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Mark Layton
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Box To Box Films recruits Shine TV’s Tom Hutchings as executive producer
Drive To Survive producer Box To Box Films has hired Shine TV and Studio Lambert…
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UK’s ITV to cut 200 jobs as advertising downturn bites
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to cut 200 jobs as a consequence of the downturn…
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Telecinco cooks up Spanish version of culinary competition ‘Next Level Chef’
Mediaset España has commissioned a local version of Fox culinary format Next Level Chef for…
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Fabel Entertainment boards Niels Juul’s Adidas family drama
Fabel Entertainment, the US prodco behind Prime Video series Bosch and its spin-offs, has boarded…
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A+E recruits Goalpost & ex-Screen Queensland chief Kylie Munnich for UK & Ireland sales
A+E Media Group in the US has appointed Goalpost Pictures chief and former Screen Queensland…
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BBC investigates upcoming MGM+ thriller ‘Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue’
UK public broadcaster the BBC has acquired Anthony Horowitz’s mystery thriller Nine Bodies In A…
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HBO orders college campus comedy with Steve Carell
HBO in the US has commissioned a new comedy series starring and executive produced by…
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Sundance Now brings M-Net thriller ‘White Lies’ to US & Canada
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now has acquired North American rights to White Lies, the crime thriller…
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Channel 5 acquires UK rights to Peacock’s Stormy Daniels documentary
Paramount-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired exclusive local rights to Stormy, the US documentary…
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Hulu acquires queer dating shows ‘I Kissed A…’ for US debut
US streamer Hulu has acquired the first two seasons of Twofour’s queer dating series I…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why ad-supported streaming is set to boom in Latin America
With Netflix having already rolled out its ‘Basic with Ads’ tier in Latin America, all…
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Fox Entertainment Global picks up ‘Billion Dollar Playground’ in first third-party series deal
Fox Entertainment Global (FEG) has struck its first third-party distribution agreement, acquiring the worldwide tape…
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WW2 doc ‘D-Day: The Unheard Tapes’ heads to Canal+ & RTVE in European sales
Canal+ in France and RTVE in Spain are among a slew of European broadcasters to…
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Nickelodeon Studios readies revival of superhero comedy ‘The Thundermans’
Nickelodeon Studios in the US has ordered a spin-off to its live-action kids superhero comedy…
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BBC Comedy spins-off ‘Motherland’ & orders ‘Death Valley’
UK public broadcaster the BBC has commissioned Amandaland, a spin-off from its comedy series Motherland,…
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News round-up: BBC Studios announces ‘Bluey’ minisodes; Paramount+ renews ‘Lioness’; Sony rebooting ‘Charlie’s Angels’
BBC Studios announces ‘Bluey’ minisodes BBC Studios has announced a series of 20 x 1-3-minute…
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Lionsgate TV developing drama based on Shohei Ohtani interpreter scandal
Lionsgate Television is developing a scripted drama series based around this year’s gambling scandal surrounding…
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Warner Bros. Discovery reports $86m streaming profit, offset by TV & studios losses
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has reported $86m in DTC streaming profit in its Q1 2024…
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Tubi orders workplace comedy ‘The Z-Suite’, starring & exec produced by Lauren Graham
Fox-owned AVOD service Tubi has greenlit The Z-Suite, a new original workplace comedy series, starring…
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Moonbug appoints Paramount alum Manuel Reveiz to head new Lat Am office
Candle Media-owned Moonbug Entertainment has named Manuel Reveiz as the company’s new head of distribution…
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ITV Studios revenue drops 16% due to Hollywood strikes
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has posted a Q1 revenue drop of 7%, down to £887m…
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Disney+ pushes into VR originals with immersive version of Marvel animation ‘What If…?’
Disney+ has commissioned an interactive instalment of Marvel animated superhero series What If…? for the…
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Peacock greenlights ‘The Office’ spin-off from Greg Daniels, set around daily newspaper
Peacock has greenlit a spin-off from NBC comedy The Office, from that series’ showrunner Greg…
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Disney & Warner Bros. Discovery partner for Disney+, Hulu & Max streaming bundle
Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have formed the first cross-company partnership between major streaming…
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Amazon India originals chief Aparna Purohit exits after eight years
Aparna Purohit, head of originals for India and Southeast Asia at Amazon streamer Prime Video,…
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Vuelta Group’s SquareOne acquires Germany’s Telepool from Will Smith’s Westbrook
European production and distribution firm Vuelta Group has acquired German content house Telepool from Will…
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Disney nears streaming profitability, though suffers 10% stock dive
Disney has recorded the first profit in its core streaming business, with Disney+ and Hulu…
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Canadian writers’ strike avoided as WGC & CMPA reach agreement
A Canadian writers’ strike has been averted, with the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and…
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NBC returns to ‘Deal Or No Deal Island’ for second season
NBC in the US has renewed competition format Deal Or No Deal Island for a…
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A&E greenlights lifestyle show ‘New House No Debt’ from Critical Content
A&E in the US has ordered New House No Debt, a new lifestyle series from…