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Mark Layton
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NBCUniversal ups Jimmy Horowitz to oversee Peacock & network deals
Jimmy Horowitz, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) vice chairman and president, has been handed oversight…
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CuriosityStream hires STX alum Brandon Fong to head North American distribution
US-based factual streamer CuriosityStream has appointed Brandon Fong to the role of SVP and head…
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Channel 4 orders third season and charity outing for ‘The Circle’
Channel 4 in the UK has ordered a special week-long celebrity edition of Studio Lambert’s…
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Amazon orders dark comedy ‘I’m A Virgo’ from Boots Riley
Amazon has made a direct-to-series order of dark comedy I’m A Virgo from writer and…
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Marblemedia CEO Mark Bishop on turning lemons into lemonade in 2020
Mark Bishop, co-CEO of Toronto-based indie Marblemedia, says that the unprecedented challenges of the past…
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TBI’s 2020 Wrap: BBCS’s Paul Dempsey; Argonon’s James Burstall; White Spark’s Briege Whitehead
As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs…
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Banijay completes exec team with Peter Langenberg named group COO
Production and distribution giant Banijay has appointed Peter Langenberg as group COO, rounding out the…
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Netflix continues UK investment with seven new scripted orders
Netflix has commissioned seven new original scripted series in the UK, with all of the…
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TBI’s 2020 Wrap: GloboPlay’s Ana Carolina Lima; ITVS’s Julian Bellamy; Starz’s Superna Kalle
As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs…
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Kids round-up: Loomi Animation launches; Sinking Ship to distribute ‘Alma’s Way’; New local agents for ‘Kid-E-Cats’
Epic Storyworlds team launch Loomi Animation Steve Couture and Ken Faier, founders of recently launched…
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Disney plans $16bn content spend, 350m subs target & raft of new originals
The Walt Disney Company has announced plans to spend between $14-$16bn on content for its…
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‘The Liberator’ prodco Trioscope expands into Europe
US hybrid animation prodco Trioscope Studios has partnered with Polish visual effects and sound studio…
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The fast-evolving world of markets & festivals (Part 2)
Barely a handful of live industry events took place this year, due to the Coronavirus…
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Five takeaways from World Congress of Science and Factual Producers 2020
Gemma Greene, head of development at British factual indie Icon Films, shares with TBI what…
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The fast-evolving world of markets & festivals (Part 1)
Barely a handful of live industry events took place this year, due to the Coronavirus…
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Disney alum David Levine joins Moonbug as studio head
UK-based kids animation company Moonbug Entertainment has appointed former Walt Disney Company exec David Levine…
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CNN Films & BBC jointly commission Covid-19 vaccine doc
CNN Films in the US and UK pubcaster the BBC have jointly commissioned a feature…
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HBO to reboot vampire drama ‘True Blood’
US cablenet HBO is rebooting vampire drama True Blood. HBO has reportedly been working on…
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AT&T CEO defends Warner Bros streaming move with HBO Max at 12.6 million subs
WarnerMedia’s big-budget SVOD HBO Max is at 12.6 million activated subscribers, AT&T CEO John Stankey…
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Sales round-up: ‘Taskmaster’ sells to TV4 and SBS Viceland; ‘Halifax: Retribution’ heads to PBS Masterpiece and more
‘Taskmaster’ sells to TV4 and SBS Viceland TV4 in Sweden and Finland and SBS Viceland…
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Platform One rebrands as Boat Rocker; CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh promoted
LA-based Platform One Media is rebranding as Boat Rocker Studios, Scripted, following its acquisition by…
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UK-US prodco 42 snags True North MD Marc Allen as COO
UK-and-US-based management and production company 42 has hired former True North MD Marc Allen as…
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Media Ranch expands by hiring Fox Networks & Story Lab alums
Canadian format production and distribution company Media Ranch is expanding its development and sales team…
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Reese Witherspoon prodco Hello Sunshine acquires SKR in unscripted boost
Hello Sunshine, the US-based production company co-founded by actor Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere), has…
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Kids round-up: Acamar ups Morris to new chief content role; Distribution 360 does Italy, Thailand and US deals; Reesee names new JP
Acamar ups Morris to new chief content role UK-based indie Acamar Films has promoted Jodie…
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TBI Weekly: What Discovery+ means for global non-fiction
Discovery+ looks likely to be the last major streamer to be unveiled in 2020, but…
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News round-up: ITV Studios sells 300+ hours in India; Newen Connect to distribute Italy’s ‘Christian’ and more…
ITV Studios sells 300+ hours in India Soon-to-launch streamer Discovery+, Lionsgate Play and Viacom 18…
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Disney cuts swathe of senior execs as TV restructure begins
A major round of lay-offs is underway at Walt Disney’s Television Group, with many high-level…
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AMC consolidates UMC & WE tv leadership; renews ‘Fear The Walking Dead’
US-based AMC Networks has brought the leadership of its UMC streaming service and WE tv…
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Hillary & Chelsea Clinton launch prodco, unveils first project at Apple
Apple TV+ has given a straight-to-series order to Gutsy Women, a docuseries hosted by former…