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TBI Weekly: The evolution of ethics in true crime filmmaking
Nick Mavroidakis, executive producer at UK factual indie Woodcut Media, explores how the past decade…
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News round-up: ‘L&O: Organized Crime’ moves from NBC to Peacock; TF1 orders ‘Rien ne t’efface’ adaptation
‘L&O: Organized Crime’ moves from NBC to Peacock Law & Order: Organized Crime is set…
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Canada’s Bell Media rolls out English & French-language FAST channels
Canada’s Bell Media has launched 10 FAST channels, a mix of English and French language,…
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Lionsgate’s Blackfin hires Discovery+, Nat Geo alum Igal Svet to head up documentaries
Lionsgate-owned Blackfin, the US firm behind Netflix’s Killer Inside: The Mind Of Aaron Hernandez, has…
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Writers Guild of Canada votes in favour of strike over AI & fair pay with 96.5% majority
Members of the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorising…
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Wheelhouse partners with theme park operator Merlin on attractions-focused unscripted slate
Brent Montgomery’s production firm Wheelhouse has partnered with UK-based theme park and attractions operator Merlin…
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India’s JioCinema launches new low-cost tier to undercut Netflix & Amazon
Indian streaming service JioCinema has introduced an ad-free premium subscription offering, with the lowest tier…
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News round-up: Netflix faces ‘Toughest Forces On Earth’; Roku orders ‘Tracee Travels’; Paramount+ renews ‘Dora’
Netflix faces ‘Toughest Forces On Earth’ Netflix has ordered Toughest Forces On Earth, an eight-part…
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Nevision taps producer Tim Parfitt to lead Spanish office in European expansion
London-based producer and financier Nevision (Goode Stuff, The Missing Children) is opening a new office…
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BBC expands natural history slate with insect & killer whale docs
UK public broadcaster the BBC has commissioned three new natural history shows and a chess…