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Mark Layton
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Asacha buys majority stake in UK’s Wag Entertainment
European production outfit Asacha Media Group (AMG) has acquired a majority stake in UK factual…
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Michelle Obama to cook up and host Netflix kids series
Netflix is working on a new children’s cookery show, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s…
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Disney shutters ‘Ice Age’ creators Blue Sky Studios
Disney is closing down US-based Blue Sky Studios, the former 20th Century Fox animation house…
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UK’s ScreenSkills establishes virtual production training standards
Screen industry-led UK skills body ScreenSkills is to develop national training standards for virtual production…
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National Geographic unveils spring factual premiere slate
National Geographic has unveiled a raft of factual premieres across its spring schedule, including science,…
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News round-up: All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’; UKTV tunes in to ‘Whose Line…’; Federation Ent’ expands doc slate
All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’ All3Media International has acquired distribution rights to factual series Extraordinary Escapes…
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Fox greenlights Ancient Greek adult animation from ‘Rick & Morty’ creator Dan Harmon
Fox has given a straight-to-series order to a new adult animated comedy from Rick & Morty…
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Apple TV+ orders Jane Goodall-inspired kids show
Apple TV+ has give a straight-to-series order to a hybrid live-action and CGI kids series…
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Japan’s Fuji TV enters format partnership with The Story Lab
Japanese comcaster Fuji Television Network and global production and distribution studio The Story Lab have…
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Amazon to adapt ‘Summer’ trilogy; original author Jenny Han to helm
Amazon Studios has ordered an adaptation of Jenny’s Han’s young adult novel trilogy The Summer…
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Sales round-up: MagellanTV, TVF & Furnace co-pro science show; Viaplay picks up first-ever Faroese drama; ZDFE shops Nazi slave doc
MagellanTV, TVF & Furnace co-pro science show Global SVOD service MagellanTV has ordered a new…
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HBO orders Woody Allen child abuse scandal doc; feature-length GameStop drama
WarnerMedia-owned HBO has ordered a new four-part documentary series exploring the decade-spanning child sexual abuse…
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Syfy hangs up ‘Wynonna Earp’s’ guns
US-based NBCUniversal-owned cable channel Syfy has cancelled supernatural western Wynonna Earp, with the show to…
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Netflix reveals multi-genre slate from Obama’s Higher Ground
Netflix has announced an upcoming slate of multi-genre programming from US-based Higher Ground Productions, the…
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Germany’s SWR travels ‘Down The Road’ with local order for Belgian factual format
German broadcaster SWR has commissioned a local adaptation of Down The Road, the factual format…
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TBI Weekly: What Brook Lapping’s Trump docuseries tells us about tenacity
UK factual producer Brook Lapping launches its three-part docuseries Trump Takes On The World on BBC…
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News round-up: Legendary merges int’l & US TV; WarnerMedia signs ‘Impractical Jokers’; Skydance, Impact eye emerging talent; CNN’s Zucker to exit
Legendary merges TV businesses Legendary is consolidating its international and domestic TV businesses under the…
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“Strong signs of recovery” for UK film and high-end TV production
The UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production sector is showing “strong signs of economic…
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BBC partners with Magic Light again for ‘Superworm’ Christmas special
The UK’s BBC has re-teamed with Magic Light Pictures, commissioning an animated adaptation of Superworm,…
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Starz crowns Catherine De Medici series ‘The Serpent Queen’
US network Starz has commissioned The Serpent Queen, an adaptation of Leonie Frieda’s book Catherine…
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News roundup: Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world; Sweden’s SVT enters ‘The Red Room’; Marathon sets first scripted project
Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world Amcomri Media Group-owned Abacus Media Rights has acquired…
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Golden Globe nominations bring history-making first for female directors and unexpected snub
The nominations for this year’s Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with a history-making first…
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Sony Pictures TV partners with Nigeria’s EbonyLife to take African scripted global
Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) international production division has forged an exclusive two-year first-look deal with…
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Kids round-up: Beyond shops ‘The World According To Grandpa’; Cyber launches animation studio; Rai welcomes ‘Pablo’
Beyond Rights shops ‘The World According To Grandpa’ Beyond Rights has acquired worldwide distribution rights…
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Constantin Entertainment exec Christoph von Issendorff departs after 18 years with company
Christoph von Issendorff has left German prodco Constantin Entertainment after more than 18 years with…
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News round-up: Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’; C More renews ‘Blinded’; RTÉ undertakes ‘The Love Experiment’
Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’ Netflix has acquired Australian spy thriller Operation Buffalo to steam…
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‘Death In Paradise’ exec Belinda Campbell talks “exceptional” scripted TV
Red Planet Pictures’ joint-MD Belinda Campbell says that “good is not good enough” when it comes to…
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Former Little Airplane CEO Josh Selig launches China-focused firm
Josh Selig, the former CEO of US-based Little Airplane Productions, has launched China Bridge Content,…
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Kids round-up: Netflix revs up ‘Sonic’ series; Youtube hires Hunter to oversee preschool originals; ‘Donkey Hodie’ gets $3m funding
Netflix revs up ‘Sonic’ series Netflix has commissioned a new animated series, Sonic Prime, based…
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AMC Networks invests in Canada’s Shaftesbury as part of ‘strategic’ deal
US-based AMC Networks has invested in Canadian prodco Shaftesbury, in what has been described as a…