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Mark Layton
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‘The Oval’ prodco Tyler Perry Studios ups Mark Swinton to scripted SVP
Tyler Perry Studios has promoted Mark Swinton to SVP of scripted programming. In his new…
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The CW adds Canadian legal drama ‘Family Law’
US network The CW has acquired Canadian drama series Family Law, following a a deal…
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Cineflix buys ‘Coroner’ prodco Back Alley Films, as founders exit
Cineflix Media has acquired Canadian prodco Back Alley Films and its content library, which includes…
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Sales round-up: European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’; Bell Media & Discovery snag ‘Patrol shows; Noah Media takes ‘Stewart’ rights
European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’ Nine Network in Australia, TV2 in Denmark and RTL…
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Showrunners Insight: ‘Bombay Begums’ Alankrita Shrivastava
TBI has partnered with Mumbai- and LA-based talent and content management company Tulsea to get…
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Netflix continues Japanese push with Nippon TV’s ‘Old Enough’
Netflix has acquired Japanese entertainment show Old Enough! from Nippon TV, which will launch today…
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Média-Participations expands production team with Xilam Group hire
French entertainment group Média-Participations has appointed Audrey Serre, the former deputy development director at Xilam…
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Saloon Media to adapt YouTube series ‘Hospital Show’ alongside original creator
Blue Ant-owned Canadian prodco Saloon Media has partnered with Bullrush Pictures on a new half-hour…
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Amazon to investigate ‘The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith’
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned true-crime docuseries The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith as…
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Scripted round-up: UK’s Eleven names creative director; Apple TV+ adapts ‘Dark Matter’; C More embraces ‘Evil’
Eleven ups Carissa Hope Lynch to creative director Eleven, the Sony Pictures Television-owned prodco behind…
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Amazon revives ‘Takeshi’s Castle’ in Japanese originals push & inks Carlton Cuse deal
Amazon Prime Video is rebooting the game show format Takeshi’s Castle as it expands its…
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ARTE takes flight with butterfly docuseries from Pernel Media
Franco-German broadcaster ARTE has ordered Butterflies: Superheroes Of Nature, a new nature and science docuseries…
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Keith Chapman & Snipple partner to co-develop pre-school slate
Keith Chapman, the veteran kids content creator behind Bob The Builder and PAW Patrol, has…
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Kaap Holland teams with Ashar Medina on new scripted label
Dutch indie Kaap Holland is launching a new scripted label, Saturnino & Kongo Productions, in…
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Cinedigm finalises $16.4m acquisition of Digital Media Rights
LA-based distributor and channels operator Cinedigm has finalised its $16.4m acquisition of North American streaming,…
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Propagate rejigs development & inks overall deal with Shumsky
US-based indie studio and distributor Propagate Content has promoted Chelsea Friedland to SVP of development,…
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Opinion: How to thrive at the changing coal face of development
Karen Willis, director of development at recently launched sports-focused factual firm Collective Media Group, shares…
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Something Special & The Gurin Company team for ‘Family Singers’ competition format
South Korean format firm Something Special has struck a co-development partnership with US-based entertainment producer…
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Banijay France acquires ‘Guess My Age’ format firm Tooco
European production and distribution giant Banijay has acquired a majority stake in French format firm…
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Discovery Kids Lat Am & China’s Mango TV recruit ‘S.M.A.S.H!’
Discovery Kids Latin America, Discovery TV Frisbee in Italy and Mango TV in China have…
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News round-up: AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows; ITV re-commissions game show duo; CTV goes ‘Farming For Love’
AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows AETN UK, Foxtel Australia and Pluto TV in…
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Disney+ orders ‘The Full Monty’ series revival as UK original
Disney+ has commissioned a spin-off to the 1997 British comedy-drama film The Full Monty, with…
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M6 AVOD 6play acquires ‘Thérapie’, ‘Real Par Soul Sisters’ & more in Vice content deal
French media group M6 has acquired more than 100 hours of factual content, following an…
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WELT boards Quintus & Middlechild docuseries ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Rescues’
German FTA network WELT and Quintus Studios’ YouTube channel Free Documentary have picked up a…
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Exclusive: Chefclub moves into OTT with French & Swiss FAST launch
Paris-based digital food brand Chefclub has struck an agreement with Samsung TV Plus to launch…
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Former BBC & C4 broadcaster Michael Grade to chair Ofcom
Former BBC chairman and Channel 4 CEO Lord Michael Grade has been announced as the…
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France Télévisions to sell Salto stake if TF1 & M6 merger approved
France Télévisions has announced that it will divest its interest in SVOD service Salto should…
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BBC Studios & Diving Bell Group team for pitch co-development
BBC Studios has struck a first look and development deal with talent and entertainment company…
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Opinion: Sifting for the format diamonds
In her latest monthly column, format expert Siobhan Crawford casts her eye over – and shares her own…
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Nickelodeon to “supercharge” franchises, with renewals and spin-offs for ‘PAW Patrol’ & ‘Transformers’
Paramount kids brand Nickelodeon is expanding some of its biggest franchises, such as PAW Patrol, Transformers…