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Mark Layton
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Chilevisión heads back to ‘The Farm’ as Fremantle format returns after 18 years
Chilean broadcaster Chilevisión is bringing back Fremantle format The Farm (La Granja) to the country…
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Canada’s Wind Sun Sky hires BBC & Disney alum Jo Redfern to head up kids expansion
Canadian multimedia company Wind Sun Sky Entertainment has appointed former BBC exec Jo Redfern to…
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UK’s CBeebies & France TV co-commission ‘Big Lizard’ animated co-pro
BBC-owned kids’ channel CBeebies in the UK and France Télévisions have jointly commissioned Big Lizard,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how streaming revenue will reach $569bn by 2028
Global online video services will continue to make massive revenue gains over the next five…
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Lion TV recruits Paramount UK commissioner Daniel Pearl as creative director
UK factual producer Lion TV has appointed Paramount commissioner Daniel Pearl as its new creative…
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Ryan Murphy & Greg Berlanti launch $500k funds to support crews through Hollywood strikes
Ryan Murphy US showrunners Ryan Murphy and Greg Berlanti are both launching separate $500k relief…
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Global OTT revenues predicted to rise 33% by 2029
Global OTT revenues are predicted to rise by 33% to reach $215bn by 2029, according…
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Brown Bob hires BBC Studios alum Samantha Rosie to head up Welsh office
UK factual indie Brown Bob Productions has appointed Samantha Rosie as creative director, to head…
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Tern re-teams with Darren McGarvey for BBC factual series ‘Mind The Gap’
BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned Darren McGarvey – Mind The Gap (working title),…
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Blue Ant Int’l sales boss Solange Attwood steps down, teases new “creative-focused” role
Solange Attwood is stepping down as EVP of Blue Ant International, the sales arm of…
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Lionsgate’s Pilgrim & Sean Perry’s 2500 Media strike unscripted partnership
Lionsgate-owned production firm Pilgrim Media Group has inked an exclusive unscripted deal with Sean Perry’s…
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Sky orders comedy-drama about Hollywood production in small town Ireland, from Chris O’Dowd
European pay-TV giant Sky has commissioned Small Town, Big Story, a new original comedy-drama for…
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Keshet Int’l recruits Paramount & Armoza execs as sales team expands
Keshet International (KI) has bolstered its distribution arm with the appointment of Paramount’s Elena Antonini…
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News round-up: MIA 2023 registration open; Paramount+ extends ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’; OnlyFans streamer OFTV goes ‘Off The Hook’
MIA 2023 registration open Registration is now open for the 2023 MIA International Audiovisual Market…
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Roku to cut 300 staff & pull programming as rising costs continue to bite
Streaming operator and smart TV manufacturer Roku is making further staff cuts, with plans to…
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APAC OTT revenues to climb $15bn by 2029, despite China SVOD maturity
Asia Pacific OTT revenues are predicted to reach $49bn by 2029, according to a report…
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UK indie Middlechild adds ‘Coastguard’ producer Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual
UK unscripted indie Middlechild Productions has appointed Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual. He…
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‘Ginny & Georgia’ outfit Critical Content lands Dorsey exec amid development rejig
Critical Content, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia and MTV’s Catfish, has hired…
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News round-up: OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’; Banijay Kids & Family strikes digital deal; Nexstar & Fox extend affiliation deals
OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’ LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service OUTtv has renewed competition series Sew…
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Showmax CEO Yolisa Phahle exits African streamer
Yolisa Phahle, CEO of African streamer Showmax, is stepping down from the company after almost…
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Paramount+ takes streaming rights to ‘South Park’ in Canada
Paramount+ has become the exclusive home of long-running adult animated comedy series South Park in…
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Warner Bros. Discovery braced for $500m hit due to strikes
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is bracing itself for a financial hit up to $500m as…
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Israel’s Reshet13 strikes co-pro & co-financing pact with ‘Devil’s Confession’ firm Sipur
Israeli broadcaster Reshet13 and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur have struck a multi-year co-financing and co-production…
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec; ‘Great Songwriters’ sales; History Channel Iberia buys museum doc
Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec Martijn Plaizier Belgian format distributor Be-Entertainment has hired ITV Studios Global…
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ITV gives romance a second chance with reality spin-off ‘Love Island: All Stars’
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned an ‘all stars’ spin-off from the hit Love Island reality…
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Netflix makes “most significant expansion” into Africa with new slate & content partnerships
Netflix has announced a slate of new African programming at MIP Africa, including a new…
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Jellyfish Animation recruits DreamWorks veteran Archie Donato
London-based animation and VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures has hired ex-DreamWorks exec Archie Donato as creative…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Behind Netflix’s sub-Saharan Africa growth
With MIP Africa kicking off today, Omdia’s research analyst Samuel Nkwam explores how Netflix is…
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Opinion: Why ‘light crime’ is arresting audiences in Germany and beyond
With German audiences increasingly tuning in to more upbeat, less violent, crime programming, Kerstin Grünwald,…
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Fox & Merzigo extend Turkish digital pact for three years
Disney-owned Fox in Turkey has extended its deal with tech firm Merzigo to monetise Fox…