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Mark Layton
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Vice TV president Morgan Hertzan stepping down, with Pete Gaffney named interim chief
Further changes are underway at Vice Media, with president of global TV, Morgan Hertzan, set…
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Eccholine’s Peter Van den Bussche passes away, aged 57
Media industry veteran Peter Van den Bussche has passed away, aged 57, following a short…
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Mediawan to bring South Korean formats ‘Still Alive’ & ‘Battle In The Box’ to Spain
Paris-based producer & distributor Mediawan has acquired the rights to adapt two South Korean entertainment…
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Amazon partners with Miranda Tapsell for ‘Top End Wedding’ sequel series
Amazon streamer Prime Video has commissioned romantic comedy series Top End Bub, a follow-up to…
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APC Studios recruits Animaj’s Julie Mateille to head international sales
Producer-distributor APC Studios has hired Animaj exec Julie Mateille as its head of international sales….
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Tiger Aspect hires BBC Studios’ Tom Jordan for comedy
Banijay UK label Tiger Aspect has hired BBC Studios’ Tom Jordan as creative director of…
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WBTVG’s Channing Dungey to keynote at BANFF Summit Series 2024
Warner Bros. Television Group chairman and CEO Channing Dungey has been announced as a Summit…
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Stars Collective picks up rights to ‘Leigh Howard & The Ghosts Of Simmons-Pierce Manor’
US-based Stars Collective has optioned the TV and film rights to Shawn M Warner’s YA…
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Game Show Network orders US version of STV Studios format ‘Bridge Of Lies’
Sony-owned US broadcaster Game Show Network has placed a 100-episode order for a US adaptation…
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Apploff Entertainment & Stevie Van Zandt team for music format
LA-based unscripted prodco Apploff Entertainment has partnered with musician and actor Stevie Van Zandt to…
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UKTV picks up ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ in Disney drama deal
BBC Studios-owned UKTV has acquired the rights to six drama series from Disney for its…
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Endeavor going private again in $13bn deal with Silver Lake
US sports and entertainment giant Endeavor is going private again after agreeing an acquisition deal…
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WBD adds HBO Max to Spain’s Movistar+, with Max to follow
Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with Spanish streamer Movistar+ to launch its HBO Max service…
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WBITVP launches New Zealand drama & D-Day docuseries on MIPTV slate
Warner Bros. International Television Production has unveiled a slate of new scripted and unscripted programming…
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Warner Bros. Discovery board directors resign following DOJ antitrust investigation
Steven A. Miron and Steven O. Newhouse have both stepped down from the Warner Bros….
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Fox Nation teams with ‘Alex Cross’ author James Patterson for true crime docuseries
American novelist James Patterson is the latest famous name to partner with streaming service Fox…
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Germany’s NTV & US-based Big Media set ‘Fatal Engineering’ under output deal
RTL Germany’s free-to-air-channel NTV has commissioned Fatal Engineering, a new docuseries produced as the second…
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Viaplay completes UK business sale & strikes Talpa linear partnership
Viaplay Group will complete the sale of its UK direct-to-consumer business to SSBL Limited, which…
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TBI Weekly: What’s driving Europe’s factual revolution?
US docuseries have helped to revolutionise factual content over the past decade but the genre’s…
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India’s Amazon miniTV strikes Turkish drama deal with Eccho Rights
Indian AVOD service Amazon miniTV has acquired a package of Turkish dramas following a deal…
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Lionsgate TV inks first-look deal with ‘The Boys’ firm Point Grey Pictures
Lionsgate Television has extended its partnership and inked a first-look deal with Point Grey Pictures,…
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Rainmaker to shop Embankment dwarfism & UK miner’s strike docs
UK-based distributor Rainmaker Content has acquired the sales rights to two documentaries from Embankment Films…
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Rob Wade restructures Fox Entertainment, with new roles for Fernando Szew & Michael Thorn
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has restructured the company into three divisions: Fox Entertainment Studios,…
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Amazon MGM Studios’ worldwide production boss Tim Clawson to step down
Tim Clawson, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of worldwide production and post, is stepping down after…
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Ridley Scott’s prodco Scott Free hires eOne’s Sharon Hughff as head of UK television
Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free has appointed Entertainment One (eOne)’s Sharon Hughff as head…
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Apple TV+ re-teams with ‘Physical’ creator to adapt ‘Imperfect Women’
Apple TV+ has greenlit Imperfect Women, a new limited drama series starring and executive produced…
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Former CBeebies controller Kay Benbow dies
Kay Benbow, the former controller of CBeebies, the pre-school channel operated by UK pubcaster the…
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Opinion: Nest Productions MD on navigating 2024 as a small UK indie
Derek Drennan, managing director of UK production management firm Nest Productions, gives a “birds eye…
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Alloy Entertainment boss expands remit & extends WBTV deal
Leslie Morgenstein, founder and president of Alloy Entertainment, the US prodco behind Netflix’s You, has…
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Factual firm The Great Courses Studio appoints West One Int’l as global distribution agent
Newly launched US prodco The Great Courses Studios has appointed UK-based West One International to…