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Mark Layton
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Netflix to adapt ‘Las Muertas’ & ‘Celda 211’ as streamer expands Mexican scripted slate
Netflix is expanding its slate of Mexican originals with five new series and four films…
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Factual round-up: BBC orders space doc; Nat Geo boosts slate; TVF Int’l strikes Iberia deals
BBC orders space doc BBC Factual has commissioned Once Upon A Time In Space, a…
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Fremantle ups US exec Kimblerly Kleid to EVP of current programming
Global producer & distributor Fremantle has promoted LA-based Kimberly Kleid to EVP of current programming…
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Protagonist Pictures restructures sales & marketing leadership
London-based production, distribution and finance outfit Protagonist Pictures has reorganised its sales and marketing leadership,…
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Buyer’s Profile: Antonio Augusto Valente, head of content strategy, Globoplay
In this ongoing series, TBI speaks to key buyers about the shows they want and…
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Keshet Int’l picks up Orlando Bloom docuseries ‘Earthbound’ for distribution
Keshet International has picked up Earthbound, the docuseries from impact studio Ritual Arts and Orlando…
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Netflix sets two doc projects about US Red Sox baseball team
Netflix has commissioned two new documentary projects following US Major League Baseball (MLB) team the…
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Amazon gives new Nordic home to nine Viaplay dramas, orders Coben & Brocklehurst thriller
Amazon streamer Prime Video in the Nordics has acquired nine series originally destined for regional…
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News round-up: Sandberg hosts Hamas sexual violence doc; Fox extends ‘Animal Control’; Acorn TV & C5 order ‘Ellis’
Sandberg hosts Hamas sexual violence doc Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta and founder of…
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Sesame Workshop CEO steps down, as ‘Sesame Street’ Max deal nears end
Steve Youngwood is stepping down as CEO and board member of Sesame Workshop, the non-profit…
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A+E Media, Stockholm Syndrome & Endor to adapt Tony Parsons thriller ‘Your Neighbour’s Wife’
A+E Media Group has partnered with Stockholm Syndrome and Endor Productions to produce returnable drama…
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Banijay taps Disney’s Jessica Kam-Engle to head new CreAsia Studio in SEA expansion
Banijay Asia is expanding into Southeast Asia with the launched of a new production company,…
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New Regency recruits Netflix’s Laura Delahaye as head of domestic TV
New Regency Pictures, the producer of recently launched Prime Video series Mr & Mrs Smith,…
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British TV ‘alive and well’, says former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey
British TV content is “alive and well” according to former BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Amazon forecasted to earn $2bn in ad revenue this year
Amazon is set to generate more than $2bn in incremental advertising revenue this year, following…
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9 Story Media acquires Toronto-based producer & distributor Portfolio Entertainment
Doc McStuffins and Octonauts outfit 9 Story Media Group has acquired the library, production slate, and…
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Netflix maintains Spanish investment with more than 20 shows for 2024
Netflix will launch more than 20 productions made in Spain in 2024 across scripted and…
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Disney+ and Paramount+ pull content amid shifting strategies
Disney+ and Paramount+ have both pulled a swathe of content from their services in the…
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Arte acquires Israeli comedy ‘Bloody Murray’
France & Germany’s Arte has acquired Israeli comedy Bloody Murray, which it will launch under…
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UK’s BBC, ITV, C4 & C5 streamer Freely sets Q2 launch
Freely, the upcoming free TV service from Everyone TV, the organisation jointly owned by UK…
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Moonbug shutters ‘Oddbods’ firm One Animation, partners with Crayola & Sesame Street
UK-based Moonbug Entertainment has shuttered One Animation, the Singapore studio behind children’s animation Oddbods, less…
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Netflix reveals 2024 line-up, int’l originals & doc acquisitions
Netflix has unveiled a slew of new and returning global and local originals this week,…
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Wonderhood Television promotes for development & production
Wonderhood Television, the TV arm of UK-based Wonderhood Studios, has promoted Lianne Hickey to director…
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News round-up: Apple TV+ renews ‘Hijack’; Paramount+ picks up ‘Colin From Accounts’ S2; Rope Ladder invests in short films
Apple TV+ renews ‘Hijack’ Apple TV+ has renewed Hijack, the thriller starring and executive produced…
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Fremantle inks first-look & development deal with ‘Alice & Jack’ firm Me+You Productions
Fremantle has inked a first-look and development deal with Me+You Productions, the Alice & Jack…
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Warner Bros. Discovery streamer HBO GO expands in Asia with launch on Taiwan Mobile
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has partnered with telco company Taiwan Mobile to launch its regional…
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Antena 3 orders Spanish version of Red Arrow Studios format ‘Beat The Channel’
Atresmedia Television in Spain has commissioned a local version of Red Arrow Studios entertainment format…
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Cineflix Rights recruits ITV Studios’ Greg Johnson to lead Americas & APAC sales
Cineflix Rights has appointed ITV Studios exec Greg Johnson to the newly created role of…
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Buyer’s Profile: Marcos Milanez, chief content officer, Rakuten TV
In this ongoing series, TBI speaks to key buyers about the shows they want and…
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Byron Allen offers $30bn to acquire Paramount Global
US media mogul and The Weather Channel owner Byron Allen has made a $30bn offer…