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Earth Touch makes global wildlife doc sales
Broadcasters and platforms across the world have picked up 170 hours of new wildlife and…
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UK indies Channel X and Hopscotch launch new joint prodco
UK independent prodcos Channel X and Hopscotch Films have teamed up to launch a new…
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UK’s King Bert snaps up BBC Studios’ kids’ boss
UK-based prodco King Bert Productions has appointed BBC Studios’ former head of children’s Nathan Waddington…
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Fremantle preps drama on UK Prime Minister’s pandemic response
Fremantle has put a new series into production about UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s handling…
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NBC orders lockdown comedy from ‘Blindspot’ duo
US network NBC has ordered a Connecting, a Coronavirus-era scripted comedy series filmed entirely through…
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UK gameshow ‘Catchphrase’ first ITV series back to production
British broadcaster ITV has announced that its long-running gameshow Catchphrase will be the first entertainment…
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‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ to recast voice actors amid animation change
A slew of US animated series, including long-running hits The Simpsons and Family Guy, are…
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Netflix to adapt ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ video game
Netflix has teamed up with Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red and Japanese animation…
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TBI Weekly: Will China’s media giants push Netflix out of Asia-Pacific?
Netflix is, for now, the undisputed global king of streaming, boasting close to 183 million…
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ViacomCBS Africa exec Monde Twala takes lead at BET International
Monde Twala, SVP of ViacomCBS Networks Africa, editorial and general manager has been promoted, now…
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Netflix orders ‘Dirty Lines’, new Dutch original from Fiction Valley
Netflix has ordered a new Dutch original series, Dirty Lines, inspired by author Fred Saueressig’s…
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South Korea’s MBC launches sci-fi anthology
South Korean network MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) is launching SF8, an original sci-fi anthology series…
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Hulu joins BBC’s ‘Conversations With Friends’ from ‘Normal People’ author Sally Rooney
Disney-owned streamer Hulu has doubled-down on author Sally Rooney and joined the BBC’s adaptation of…
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HBO Max inks overall deal with US star Marlon Wayans
American actor, comedian and producer Marlon Wayans has signed an overall deal with HBO Max….
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ITV Hub to ‘supersize’ content in Love Island-less summer
ITV’s catch-up platform ITV Hub will ‘supersize’ its content offering this summer, the broadcaster has…
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BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ to return for shortened season
UK pubcaster the BBC will be airing a shortened series of primetime celebrity dance competition…
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Showtime picks up UK thriller ‘We Hunt Together’
ViacomCBS-owned US network Showtime has picked up BBC Studios’ psychological thriller We Hunt Together for…
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China’s Tencent to buy Asian streamer Iflix
Chinese entertainment giant Tencent is poised to acquire the key assets of indebted pan-Asian streamer…
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Kids roundup: Kelebek options Christmas adventure tale; BBC orders more ‘Petsaurus’ adventures; Wildbrain Spark launches dedicated subtitled channel
Kelebek Media options Christmas adventure tale UK-based indie prodco Kelebek Media has optioned the rights…
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News roundup: ITV America strikes Nobody’s Hero deal; Beyond’s UK sales; Cinedigm streams with FreeCast; and more…
ITV America signs overall deal with unscripted prodco Nobody’s Hero ITV America has signed an…
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News roundup: MGM gets first-look deal with Small World IFT; Lion TV USA inks prank co-pro deal; Vuulr launches new online market event and more…
MGM signs first-look deal with Small World IFT US-based MGM Television’s unscripted and alternative television…
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TBI In Conversation: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ showrunner Mark Goffman on making the most of lockdown
In this installment of TBI’s In Conversation strand, we talk to Sleepy Hollow and Bull showrunner Mark Goffman…
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Endemol Shine options Indian novel ‘You Beneath Your Skin’
Endemol Shine India has optioned Damyanti Biswas’s crime novel You Beneath Your Skin to develop…
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News roundup: Wheelhouse and LOL to co-pro; UK’s C4 orders rural property show; Ryan Saul joins The Cartel
Wheelhouse and Laugh Out Loud sign co-pro deal Wheelhouse Entertainment and Laugh Out Loud have…
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Factual roundup: AMC SVODs acquire raft of factual shows; Autentic to distribute brain research doc; UKTV is ‘Gone Fishing’
AMC SVODs acquire docs for US AMC Networks’ SVOD services Acorn TV and Sundance Now…
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Glass Entertainment promotes senior creatives
US prodco Glass Entertainment Group (GEG) has announced several senior promotions within its creative team; naming…
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NENT Studios UK and Projector Pictures take ‘The Holiday’ together
NENT (Nordic Entertainment Group) Studios UK and UK indie prodco Projector Pictures have gone into…
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Disney+ to launch in eight more European countries
Disney+ will expand into a further eight European countries on 15 September. A little under…
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‘Cobra Kai’ finds new home on Netflix
Scripted martial arts drama Cobra Kai has moved to Netflix after the show was revealed…
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WarnerMedia EMEA and APAC boss Giorgio Stock to depart
Giorgio Stock, WarnerMedia Entertainment’s president of networks and sales for EMEA and Asia-Pacific, is leaving…