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Mark Layton
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Nancy Glass & Marcus Lemonis acquire rights to classic game show ‘Let’s Make A Deal’
Producer Nancy Glass and her US-based Glass Entertainment Group and entrepreneur and TV host Marcus…
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Adult Swim’s Jason DeMarco appointed to lead Warner Bros. anime push
Warner Bros. has handed Adult Swim exec Jason DeMarco an expanded role as SVP of…
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Netflix visits ‘Roaring Twenties’ as streamer supercharges reality push
Netflix is ramping up its reality TV output, with a new series commission, several renewals…
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SVT orders Swedish adaptation of Banijay’s ‘All Against 1’ format
Swedish pubcaster SVT has commissioned a local version of Banijay’s entertainment format All Against 1….
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Sky & Hulu partner for Pulse Films true crime doc
European pay-TV giant Sky and Disney-owned US streamer Hulu have partnered to co-produce a true…
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Funimation closes $1.2bn acquisition of anime streaming rival Crunchyroll
Sony’s Funimation group has completed its $1.175bn acquisition of AT&T’s global anime streaming service Crunchyroll,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why TV will trump cinema for post-pandemic US audiences
The global pandemic has caused monumental shifts in both the way that audiences are served…
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News round-up: Blue Ant takes ‘Spirit To Soar’ rights; OSN & Discovery in Beyond MENA deals; DocuBay takes factual shows
Blue Ant takes ‘Spirit To Soar’ rights Toronto-based Blue Ant International has acquired global distribution…
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Paramount TV inks overall deal with ‘Dear White People’ creator Justin Simien
Paramount Television Studios has inked a three-year overall deal with Justin Simien, the writer, director…
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BBC fulfils factual & arts pledge with slew of commissions
UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered a slew of new programming through its recently created…
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Netflix invests in Oz talent via Screenworks initiative
Netflix has partnered with Australian screen industry charity Screenworks and the government of New South…
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Nutopia rejigs development team with key promotions
US-and-UK-based factual prodco Nutopia has promoted Samantha Fernandes to head of development and Rob MacAndrew…
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LatAm animation studio Ánima launches adult & YA division with ‘El Santos’ adaptation
Mexican animation studio Ánima has launched a new adult & young adult division, and set…
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Freedom Films to adapt Frankie Sheehan novels as returning crime series
LA-based Freedom Films and actor & producer Victoria Smurfit have acquired the rights to Irish…
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IMDb TV extends acquisition streak with Oz drama ‘Troppo’
Amazon’s AVOD IMDb TV has picked up the first season of upcoming Australian crime drama…
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Lionsgate Play appoints GM ahead of Philippines expansion
Starz and Lionsgate India’s South Asian streaming platform, Lionsgate Play, is to launch in the…
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SundanceTV launches true crime franchise, orders two unscripted series
AMC Networks’ SundanceTV has launched its first true crime franchise – the aptly titled True…
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ViacomCBS inks $900m ‘South Park’ deal to stock Paramount+
ViacomCBS has signed a $900m deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone…
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Indielab hires Bafta Scotland alum to oversee UK & gaming expansion
UK-based TV accelerator programme Indielab has appointed Bafta Scotland’s Beverley McMillan to the newly created…
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Amazon orders ‘The Lake’, first Canadian scripted original
Prime Video has ordered The Lake, a half-hour comedy which marks the streamer’s first scripted…
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Discovery+ links with OWN on five-series unscripted order
Discovery has announced a new slate of unscripted original programming produced exclusively for the Discovery+…
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IMDb TV takes US rights to Canada’s ‘Pretty Hard Cases’
Amazon-owned free streamer IMDb TV has picked up Canadian buddy-cop drama series Pretty Hard Cases…
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Radar Pictures to adapt ‘Valdemar’ fantasy book series
LA-based Radar Pictures has secured the TV rights to US author Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar fantasy…
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Fox Entertainment & Gordon Ramsay cook up global prodco in overall deal
Fox Entertainment in the US and British chef, restaurateur and TV personality Gordon Ramsay have…
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Discovery+ hits 18 million subs as Zaslav talks of ‘third global streamer’
Discovery’s recently launched streamer has amassed 18 million global subscribers, the US-based factual broadcast giant…
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Netflix orders real time SpaceX docuseries
Netflix has commissioned Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission To Space, a docuseries following the upcoming September launch…
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Nickelodeon Israel orders multi-lingual scripted teen series
Nickelodeon Israel has commissioned Thalanth, a new live-action teen series exclusively for its for Hot Cable…
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Synchronicity & Wild Sheep partner on YA adaptation ‘One Word Kill’
Scottish prodco Synchronicity Films and LA-based Wild Sheep are co-producing an adaptation of British-American fantasy…
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Sales round-up: SBS takes ‘Rats’ AVOD rights; Oz drama ‘RFDS’ flies worldwide
SBS takes ‘Rats’ AVOD rights Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired exclusive AVOD rights to Czech…
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Getting the most out of hybrid working
Olly Strous is CTO at UK-based factual production outfit Zinc Media Group, whose various labels…