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Mark Layton
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HBO cancels ‘Lovecraft Country’
HBO has opted not to return Misha Green’s horror series Lovecraft Country for a second season….
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Pact launches initiative to support UK indie growth
Pact, the UK trade body for independent TV and film, is launching Future30, a new…
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UK’s ScreenSkills funds 19 TV ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’
ScreenSkills, the UK’s industry-led skills body, is to fund 19 mid-level TV production crew through a…
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New Pictures co-founder Charlie Pattinson steps down as co-CEO, Willow Grylls takes helm
Charlie Pattinson, co-founder and joint-CEO of All3Media-backed UK prodco New Pictures is stepping down to become…
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking what’s in store at CMC 2021
Last year’s Children’s Media Conference (CMC) was one of the myriad events forced to go…
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Blumhouse TV’s alternative EVP Mary Lisio exits following ITV America deal
Blumhouse Television’s EVP of alternative and non-scripted programming, Mary Lisio, is exiting the company. The…
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Kids roundup: Threewise launches, reveals initial slate; Saturday Animation preps ‘Chase And Catch’
Threewise launches, announces initial slate A new UK & China-based kids and family production company,…
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Nat Geo explores 9/11 with anniversary docuseries
National Geographic in the US has ordered a six-part docuseries to commemorate the 20th anniversary…
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Series Mania 2021 reveals details for upcoming festival
Details about the upcoming 2021 Series Mania Festival and Series Mania Forum have been announced,…
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MPCA hires ABC Studios alum for scripted push, preps ‘Sanctuary’ reboot
US-based Motion Pictures Corporation of America (MPCA) has appointed Amy Hartwick, former ABC Studios SVP…
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Netflix preps prison comedy & horror thriller, inks animation deal
Netflix is working on two new original scripted projects – a comedy with Catherine Tate…
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Stan hires Aquarius Films MD prompting exec rejig
Miranda Culley has been hired as the new MD of Australian indie Aquarius Films, replacing…
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Factual round-up: A+E seeks lost gold; Discovery+ acquires Herzog space doc; C5 digs into Pearl Harbour
A+E seeks lost Amazon gold A+E Networks UK has acquired the documentary series Curse Of…
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Lionsgate boards Blackbox Multimedia drama ‘Costa’
US-Canadian entertainment company Lionsgate has signed on to co-produce and distribute Blackbox Multimedia’s supernatural crime…
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Round-up: Cineflix lands NA sales; CBC & Discovery+ order miniatures show; MENA’s E-Junior strikes Moonbug deal
Cineflix lands NA sales Nat Geo Wild, A&E and Discovery are among North American broadcasters…
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TBI In Conversation: Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel on character-driven factual, Netflix & Shark Week
Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel looks back on five years of factual production, reveals his hunt for…
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BFI opens applications for Short Form Animation Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has opened applications for the Short Form Animation Fund, with…
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Wildseed hires Disney alum for kids content push
UK indie Wildseed Studios has appointed Disney alum Elena Wurlitzer as senior development executive to…
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Nippon TV rejigs senior leadership, Yoshikuni Sugiyama named president
Japan’s Nippon TV has promoted Yoshikuni Sugiyama to president and senior executive officer as part…
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Amazon Studios & BBCS summon ‘Good Omens’ for second season
Amazon Studios and BBC Studios have greenlit a second season of fantasy drama Good Omens,…
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Sales round-up: ‘Departure’ takes off around world; BBC Select boosts doc offering; Autentic strikes factual sales
‘Departure’ takes off around world Broadcasters around the world have acquired Canadian conspiracy thriller Departure,…
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Sky Documentaries to explore rise and fall of the European Super League
Sky-owned British pay-TV channel Sky Documentaries has commissioned a football-focused feature length documentary about the…
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‘Cuckoo’ producer Roughcut TV expands team for drama push
UK-based production company Roughcut TV has hired Sophia Rashid and Aisling Kiely as drama development…
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Walter Presents expands into Latin America via CiND!E
Global drama streaming brand Walter Presents is expanding into Latin America with an upcoming launch…
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‘Senna’ scribe Manish Pandey drives Bernie Ecclestone F1 docuseries
Senna writer and producer Manish Pandey has partnered with Formula 1 and its former CEO…
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HGTV orders Pamela Anderson-led home renovation series
HGTV Canada has commissioned a new docuseries following actor Pamela Anderson as she renovates her…
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Why a Covid-fuelled podcast boom is set to last
Josh Adley, director of commercial & client relations at UK podcast studio Listen, explains how…
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Round up: BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’; Rocket launches Firecrest obs-docs; Prime scores twice for Olympic doc
BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’ UK pubcaster the BBC is reviving gameshow format Weakest Link. BBC…
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Disney leads global content spend amid 2020 boom
The gross cash spend on the global production and licensing of new content for streaming…
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DDEG & Jay+Otis partner to form KRAKNAnimation studio
Canada’s Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG) and US-based animation studio Lex+Otis have launched a joint venture, KRAKNAnimation, based in…