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Mark Layton
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Global spending drives UK production to record revenues of $4.2bn
UK television production revenues hit a record high of £3.3bn ($4.2bn) during 2019 driven largely…
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Producer-led iZen group launches new Clapperboard drama label
iZen, the producer-owned content group comprising of a network of independent production companies in Spain,…
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News round-up: eOne sells ‘Nurses’; NENT’s ‘Farm’ opens in Netherlands; TVF sales; AMC strikes C5 deal
Foxtel & NBCU among networks to take eOne’s ‘Nurses’ Foxtel in Australia, NBCUniversal International Networks…
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Scottish indie Two Rivers strikes co-pro deal with new Ross Wilson venture
Scottish indie Two Rivers Media has struck a co-production deal with RW Productions (RWP), the…
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UK indie Woodcut Media opens distribution arm, plans co-financing
UK indie prodco Woodcut Media is expanding into distribution, with the launch of a new…
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ITV America ups Heath Banks to COO
Hell’s Kitchen and Pawn Stars producer ITV America has promoted Heath Banks to the role of chief operating…
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LatAm streamer Europa+ launches, with ‘Doctor Who’ & ‘Vernon Subutex’
US-based media company Castalia Communications and Mexican investment fund Innokap have announced the launch of…
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How Tuesday’s Child kept the music playing through Covid
In the first of a two-part series, Karen Smith, MD at Tuesday’s Child, tells TBI…
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News round-up: MIA reveals line-up; Eccho strikes Ukraine deal; BBC Two goes fishing again
MIA reveals line-up Italian drama event Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) has unveiled its initial line-up…
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BBCS extends development and distribution partnership with ‘First Team’ prodco Fudge Park
BBC Studios (BBCS) has renewed its partnership with Fudge Park Productions, the company founded by…
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BBC Studios, Lionsgate hire ABC’s Rachel Bendavid for scripted partnership
BBC Studios (BBCS) and Lionsgate have appointed ABC Entertainment alum Rachel Bendavid to head up…
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StudioCanal hires Fremantle alum Sarah Doole to head Red Production
Shadowplay producer StudioCanal has appointed Fremantle’s recently departed director of global drama Sarah Doole to…
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US streamer Topic picks up trio of premium foreign scripted dramas
First Look Media-owned North American streamer Topic has acquired Icelandic political thriller The Minister, Canadian dark…
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UK’s Drive ‘Chops’ into expanded factual formats slate
UK-based funding and sales company Drive has acquired global distribution rights to three new factual…
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Tastemade, SBS snag TAC Studios lifestyle shows
US network Tastemade, SBS in Australia and Discovery Networks in the Middle East and Africa…
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UK’s Channel 4 budget to ‘go up massively’ in 2021
Channel 4 will increase its budget “massively” next year as the UK ad-supported broadcaster rebounds…
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Oz’s Escapade seeks ‘The Best Kind Of Beautiful’
Sydney-based distributor Escapade Media has teamed up with Sallyanne Ryan Archer’s Maiden and Rodrigo Vidal…
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Chinese Covid-19 drama sells to UK’s Sky amid global deals
Sky in the UK is among operators to have picked up a Chinese drama exploring…
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Canada’s ComediHa! hires Media Ranch exec to oversee sales
Montreal-based comedy producer ComediHa! has appointed an exec from fellow Canadian outfit Media Ranch to…
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ITV adapts Spain’s ‘Game Of Talents’ and Belgium’s ‘Professor T’ formats
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local adaptation of Spanish gameshow format Game Of Talents,…
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France’s Salto & Foxtel take Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ global
French streamer Salto, the joint venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions, is among a…
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Former Bristow Global Media CEO launches female-focused investment group
Julie Bristow, the former CEO and president of Canada-based prodco Bristow Global Media (BGM), has…
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Show of the Week: The Married Game
This unique format, which has already sold across Europe and North America, combines dating and…
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ZDFE secures ‘Voltaire In Love’ distribution rights
Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has snagged sales rights to France Télévisions’ new historical drama Voltaire…
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Universal reveals $100m+ drama trio in Australia
Universal Studio Group is set to shoot three scripted TV series in Australia over the…
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Israel’s Gil Formats cooks up Spanish, Korean show
Israel’s Gil Formats is expanding its distribution slate with a new culinary show created by…
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Disney+ orders new Nick Fury Marvel series; Samuel L Jackson to reprise role
Disney+ has reportedly commissioned a new Marvel TV show, based around the character of super-spy…
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Samuel L Jackson’s docuseries ‘Enslaved’ to air in 130 territories
France’s Histoire TV, History in Germany and RTVE in Spain have picked up Samuel L…
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Alibi renews ‘Traces’ and ‘We Hunt Together’ for second seasons, due 2021
UKTV’s specialist crime drama channel Alibi has recommissioned two of its original series – Traces…
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Walter Presents expands Nordic offering with NENT deal
Drama streamer Walter Presents has extended its acquisitions spree by adding an array of Nordic…