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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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Netflix orders some magic with Derren Brown specials
Netflix has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Vaudeville Productions for three specials with magician…
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Endemol Shine Latino’s Wasserman expands role to US
Michelle Wasserman, senior VP for format licensing and content development at Endemol Shine Latino, is…
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Ampere: Premier League rights to pass £10bn mark
The value of Premier League football rights is set to break the £10 billion barrier…
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Bell Media brings Starz to Canada for first time
Canada’s Bell Media has teamed with Lionsgate to bring in its premium pay television platform…
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In-demand chart: UK (January 15-21, 2018)
Brit drama Peaky Blinders saw its demand rise significantly in the UK for this week,…
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Canada’s Rogers Media drops Viceland with JV terminated
Rogers Media and Vice Media are terminating their joint venture, meaning linear network Viceland will…
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Sundance kicks off with deals for US cable networks
A host of factual deals have been announced during the Sundance Film Festival in 2018,…
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Murdoch calls on Facebook to pay ‘carriage fees’ for news
News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has called for Facebook to pay publishers for news…
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T Group goes Everywhere with copro deal
US-based T Group Productions has signed an overall coproduction deal with Everywhere Studios, which is…
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Turner’s Filmstruck SVOD service to roll out internationally
Turner, in partnership with Warner Bros, has announced plans to roll out its US subscription…
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Amazon Prime hikes US price by 18% as it ups content spend
Amazon announced Friday that it will increase the price for Prime memberships in the US…
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Sharon Horgan’s Merman hires Fremantle production head
Merman, the production company founded by Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford, has appointed FremantleMedia…
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Caryn Mandabach prodco develops Kazuo Ishiguro novel
Caryn Mandabach Productions, which produces hit tile Peaky Blinders for BBC Two, has optioned the TV…
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Netflix picks up talk show from Community’s Joel McHale
Joel McHale, the former star of NBC/Yahoo comedy Community, is set to host a new…
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Endemol Shine brings in Fox’s legal exec
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) is growing its legal team with the hire of Fox’s James…
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Series Mania launches Writers Campus for new drama talent
Series Mania’s European Project and Talent Forum has launched Writers Campus, a week-long intensive writing…
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Keshet & Woodcut Media renew first-look deal
Following on from the success of a deal struck back in January 2016, global distributor…
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BBCWW’s content chief Helen Jackson set for departure
The newly formed BBC Studios has revealed today that its BBC Worldwide content chief, Helen…
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Sony launches UK non-scripted label Human
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Human, a new non-scripted label in the UK that…
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Fremantle APAC boss Ian Hogg exits
Ian Hogg, the CEO of FremantleMedia Australia and Asia Pacific has announced plans to depart…
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Sony channels launch on Amazon in Germany, Austria
Three Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) channels have joined the Amazon Channels line-up in Germany…
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MTG sells Trace stake at €40 million valuation
MTG has agreed to sell its 75% stake in youth broadcaster Trace in a deal…
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Turner LatAm & Mediapro enter 5-year copro deal
Turner Latin America and multimedia content company MediaPro have signed a coproduction agreement to develop…
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Freeform Summit: Sony reboots Party of Five
During the first-ever Freeform Summit, from Disney’s young adult television network, Sony Pictures Television has…
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Ampere: France says ‘Non’ to Netflix
Netflix is yet to win “the hearts and minds” of people in France, with the…
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Amazon cancels comedies One Mississippi, I Love Dick
Amazon is continuing its purge of comedies, now ridding of One Mississippi, I Love Dick…
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FilmRise moves to production, hires Waco’s Wolynetz
FilmRise has hired Waco (pictured), and Breaking Bad producer Vlad Wolynetz to head their newly launched television production…
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The State creator Peter Kosminsky preps cyber drama for C4
The State (pictured), Wolf Hall and Britz creator Peter Kosminsky has teamed with Colin Callender’s Playground…
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Boat Rocker reshuffles divisions as Melanson exits
Boat Rocker Studios will see changes within Radical Sheep, its kids’ division, and Crooked Horse,…
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Mubi makes India push after striking Times Group deal
Online subscription film service Mubi is making a push into India after agreeing a deal…