half Men (pictured) producers Eric…
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C4 picks up Armoza’s Sex Tape
Channel 4 has commissioned Armoza Formats’ social experiment Sex Tape for broadcast later this year….
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James Corden’s The Wrong Mans is up for a US remake
Showtime has ordered a pilot of The Wrong Mans for the US, originally created by…
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Netflix & A+E partner for Sky Vision true crime series
Netflix has partnered with A+E Networks UK and Sky Vision Productions on a new true…
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Studio Lambert ups O’Driscoll as Burgess takes US role
All3Media Group’s Studio Lambert has promoted Niall O’Driscoll (pictured) to head of UK unscripted development,…
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TBI Weekly: Winding down from MIPTV
MIPTV may have had an impact on your days this week, as the industry experienced…
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Hulu sells discounted HBO ahead of Westworld return
Hulu is giving subscribers a discount on HBO, ahead of the return of Westworld for…
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Disney/Fox deal to close by Spring/Summer 2019
Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox, has told staffers that the merger between Fox…
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Comedy Central inks first look deal with Broad City duo
Comedy Central has set a “comprehensive” development deal with Broad City creators Ilana Glazer and…
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HBO greenlights comedy pilot from Fleabag duo & eOne
HBO has ordered a romantic comedy thriller from Fleabag duo Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones,…
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Fox Searchlight launches TV arm
Fox Searchlight presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula are adding a TV arm to Fox…
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Scripps veteran duo gain top spots at Discovery
Scripps execs Allison Page and Courtney White have landed top roles at Discovery’s lifestyles group,…
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C4’s Maddigan heads up entertainment for Little Gem
Little Gem has hired Channel 4’s Kate Maddigan as its new head of entertainment. Maddigan,…
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STV’s MD Alan Clements to depart in Spring
STV Productions has confirmed that its managing director Alan Clements is to leave the company…
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Marcus Wolter to become CEO of newly formed Banijay Germany
Banijay Group is to launch a German outfit with Marcus Wolter acting as CEO from…
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Fox London office raided by European Commission investigators
European Commission investigators raided the UK offices of Fox Networks Group yesterday as part of…
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Beta Film & O3 Productions team for Arab-European copros
Beta Film and O3 Productions, the production arm of Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC, are partnering…
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Canal + reels in Waller-Bridge’s Killing Eve
French pay-TV service Canal + is the latest to buy into Phoebe Waller-Bridge drama, Killing…
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TAPE launches service that measures potential of scripted titles
TAPE Consultancy has launched App.Dex, a content evaluation service that claims to assess the audience…
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Bell Media ups Di Cio as it unifies French-speaking division
Bell Media has appointed Mark Anthony Di Cio as director of sales for its French-language…
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Amazon Studios reshuffles after Salke hire
Amazon Studios has restructured its TV arm after the hire of NBC’s Jennifer Salke as…
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eOne snaps up Gerrie’s Whizz Kid Entertainment
Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired a majority stake in UK non-scripted television production company Whizz…
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Viacom makes $2.8bn counteroffer to CBS
Viacom has made a counter-offer that asks for $2.8bn more from CBS than the company…
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BBC’s McMafia makes it to Russia
BBC Studios has sold McMafia, the drama featuring the lives of a criminal Russian family…
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The vast Arctic Circle: a copro set to put Finland on the drama map
It is in the icy wilderness of Finland’s Ivalo, with its endless stretches of white…
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Show of the Week: Heritage
A fictional wealthy old widow looks for an heir in Global Agency’s latest game show,…
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Jersey Shore comeback hits ratings high
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is the latest show bringing back the Shore franchise, and it…
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Channel 5 & eOne team for two titles
Entertainment One has reached a licensing deal with the UK’s Channel 5 for the female-driven…
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BBC Studios appoints first GM for Germany
BBC Studios has appointed Tower Productions’ Philipp Schmid to the newly created role of general…