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Channel 5 & PBS Masterpiece extend ‘All Creatures’ for two seasons
ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the UK and PBS Masterpiece in the US have handed a…
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BBC gets ‘Stuck’ with Dylan Moran & Morgana Robinson
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a “dark” and “sometimes surreal” sitcom written by and…
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Canada’s Go Button boosts production & development teams as slate doubles
Canadian factual prodco Go Button Media has made four promotions to bolsters its production and…
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Roku platform boss Scott Rosenberg to depart
Scott Rosenberg, SVP and GM of platform business at US-based tech and streaming service Roku,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Who’s ahead of the game in global channel reach?
As more brands go global, the battle to place content in front of the greatest…
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Opinion: Who cares about your content?!
In the first instalment of a monthly column, Siobhan Crawford, head of sales and acquisitions at…
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BBC hires ITN boss to head news & current affairs
The BBC has appointed ITN boss Deborah Turness as the CEO of BBC News and…
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South Shore hires Dragonfly alum to head Welsh office
UK indie South Shore Productions has appointed former Drangonfly west boss Simon Kerfoot to head…
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CNN+ orders Alison Roman cooking show
US-based news network CNN has partnered with celebrity chef and food writer Alison Roman for…
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David E Kelley’s ‘Big Little Lies’ prodco appoints new president
Big Little Lies prodco David E Kelley Productions has promoted writer and producer Matthew Tinker…
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Apple TV+ partners with Beletsky for Lincoln assassination drama
Apple TV+ has commissioned Manhunt, a limited drama series based on the book by James…
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Entertainment One owner Hasbro appoints new CEO
US toy giant Hasbro has promoted Chris Cocks to CEO to succeed the late Brian…
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Sundance goes virtual over Covid concerns
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival will be moving to a fully online event due to…
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AMC Networks snags anime streamer HIDIVE following Sentai acquisition
AMC Networks in the US has added anime-focused streamer HIDIVE to its growing portfolio of…
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MGM hires WWE alum for Lat Am & US Hispanic distribution
MGM has appointed former WWE exec Klaudia Bermudez-Key as SVP of international TV distribution for Latin America…
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Whisper hires Tanami exec as head of branded & digital
Whisper, the Sony-backed UK sports and unscripted prodco, has appointed Jemma Goba as head of…
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Kapital Entertainment snaps up ABC execs to head creative
Aaron Kaplan’s US indie Kapital Entertainment has hired former ABC head of drama Brian Morewitz…
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All3’s Little Dot & History Hit set course for Shackleton’s shipwreck
All3Media’s Little Dot Studios and its SVOD platform History Hit have partnered with a new…
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Disney closes Spanish pay-tv channels Fox Life & Viajar
Disney has closed down its pay-tv channels Fox Life and Viajar in Spain as the…
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Peacock orders trio of Winter Olympics docs ahead of 2022 Games
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has commissioned a trio of new documentaries ahead of the 2022 Olympic…
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NENT Group acquires 700 hours from eOne in new content deal
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired more than 700 hours of content from Entertainment…
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BBC & Netflix to explore ‘Cunk On Earth’ with new mockumentary
UK comedian Diane Morgan will reprise her Philomena Cunk role for the BBC and Netflix…
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Disney+ teams with Baobab to explore ‘The Witchverse’
Disney Branded TV has partnered with international animation house Baobab Studios to develop The Witchverse for…
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Netflix to adapt western comic ‘The Hated’
Netflix has acquired the rights to adapt David F Walker’s western comic book The Hated…
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ITV orders second season of ‘The Masked Dancer’
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a second season of entertainment format The Masked Dancer from…
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Banijay France’s Terence Films developing Louis Braille drama
Banijay France’s scripted label Terence Films is working on a new drama series based on…
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News round-up: Germany’s BR asks ‘Fact Or Fake’; Disney rebooting ‘Zorro’; NBC preps Shakira dance format
Germany’s BR asks ‘Fact Or Fake’ German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ARD’s free-to-air channel for…
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Russia’s START inks TV3 Group & Polot Media deals
TV3 Group in the Baltics has inked a package deal with Russian-language SVOD START, while…
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Viaplay stocks up on Nordic drama for US launch
NENT Group-owned streamer Viaplay has acquired a raft of scripted programming ahead of its launch…
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Cartoon to launch new physical event, CartoonNext, in Marseilles 2022
Non-profit organisation Cartoon is launching a new physical event, CartoonNext, dedicated to the rapidly evolving…