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Mark Layton
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Amazon greenlights four new Nordic versions of Banijay’s ‘The Bridge’ competition format
Amazon’s Prime Video streamer has commissioned four new local versions of Banijay’s reality format The…
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‘The Liberator’ firm Trioscope hires COO to lead expansion
US hybrid animation prodco Trioscope Studios has appointed Joe Snowden as chief operating officer. In…
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ITVS label Rollercoaster appoints Remarkable exec as head of production
Rollercoaster Television, the ITV Studios label led by James Fox and Dom Waugh, has appointed…
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Leonine appoints UFA Fiction alum to manage Wiedemann & Berg TV
Germany’s Leonine Studios has appointed producer and UFA Fiction alum Benjamin Benedict to the management…
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Showtime switches on Lightbox for Phil Spector docuseries
US network Showtime has commissioned a four-part documentary series about music producer Phil Spector and…
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Apple TV+ sets ‘Korea’s mermaids’ doc as first project from Malala partnership
Apple original films has commissioned a new untitled documentary about the legendary ‘haenyeo’ of South…
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Netflix orders Italian drama around adult star Rocco Siffredi
Netflix has commissioned Supersex, a new fact-based Italian original series about the life and career…
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EQ Media Group appoints new NZ head of unscripted development
EQ Media Group Australia & New Zealand has appointed Amy Schaeffer as head of unscripted…
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Deals round-up: Hulu hunts ‘Vanishing Act’; ‘Tom Gates’ goes global; ‘Civil Servant’ heads to Puerto Rico
Hulu hunts ‘Vanishing Act’ US streamer Hulu has acquired fact-based crime drama Vanishing Act, following…
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Blink49 Studios & Eleven partner to co-produce ‘If We Were Villains’ adaptation
Canada’s Blink49 Studios has partnered with Sex Education producer Eleven on a new series based…
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Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit tables bid for France’s M6 Group
Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit has emerged as the frontrunner to buy France’s M6 Group via his…
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Netflix settles lawsuit over ‘Bridgerton’ musical
Netflix has settled its lawsuit with the creators of a musical based on its hit…
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Deals round up: WildBear unveils MIPCOM slate; Cineflix explores ‘History of Sitcom’; Dandelooo picks up ‘Our Piggy’
WildBear unveils MIPCOM slate WildBear International, the distribution arm of Australian factual prodco WildBear Entertainment,…
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Peacock cancels US reboot of ‘Queer As Folk’ after one season
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has cancelled its Queer As Folk remake after just one season. Produced…
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Netflix ramps up anime, Korean & Indian drama via Tudum event
Netflix has unveiled new international content during its annual Tudum event, including dramas from Korea…
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News round-up: WBD selects Black History Month shorts; Cineflix attends ‘Summer Qamp’
WBD selects Black History Month shorts Warner Bros. Discovery and Media Trust have revealed the…
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Exclusive: Amazon seeks FAST & AVOD execs as hiring spree continues
Amazon Studios is on the hunt for new senior execs as it continues to bolster…
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Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier moves to Roku Media
Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier is exiting the US linear network to join Roku as…
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French broadcaster M6 for sale after abandoned TF1 merger
Bertelsmann has put French broadcaster M6 up for sale following the collapse of plans to…
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Amazon promotes Albert Cheng to VP of Prime Video in US
Amazon Studios’ COO Albert Cheng has been promoted to VP of Prime Video in the…
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Ben Stephenson’s Poison Pen recruits Sky Studios exec as creative director
Poison Pen Studios, Ben Stephenson’s soon-to-launch ITV Studios-backed transatlantic scripted label, has appointed Sky Studios…
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Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack to adapt Zelenskyy’s press secretary memoirs
Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment has acquired the rights to adapt Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel’s…
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LA prodco Anchor Entertainment bolsters creative team
LA-based prodco Anchor Entertainment has appointed Keayr Braxton as SVP of current production, while also…
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News round-up: Keshet Int’l to sell ‘Cuba Libre’; Peacock enters adult animation; Espresso brews German deals; Lineup & Gil connect
Keshet Int’l takes ‘Cuba Libre’ sales rights Keshet International has acquired international distribution rights to…
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Warner Bros. Discovery veteran Marc Graboff to exit at year end
Marc Graboff is stepping down from his role as president of global business and legal…
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Thunderbird appoints Kidscreen alum as director of distribution sales
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has appointed Kidscreen alum Nelson Huynh as director of distribution sales….
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Moonbug partners with MultiChoice for linear African channel launch
UK- and LA-based pre-school entertainment company Moonbug Entertainment is to launch a dedicated channel on…
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News round-up: King Charles doc leads Beyond MIPCOM slate; Good Caper & Hearst explore ‘Hell In The Heartland’
King Charles doc leads Beyond MIPCOM slate Beyond Rights has unveiled its new unscripted programme…
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Plimsoll Productions acquires ‘Master Cleaners’ US & UK format rights
ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Plimsoll Productions has acquired the rights to adapt Danish competition format…
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Monday Media Netherlands & Nippon TV strike format deal for Dutch version of ‘Old Enough!’
Amsterdam-based Monday Media Netherlands has optioned the rights to produce a Dutch version of Japanese…