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Mark Layton
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HBO Max Lat Am & Canal+ Group among global deals for UK true crime drama ‘Deceit’
HBO Max and the Canal+ Group are among broadcasters across Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin…
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TBI Show of the Week: Rebecca
An obsessed detective is confronted by her worst fears in this crime drama remake from…
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Netflix preps African queen docudrama from Westbrook & Nutopia
Netflix has handed a two-season order to Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios…
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Pact & DiVA create 80 UK apprenticeships via Kickstart Scheme
The Kickstart Scheme, run by UK screen trade association Pact and media apprenticeships provider DiVA,…
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Ed TV Festival: Discovery+ shares content wishlist & UK minister defends C4 privatisation
Discovery told producers to “keep calm and carry on” following the WarnerMedia merger, while Channel…
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Sky boosts factual with bumper order & preps Sky Max drama original
European pay-TV giant Sky has just made a bumper factual order for seven new original…
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Ed TV Festival: BBC talks linear; ITV defends ‘Love Island’ & Amazon on risk-taking
The BBC talked up linear reach, ITV defended Love Island and Amazon spoke about the…
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Where the hell are all the formats?
Siobhan Crawford, head of sales and acquisitions at Belgium’s Primitives, the distributor of The Mole…
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OSN to debut ‘The Way Out’ & ‘No Activity’ adaptations
Dubai-based broadcaster OSN is launching two new original series next month – escape room competition…
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Deals round up: Emmys, ‘Staged’ & ‘Professionals’ head to Asia; Channel 4 plans car crash; ‘Ida Takes Charge’ at Viaplay
Emmys, ‘Staged’ & ‘Professionals’ head to Asia Broadcasters and platforms across Asia have picked up…
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Netflix preps UK reality show & orders true crime docuseries
Netflix has ordered three new UK-produced reality and entertainment series, along with a true crime…
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BBC calls on Rare TV for daytime factual show ‘Expert Witness’
UK pubcaster BBC One has commissioned Expert Witness, a new 15-part BBC Daytime factual series…
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Ed TV Festival: Paramount+ seeks UK originals & C4’s Ian Katz slams privatisation plans
ViacomCBS put out a call for content pitches from UK indies for Paramount+, while Channel…
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WarnerMedia continues HBO Asia originals expansion with Taiwan drama
WarnerMedia has commissioned Who’s By Your Side, a new HBO Asia original from Taiwan, which…
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Ed TV Festival: Disney+ dives into Jules Verne; NBCU’s co-pro plans; Jack Thorne blasts disability failings
Disney+ has unveiled Nautilus, its latest UK-based scripted series, while NBCUniversal revealed its global co-pro…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Predicting the future & effects of digital ad growth
Online advertising will account for more than 70% of worldwide ad revenue by 2025. As…
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Factual round-up: Hollywood Suite to debut ‘No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave’; Harbour strikes NTV, NHK & RTHK deals
Hollywood Suite to debut ‘No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave’ Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite has…
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ABC Australia orders prequel season for outback crime drama ‘Mystery Road’
Australia’s ABC has commissioned a third season of crime drama series Mystery Road, which will…
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WarnerMedia brings more ‘Titoo’ to India’s Pogo
WarnerMedia has ordered a new season and four feature-length specials of the kids’ comedy animation…
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CuriosityStream rebrands as Curiosity as business expands
US factual company CuriosityStream is rebranding itself with the shortened name Curiosity, while its flagship…
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Smithsonian delves into engineering secrets in new factual original
ViacomCBS’ Smithsonian Channel has ordered a new original factual series, Impossible Repairs, which explores the…
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TBI Weekly: Forging a fresh path in the epic fantasy boom
With a slew of new epic fantasy shows on the horizon, Britannia exec James Richardson…
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Sales round-up: Hulu lines up ‘The Unusual Suspects’ for US debut; ‘Attila The Hun’ travels the world
Hulu lines up ‘The Unusual Suspects’ for US debut Hulu has picked up Australian comedy…
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Netflix inks overall deal with ‘The Witcher’ creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Netflix has signed a multi-year overall deal with The Witcher creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who…
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Toonz & K6 partner for new festive pre-school series ‘Li’l Santa’
India’s Toonz Media Group has acquired global distribution rights to Canada-based K6 Media Group’s new…
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Freeform rehires The CW’s Julie Jarmon to head scripted development
Veteran exec Julie Jarmon has returned to Disney-owned US network Freeform as SVP of development….
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Former Netflix employees charged with insider trading
Three former Netflix engineers have been charged with insider trading by the US Securities and…
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Amazon & Discovery+ score David Beckham-backed Premier League docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has acquired the upcoming BBC2 football documentary series Fever Pitch! The Rise…
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Nordic streamer Viaplay orders murder-thriller from Banijay’s Jarowskij
NENT Group streamer Viaplay has ordered A Class Apart, a new Swedish drama from Banijay…
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Smithsonian Channel & Bassett Vance prep slave trade docuseries
ViacomCBS-owned MTV Entertainment’s Smithsonian Channel is collaborating with Angela Bassett and Courtney B Vance’s Bassett…