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Paramount+ picks up Milli Vanilli doc about infamous R&B duo
Paramount+ has picked up feature documentary Milli Vanilli, about the infamous German R&B duo, for exclusive…
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Canada’s CBC unveils 40+ originals line-up & FAST expansion
Canadian public broadcaster CBC has unveiled a programming line-up of more than 40 new and…
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Channel 4 adds ‘Dr Death’ & ‘Queer As Folk’ in drama & comedy expansion
UK comcaster Channel 4 has acquired a slew of new drama and comedy titles as…
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Nelonen investigates ‘Murder In Hanko’ from Banijay’s Jarowskij Finland
Finnish broadcaster Nelonen and its streaming service Ruutu have greenlit Murder In Hanko, a new…
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WBD & Liberty Global reportedly eyeing $1.26bn All3Media sale
All3Media, the UK production giant behind titles such as The Traitors and Three Identical Strangers,…
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Autentic launches new content unit, led by ProSieben Sat. 1 alum Tom Zwiessler
Germany factual production and distribution house Autentic is launching a new content unit, Autentic Studios,…
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Universal Studio Group hires Focus Features exec to lead strategy team
Universal Studio Group (USG) has appointed Focus Features exec Paul Getto as EVP of strategy…
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Hop! Media Group ups Michal Butel to CEO, as founders depart
Israel’s Hop! Media Group has appointed Michal Butel as CEO to replace Alona Abt and…
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Sky Deutschland to drop Sky Comedy, Spiegel Geschichte and Curiosity TV linear channels
German pay-TV service Sky Deutschland is dropping three linear channels – Sky Comedy, Spiegel Geschichte…
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Canada’s Bell Media acquires stake in ‘Transplant’ indie Sphere Media
Canadian broadcasting giant Bell Media has acquired a minority stake in Montreal-based indie Sphere Media,…
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Entertainment One to shop Australian true crime docuseries ‘The Black Hand’
Entertainment One (eOne) has secured the international distribution rights (excluding Australia and Scandinavia) to true…
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Netflix picks up Mamamoo K-pop doc for Southeast Asian premiere
Netflix has picked up Mamamoo: Where Are We Now, a documentary about the K-pop girl…
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PBS brings UK drama ‘Marriage’ to North America
PBS Distribution has picked up UK drama Marriage to stream in North America on PBS…
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France 2 is ‘100%’ for local adaptation of Banijay game show format
French broadcaster France 2 has ordered the first adaptation of Banijay game show format 100%…
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Clapperboard to adapt ‘Two Foreskins Walked Into A Bar’ podcast
UK scripted label Clapperboard Studios has secured the TV rights to Uncut, an adaptation of…
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Amazon opens ‘The Office’ in Australia on Prime Video
Amazon-owned SVOD Prime Video has ordered an Australian adaptation of BBC Studios scripted comedy format…
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Nordic’s Monday Media acquires ‘Sirius’ prodco Impact TV
Nordic production group Monday Media has acquired Danish unscripted firm Impact TV, following its bankruptcy…
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Disney+ details UK & Ireland originals line-up for 2023
Disney+ has confirmed premiere dates for a slew of titles launching exclusively on the Mouse…
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Sales round-up: Blue Ant strikes Lat Am deals; ABC & ZDF explore ‘Super Happy Magic Forest’
Blue Ant strikes Lat Am deals Latin American platforms including DirecTV and A+E Networks have…
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Exclusive: France TV Distribution in the ‘Moods’ for pre-school sales
France TV Distribution has picked up international distribution rights for new pre-school animated series Moods,…
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Max acquires Spanish thriller ‘La Unidad – Kabul’ for US
Newly launched Warner Bros. Discovery combined streamer Max has acquired Spanish thriller series La Unidad…
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NBCU & JioCinema deal brings ‘Young Rock’ & ‘Bel-Air’ to India
Reliance-owned Indian broadcaster Viacom18 is continuing to expand its US content offering, after striking a…
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Show of the Week: Blind Duets
Musical competition format with an element of mystery, in which four celebrity singers form a…
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NEM Dubrovnik turns 10: What the next decade holds for the TV industry
NEM Dubrovnik is a little over a week away, with the annual market bringing thousands…
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TBI Weekly: Hollywood’s fatal attraction to reboots
Anthony Kimble, co-CEO of Arrested Industries, laments the rise of the reboot and its impact…
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Fremantle merges Nordic labels Monster & Fremantle Norway
Fremantle is to merge two of its Norwegian production companies, Monster and Fremantle Norway, under…
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News round-up: Canal+ Luxembourg picks up Oble dramas; Strong Studios sets ‘Hall Mills Murders’; Alpha TV says “Let’s Make A Deal’
Canal+ Luxembourg picks up Oble dramas Paris based production and distribution outfit Oble has inked…
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HBO Max Spain orders ‘Time Zone’, video-game inspired competition format
HBO Max in Spain has commissioned Time Zone, a new “extreme” competition show from Banijay…
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OUTtv ups the laughs with ‘Queer Comedy’ & Rosie Beaver as first UK originals
LGBTQ+ TV & streaming service OUTtv has made it first original UK commissions, with orders…
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AMC Lat Am’s Europa Europa picks up Iberian thriller ‘Sequía’
AMC Networks Latin America has picked up crime thriller Sequía for broadcast throughout Latin America…