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Mark Layton
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White Label hires MGM & Netflix alums to head production
US unscripted prodco White Label Productions has appointed MGM alum Stephanie Wagner as SVP &…
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YouTuber Joe Sugg launches prodco, with BBC Studios backing
Digital creator, actor, author and entertainment personality Joe Sugg is launching a new unscripted prodco,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery lays off 70 staff in HBO Max restructure
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has laid off 14% of HBO and HBO Max staff –…
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Hearst hires media veteran to business development team
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) has appointed media sales and marketing veteran Maria Thrasher as…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Forecasting Eastern Europe’s pay-TV staying power
Online video is growing much faster in Eastern Europe than pay-TV services, but the latter…
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Nexstar Media Group acquires 75% stake in The CW
US local broadcasting group Nexstar Media Group is to acquire a 75% majority stake in…
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YouTube eyes aggregated ‘channel store’
Google-owned YouTube is reportedly set to launch its own video streaming channel store. YouTube will…
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US pay-TV market dropped 1.9 million subs in Q2
The largest US pay-TV services lost more than 1.9 million subscribers in the second quarter…
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Spectrum Originals to close amid rising production costs
Spectrum Originals, the US content brand behind dramas such as Joe Pickett, is to close…
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A+E Networks & Viaplay stock up on factual in global Beyond Rights deals
A+E Networks, Viaplay and Bravo are among global broadcasters to have acquired a range of…
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Remarkable hires Tuesday’s Child & Hello Dolly alums to bolster development
Banijay UK label Remarkable Entertainment has appointed Simon Crossley as head of development and Roger…
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Good Times ups Shona Fraser to sole MD as founder Sylvia Fahrenkrog-Petersen departs
Shona Fraser is stepping up to become sole MD at Banijay Germany label Good Times,…
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Nature streamer WaterBear names co-CEO in leadership restructure
Environmental streaming service WaterBear has promoted Sam Sutaria to co-CEO, ahead of him taking on…
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TBI Weekly: Who cares about streaming figures?
A nice view can take you a long way in the streaming world. The majestic…
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WBTVG inks overall deal with ‘Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson
Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) has signed an overall deal with Quinta Brunson, the creator,…
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Jukin Media CEO Jonathan Skogmo steps down
Jonathan Skogmo, founder and CEO of LA-based entertainment company Jukin Media has stepped down after…
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Apple to adapt ‘Dope Thief’ with Ridley Scott & strikes podcast deal
Apple TV+ is nearing an eight-episode series order for Sinking Spring, an adaptation of the…
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Tubi expanding into five LatAm territories
Fox-owned FAST platform Tubi has announced an expansion in Latin America. The streamer will expand…
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Chicken Soup for the Soul completes $375m Redbox acquisition
Chicken Soup for the Soul, the owner of Crackle, has completed its $375m acquisition of…
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Viaplay Group orders Swedish version of Banijay adventure format ‘The Journey’
Viaplay Group has ordered The Journey – 15 Days In Nepal, a new reality adventure…
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Paramount+ to launch in Italy next month
US SVOD Paramount+ will launch in Italy on 15 September as part of its European…
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Electric Entertainment secures $100m loan to expand production slate
LA-based producer and distributor Electric Entertainment has secured a $100m financing deal with Bank of…
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Kazakhstan’s JKS Entertainment & 1ON Studios partner for TikTok star-led YA drama
Kazakhstan-based JKS Entertainment and 1ON Studios have partnered to co-produce Target, a new YA mystery…
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Disney overtakes Netflix as world’s largest streaming operator
Disney has overtaken Netflix as the world’s largest streaming operator and shared launch and pricing…
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Chatterbox Media appoints head of development
UK factual prodco Chatterbox Media has promoted Ellie Sabine-Singh to head of development. In this…
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Georgian pubcaster to adapt Israeli comedy ‘La Famiglia’
The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) has ordered a local version of Israeli comedy format La…
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UK’s Sensethefuture Pictures hires BBC alum for unscripted growth
Former BBC commissioning editor Nick Shearman has joined London-based unscripted prodco Sensethefuture Pictures as an…
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Greece’s Skai TV sets sail for ‘Love Island’
Skai TV in Greece has commissioned a local adaptation of popular reality dating format Love…
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Time is running out to enter the Content Innovation Awards!
There’s less than one week left to enter this year’s Content Innovation Awards! We can’t…
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Keshet Studios to adapt dystopian thriller ‘The Awoken’
Keshet Studios has acquired the TV rights to Katelyn Monroe Howes’ debut novel, The Awoken,…