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Mark Layton
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Paramount+ gets underway on ‘The Turkish Detective’, based on Barbara Nadel novels
Paramount+ has commissioned The Turkish Detective, a new crime series set in modern-day Istanbul, based…
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Exclusive: Primitives’ sales & acquisitions head, Siobhan Crawford, exits Benelux firm
Siobhan Crawford, head of sales and acquisitions at Benelux format distributor Primitives, is to exit the…
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Amazon expands Canadian originals, with ‘Gary And His Demons’ revival & Tragically Hip docuseries
Amazon has greenlit four new Canadian originals, including a revival of the adult animation series…
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Amazon Prime Video ramps up French investment with seven new originals
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit seven new French Amazon Original productions, which the company said…
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VIS Social Impact inks first-look deal with ‘The Underground Railroad’ star Thuso Mbedu
VIS Social Impact, Paramount’s new studio division focused on developing content around climate, equity and…
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Apple TV+ inks overall deal with Tom Hanks’ Playtone & orders Noel Fielding comedy
Apple TV+ has inked an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s…
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Showrunners Insight: ‘Mirzapur’s Puneet Krishna
TBI has partnered with Mumbai- and LA-based talent and content management company Tulsea to get…
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Banijay Rights to distribute ITV musical dating format ‘Romeo & Duet’
Banijay Rights has acquired global distribution rights to new singing & dating show format Romeo…
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Swedish streamer C More boards Icelandic drama ‘As Long As We Live’
Swedish SVOD platform C More has boarded Icelandic drama series As Long As We Live,…
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NBCU ups Erica Forstadt to oversee unscripted current programming
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming has promoted production executive Erica Forstadt to SVP, entertainment unscripted current production. In…
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Cineflix inks first-look deal with new Adrienne Mitchell firm following Back Alley acquisition
Cineflix Media has signed a first-look deal with showrunner, director and producer Adrienne Mitchell and her…
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Netflix deepens Polish ties with new slate of 18 scripted series and films
Netflix has unveiled a slate of nine new scripted series and nine films that it…
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News round-up: AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows; Voot strengthens comedy offering; Banijay Germany forges influencer pact
AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows AMC Networks International Southern Europe and Australia’s Foxtel have struck separate…
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Kids round-up: Paramount+ brings ‘Tainá’ to Lat Am; Youku acquires ‘Dino Dana’; Chefclub Kids leads Pluto TV partnership
Paramount+ brings ‘Tainá’ to Lat Am Paramount+ in Latin America has picked up preschool adventure…
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Scripted round-up: ZDFneo boards ‘The Fighter’; Astro to adapt ‘Liar’; Peacock orders dark comedy ‘Based On A True Story’
ZDFneo boards ‘The Fighter’ German FTA channel ZDFneo has boarded The Fighter, SVT’s upcoming suspense thriller, as…
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ITV & Amazon Prime Video join ScreenSkills unscripted fund
UK broadcaster ITV and Amazon’s Prime Video have both signed up to the ScreenSkills Unscripted…
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Blue Ant Media brings A+E Networks’ ‘Hoarders’ to Canada in first int’l adaptation
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has commissioned a local version of Hoarders for its specialty channel…
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Fremantle inks first-look deal with ‘Severance’ EP Nicholas Weinstock
Fremantle has signed a first-look agreement with veteran producer Nicholas Weinstock’s nascent Invention Studios. Under…
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ZDF Studios hires former All3Media Germany boss Markus Schäfer to top job as Fred Burcksen departs
ZDF Studios has appointed former All3Media Germany boss Markus Schäfer as president and CEO, taking…
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UK’s Zinc Media launches Rex, new factual label led by Shine TV alum
UK factual group Zinc Media is launching a new label, Rex, to help fuel its…
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CICC & Insight TV link with Bomanbridge & ZigZag to explore the Great Wall with Ash Dykes
China’s CICC and Amsterdam-headquartered Insight TV’s UHD channel INUltra have picked up a new factual…
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TF1 & Altice take step toward TFX sale
French broadcaster TF1’s planned sale of its TFX channel to Altice Group has taken a…
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Channel 4 debate as CEO Mahon & UK culture secretary Dorries state their cases
Debate over the future of commercially funded UK pubcaster Channel 4 heated up over the…
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Curiosity Stream scopes out wartime docudrama ‘War Gamers’
Global factual outfit Curiosity has acquired War Gamers, a new six-part docudrama for its streaming…
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‘Dancing With The Stars’ moves to Disney+ after 16 years on ABC
ABC’s long-running entertainment series Dancing With The Stars is making a surprise move to Disney+…
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Media Ranch inks format distribution pact with Trace Studios
Canadian format producer and distributor Media Ranch has struck a global distribution partnership with South…
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Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes, creating global content behemoth
The newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery has begun trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange today,…
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News round-up: Mediapro & Penélope Cruz launch prodco; Hungary joins ‘La Famiglia’; Wildbrain expansion
Mediapro & Penélope Cruz launch prodco Spain’s The Mediapro Studio is partnering with film star…
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WarnerMedia exits ramp up as Discovery merger looms
The exodus of WarnerMedia executives continues, with the company confirming that six more execs are…
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Exclusive: BlackBox, Seven Seas & Dan Sefton partner to adapt Ruqsana Begum’s ‘Born Fighter’
European producer BlackBox Multimedia and UK prodco Seven Seas Films have partnered with Dan Sefton…