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Mark Layton
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ITV revives ‘Ninja Warrior UK’ format with new twist
UK broadcaster ITV is reviving competition series Ninja Warrior UK after a three-year break, with…
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BBC Studios inks 2,500-hour AVOD deal with Screen Media
BBC Studios has signed a multi-year AVOD deal with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment…
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Objective Media Group America appoints new president & SVP development
Objective Media Group America has promoted Jilly Pearce to the role of president, while Michael…
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Exclusive: Revived BBC Three targets younger teen audience
BBC Three is a “key initiative” in the UK pubcaster’s efforts to attract the hard-to-reach…
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TelevisaUnivision SVOD ViX+ inks first-look deal with Propagate Fuego
TelevisaUnivision has struck a first-look deal with Propagate Fuego to produce original Spanish-language scripted and…
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News round-up: SBS & HBO Nordics look ‘Beneath The Surface’; Andrea Bocelli doc journeys to MIPTV; Viaplay takes Espresso doc trio
SBS & HBO Nordics look ‘Beneath The Surface’ Viaplay in the US and UK, SBS…
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Showrunners Insight: ‘Paatal Lok’s Sudip Sharma
TBI has partnered with Mumbai- and LA-based talent and content management company Tulsea to get…
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Paramount+ partners with Gaumont to boost int’l scripted slate
Paramount+ has partnered with French production and distribution giant Gaumont to produce a slate of…
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Mammoth Screen rejigs C-suite, appoints ITVS exec as new MD
Mammoth Screen, the London and Belfast-based prodco behind The Serpent and Endeavour has unveiled a…
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Exclusive: Beta Film adds Greek thriller ‘Silent Road’ & Ukrainian drama ‘Picnic’ to MIPTV line-up
German distributor Beta Film has acquired distribution rights to its first-ever Greek and Ukrainian series,…
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TBI In Conversation: ‘The Box’s Adi Hasak on ‘Scandi-cool’, Sergio Leone & corporatisation
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton catches up with Adi Hasak, the showrunner behind Viaplay’s recent…
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‘First Dates’ Fred Sirieix partners with Objective Media to launch prodco
French presenter and writer Fred Sirieix has launched a production label, Canard, with Objective Media…
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Netflix & EPC partner to support European women producers
Netflix is partnering with the European Producers Club (EPC) on a new initiative to create…
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CBS & Network 10 both embark upon ‘The Real Love Boat’
US network CBS and Australian broadcaster Network 10 have both ordered local versions of The…
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Tomorrow Studios inks first-look deal with ‘Ozark’s Julia Garner & her Alma Margo
US-based Tomorrow Studios has inked a first-look deal with Ozark star Julia Garner, and the…
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Beyond Rights boosts senior management team
Australia- and UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has promoted Sarah Bickley to head of sales, while…
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Exclusive: Banijay Germany hires ITVS & RTL execs in reshuffle at Endemol Shine & Good Times
Banijay Germany has reshuffled and expanded its management at local labels Endemol Shine Germany and…
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CJ ENM takes $82m stake in KT’s Studio Genie
South Korean media giant CJ ENM has invested ₩100bn ($82m) to take a stake in Studio…
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Be-Entertainment takes global rights to social experiment format ‘The Big Job Switch’
Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has taken global rights to social experiment format The Big Job Switch…
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ABC developing medical drama from SMAC Entertainment
Disney-owned ABC is in development on The Front Line, a new medical drama from Michael…
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Arrow Media hires Red Marble co-founder to fuel US expansion
UK factual indie Arrow Media has appointed Stephen Dost as its first-ever US-based executive producer…
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Bavaria Fiction hires A+E alum to head new documentary unit
German scripted producer Bavaria Fiction is moving into documentaries with the launch of a new…
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UKTV’s W preps Alex Jones & Rochelle Humes shows as channel goes FTA
BBC Studios-owned multichannel service UKTV is taking its female-skewing entertainment channel W free-to-air (FTA) and…
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Hungary’s TV2 snares local version of Rabbit’s ‘City vs Country’ format
Hungarian broadcaster TV2 has commissioned a local version of studio game show format City vs…
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Ukrainian president Zelenskyy merges national TV channels to halt alleged misinformation
Ukrainian president Volodymryr Zelenskyy has merged all national TV channels in a bid to combat…
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Gaumont to adapt Quebecor Content scripted format ‘About Anthony’
French production and distribution giant Gaumont has acquired the rights to upcoming comedy-drama format About Anthony. …
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Show of the Week: El Inmortal – Gangs Of Madrid
A fact-based drama set in 1990s Spain, El Inmortal – Gangs of Madrid follows the…
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News round-up: Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay; Halcyon preps Ellroy & Hemingway dramas; Film & TV Charity launches mental health toolkit
Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay Australian indie Photoplay has appointed Karen Radzyner as head of development….
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Pulse Films founders exit as Vice Media Group completes acquisition
Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford, the founders and CEOs of London-based Pulse Films, are stepping…
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‘PAW Patrol’ animators Guru Studio expand people & culture team
Toronto-based children’s content producer Guru Studio has promoted Babita Jassal to VP of people and culture in an expansion…