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Sagafilm’s ‘The Minister’ gets ‘e-premiere’ for buyers
The Minister, a new Icelandic political drama from Reykjavík-based prodco Sagafilm, is to receive an…
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Drive sells more than 50 hours of factual content worldwide
Multiple networks in Europe and Australasia have picked up a range of factual content after…
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Russia’s NTV talks maintaining quality amid Covid-19
TBI has been talking to broadcasters all over the world about how they have been…
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News round-up: FilmRise snags ‘MythBusters’; Nat Geo goes underground with Blink; Quibi orders adult animation; UKTV grabs ‘The Bill’
FilmRise takes on MythBusters & Deadly Women sales New York-based acquisition and distribution company FilmRise…
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Former Kew Media exec Ford launches distribution firm Abacus
Jonathan Ford, former EVP of sales at Kew Media Distribution, has launched Abacus Media Rights…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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Viacom18 CEO Sudhanshu Vats quits company
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO and MD at Viacom18, is stepping down after eight years at…
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US prodco NiteLite unveils new ‘lockdown’ programming strand
LA-based prodco NiteLite Pictures has launched the Coronavirus Positivity Initiative, a global effort to create…
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Fremantle takes global rights to Icon’s Okavango doc
UK indie Icon Films’ documentary Okavango – A Flood Of Life has been picked up…
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News round-up: Korea’s Wavve lands at NBCU; Lifetime’s ‘Married At First Sight’ travels; Starzplay inks Warners deal; and more…
NBCUniversal signs content deal with Korea’s Wavve South Korean streamer Wavve will supply Korean content…