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Richard Middleton
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Asacha Media buys ‘Mixte’ & ‘En Famille’ group Kabo Family in latest expansion
Fast-growing production and distribution outfit Asacha Media Group (AMG) has acquired Kabo Family, the French…
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All3 hires SBS creative chief to lead Belgian format-focused outfit
All3Media has hired the executive creative director of SBS in Belgium to lead a new…
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Fremantle Int’l promotes Amaç Us to expanded scripted & formats role
Fremantle International has promoted Amaç Us to a new role overseeing sales across MENA. Us…
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ViacomCBS’s C5 in UK ditches peak-time per-hour pricing model
Channel 5 in the UK will no longer apply a fixed, per-hour pricing tariff model…
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UK’s C4 launches streaming data reports for producers
Channel 4 in the UK is ramping up its attempts to woo indies to work…
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Wildbear & ZDFE start production on Japanese WW2 docuseries
Australia’s Wildbear Entertainment has started production on a four-part docuseries that claims to be the…
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Insight TV takes music festival Tomorrowland global
Millennial-focused channel operator and producer Insight TV has linked up with music festival Tomorrowland and…
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Banijay’s ESNA promotes Scott Shillet to expanded product role
Banijay-owned Endemol Shine North America has promoted Scott Shillet to a new role overseeing product…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Italian viewers are adapting to OTT
Italian viewers are expected to continue their migration to OTT services over the next…
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Discovery preps legal action against Polish government over TVN ownership
US-based factual giant Discovery is to take legal action against the Polish government, following the…
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Amazon moves ‘Lord Of The Rings’ from New Zealand to UK
Amazon is moving its multi-million dollar Lord Of The Rings series from New Zealand to…
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Electric Entertainment hires Warner Bros. alum to oversee FAST channels
LA-based producer and distributor Electric Entertainment has appointed Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Anthony Tapay to a…
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Lightbox partners with Warner Music Entertainment for new docs slate
UK- and US-based factual producer Lightbox has partnered with Warner Music Entertainment to finance, develop…
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Poland opens path for state-controlled TVN24 with media reforms
Poland has passed a controversial new media law which has the potential for major curbs…
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Love Nature links with Samsung TV for FAST launch in Spain
Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks wildlife brand Love Nature has become available in Spain as…
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Poland’s TTV moves into telenovelas with Globo addition
Polish broadcaster TTV is moving into telenovelas after picking up Brazilian series Suerte De Vivi…
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Nickelodeon & Paramount+ extend SpongeBob franchise with bumper order
Nickelodeon has made a bumper order for more SpongeBob SquarePants, with 52 new episodes in…
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‘Power’ creator Courtney A Kemp leaves Lionsgate for Netflix
Power creator Courtney A Kemp is leaving Lionsgate after agreeing a new overall deal with…
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NBCU’s Telemundo appoints chief for new Hispanic streaming division
NBCUniversal (NBCU)-owned Telemundo Enterprises has launched a new Hispanic streaming arm, which will focus exclusively…
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BBC appoints presenter Suzy Klein to lead arts & classical music programming
UK presenter Suzy Klein has been appointed head of arts & classical music programming for…
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Cineflix & true crime producer Jacqueline Bynon launch factual outfit
Cineflix Media has partnered with true crime executive producer Jacqueline Bynon on her new production…
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Cord-cutters in US ‘spend $85 per month on pay TV alternatives’
Cord-cutters in the US are spending an average $85 per month on alternatives to pay…
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Round-up: Apple lines Vince Vaughn up for ‘Bad Monkey’; HGTV returns to ‘Home Town’; C4 orders Bin Laden doc
Apple lines Vince Vaughn up for Bad Monkey Apple TV+ has made a series order…
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HBO & HBO Max snag North American rights to France’s ‘Laetitia’
WarnerMedia’s HBO has picked up North American TV and streaming rights to six-episode French drama…
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Bell Media alum Mike Cosentino links with Fremantle on prodco launch
Bell Media’s former content chief Mike Cosentino has launched a new production outfit and struck…
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TBI Weekly: How streamers slow flow of cash could hit creativity
Streamers might be the reason behind the booming global demand for content, but paying for…
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ViacomCBS reveals Paramount+ streamer growth
ViacomCBS has revealed its recently rebranded streaming service Paramount+ has attracted more than six million…
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Viaplay strikes deal with US-base Wiip, including climate anthology series
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group has struck a pact that will see shows from US producer…
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Roku preps Nippon’s ‘Sokkuri Sweets’ & eyes ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’
AVOD operator Roku has tapped singer-actor Josh Groban to host its upcoming remake of Japanese…
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How to adapt FAST in the ‘golden age of VOD’
Anne Corsak of Flame Distribution tells TBI how FAST TV (Free Ad Supported Television) is…