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HBO & Turner line up first copro drama in Europe
HBO Europe is to partner with Turner’s TNT Serie for its first international co-production Hackerville,…
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TBI Weekly: BBC Worldwide Showcase and the UK Screenings
The BBC Worldwide Showcase is, by some distance, the largest international programming market held by…
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BBC Studios launches Australian production arm
BBC Studios is set to launch an Australian production arm, following its decision to form…
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ITV America ups Adam Sher to president as rejig continues
ITV America CEO David George has appointed Adam Sher (pictured) as the unscripted producer’s new…
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Netflix picks up Marie Kondo series on ‘the magic of tidying up’
Netflix has ordered an unscripted series with author and home organisation guru Marie Kondo (pictured),…
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Netflix stubs out weed comedy Disjointed
Netflix has axed marijuana store comedy Disjointed after one season on the platform. The multi-camera…
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Verizon folds Go90 into Oath, widens its content distribution
Verizon has folded its US video streaming service, Go90, into its Oath division, in a…
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No Amazon bid as Sky & BT renew Premier League rights
Sky and BT have each renewed their Premier League rights, with the former taking four…
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Ryan Murphy exits Fox for exclusive $300m Netflix deal
Netflix has pulled off perhaps its biggest production coup to date by prising US super-producer…
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DRG buys into ex-ITV Studios execs’ new prodco
UK distributor DRG is planning to invest in a spate of production companies, and has…
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Amazon Prime brings in first French original
Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with Newen (through its Telfrance subsidiary), Bavaria Fiction and…
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AMC Networks unites European businesses
AMC Networks International, the operator and distributor of pay TV channels in Spain and Portugal,…
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Amazon gains multi-territory rights to CBS drama The Good Fight
Amazon Prime Video and CBS Studios International have signed a multi-season, licensing agreement for the…
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Netflix signs Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf for talk show
Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf has landed her own weekly Netflix half-hour talk show, set to…
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NRK prepares for big-budget Atlantic Crossing with Beta & Cinenord
Norwegian producer Cinenord and Germany’s Beta Films will partner to produce World War II drama…
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HBO greenlights first original drama from Adria region
HBO Adria, a subsidiary of HBO Europe focused on the Central and Eastern European (CEE)…
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NBC’s Jennifer Salke replaces Roy Price at Amazon Studios
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke is set to become Amazon Studio’s head of content, replacing…
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Facebook brings in Elizabeth Olsen dramedy
Facebook is set to bring in a drama-comedy starring and executive produced by Elizabeth Olsen…
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ITV orders Christopher Hampton drama The Singapore Grip
ITV has commissioned The Singapore Grip, a drama that will be adapted by Atonement screenwriter…
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Kudos appoints Wilson as first creative chief
Kudos has appointed its executive producer Karen Wilson as its first chief creative officer. In…
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BBC Three orders comedy from People Just Do Nothing star
BBC Three has commissioned a new comedy by People Just Do Nothing star Lily Brazier,…
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Netflix reveals viewers’ ‘first binges’
Netflix data has revealed the top ten titles most likely to first get viewers to…
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Ex-Obama aides take Pod Save America to HBO
HBO is working with Pod Save America, a political podcast group created by former Obama…
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TBI Weekly: Brand power could hold key for the future of TV
This week, it’s become clear that simply having quality content is no longer enough to…
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BBCWW reveals top rated int’l shows
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has revealed its most-watched programmes around the world for 2017, which includes…
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Fox still confident of Sky approval
21st Century Fox remains confident that it will secure regulatory approval for its acquisition of Sky…
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Thames hires Boomerang’s Baldwin as development director
FremantleMediaUK’s Thames has appointed Boomerang’s Shona Baldwin as director of development. Baldwin will work closely…
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Sixteen South bolsters management with Brown Bag, ex-Planet 24 execs
Kids outfit Sixteen South has appointed three members to its senior management team including Emma Fernando…
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BBC, CJ E&M, OSF & Terra Mater to explore Wild Korea
Terra Mater Factual Studios (TMFS) and Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) have joined forces to coproduce…
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Show of the week: Counterpart
Counterpart is Starz’s latest drama venture, combining qualities of both a pacy spy thriller and…