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Mark Layton
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Seven Network revives ‘This Is Your Life’ in Australia
The Seven Network in Australia has commissioned a revival of biography format This Is Your…
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The Content Group boosts creative with development appointments
US-based The Content Group, has expanded its creative team with two new senior development appointments….
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Xilam restructures with promotions & Cube Creative hires
Xilam Animation, the French animation indie behind Oggy And The Cockroaches, is restructuring its production…
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NBCU names chief for new Dick Wolf scripted format arm
Dick Wolf’s US prodco, Wolf Entertainment, which is behind the hit Law & Order, Chicago and…
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Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street hires Red, ITV Studios & BBC execs
Nicola Shindler’s UK indie Quay Street Productions has made five new appointments ahead of its…
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ showrunner Bruce Miller renews Disney overall deal, MGM dropped from pact
Bruce Miller, showrunner on Hulu drama The Handmaid’s Tale has renewed his multi-year overall deal…
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Blumhouse adapting Stephen King’s ‘Later’, with Lucy Liu
Blumhouse Television in the US has acquired the rights to adapt the Stephen King novel…
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Sony Pictures TV appoints new TriStar TV head
Sony Pictures Television has promoted scripted exec Jennifer Turner to EVP of TriStar Television, effective…
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Gaumont taps Lux Vide’s Marco Rosi to lead new Italian arm
French production and distribution giant Gaumont has expanded into Italy, launching a new Rome-based operation…
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Spanish exec Pepe Huertas launches Madrid scripted indie Tres Vacas
Veteran Spanish TV exec Pepe Huertas has launched Tres Vacas, a new Madrid-based scripted indie…
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BBC Studios Natural History Unit names joint development chiefs
UK-based BBC Studios Natural History Unit has appointed Jess Colman and Laura Harris as joint…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix orders Buteau comedy; SyFy boards ‘The Ark’; Hulu seeks ‘Saint X’
Netflix orders Buteau comedy Netflix has ordered Survival Of The Thickest, a new scripted comedy…
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China’s iQiyi & Canada’s WildBrain partner on Keith Chapman kids show
Chinese streamer iQiyi and Canadian kids entertainment company WildBrain have partnered to produce Jonny Jetboy,…
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Propagate Content expands with Spanish-language division, Propagate Fuego
US-based indie studio and distributor Propagate Content has launched a new Spanish-language content division, Propagate…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: “No renaissance for traditional TV” as online video reigns
Dramatic change has been experienced by the TV and video business over the past couple…
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News round-up: FilmRise strikes FAST deal for ‘Kim’s Convenience’; Rive Gauche takes Cosby doc global
FilmRise strikes FAST deal for ‘Kim’s Convenience’ US-based TV and film studio and streaming network…
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UK Government axes Young Audiences Content Fund
The UK government has decided not to continue with the Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF)…
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Peacock hires Hulu exec for global partnerships & strategy
NBCUniversal in the US has appointed Hulu exec Annie Luo as EVP of global partnerships…
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BBC kids boss Cheryl Taylor lands at Banijay-owned Zodiak
Cheryl Taylor, former head of content at BBC Children’s, has joined Zodiak Kids and Family…
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Opinion: Why distributors need to think like commissioners
Philip Barnsdall-Thompson, SVP of acquisitions, UK, America & EMEA, at Flame Distribution, shares his thoughts…
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Obama’s Higher Ground snags SMAC Entertainment exec to head unscripted
Barack and Michelle Obama’s US-based Higher Ground Productions has hired SMAC Entertainment exec Ethan Lewis to head up…
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AMC Networks’ WE tv & 50 Cent partner to investigate ‘Hip Hop Homicides’
AMC Networks-owned WE tv has ordered Hip Hop Homicides, a new documentary series from Curtis…
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Banijay Iberia recruits from within for new Zeppelin MD
Banijay Iberia has named producer and director Miguel Martín as the new MD of its…
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Sales round-up: ZDF strikes Asian sales; Hulu investigates ‘Rebecca’; Cinedigm inks deals, expands El Rey Network
ZDF strikes Asian sales Japan’s AXM Mystery and WOWOW and Reeva Films India have acquired…
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All3Media backs Brian O’Driscoll’s specialist sports prodco 3 Rock
All3Media is backing sport production specialist 3 Rock, which was founded by sports presenter and…
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Disney overhauls int’l content & names Hulu boss
Disney has appointed Joe Earley as president of streaming service Hulu as part of wider…
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News round-up: Blink sets first project with ‘Hold My Girl’; Espresso takes ‘Shelley In Wonderland’ rights; Big Media & Ida Rose link on scripted
Blink sets first project with ‘Hold My Girl’ Canada’s Blink Studios has acquired the rights…
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Take Two Studios snags Cinematic chief for COO role
Take Two Studios, the recently launched Finnish production company, has appointed Cinematic CEO Sara Norberg…
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Nordic studio Gigglebug hires Disney alum as managing director
Nordic animation studio Gigglebug Entertainment has appointed Disney alum Beth Parker to the role of…
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BBC Studios partners with UK prodco Brock Media
BBC Studios in the UK has struck a partnership deal with new local prodco Brock…