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Richard Middleton
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BBC reveals $556m cuts to content & services during 2021/22
The BBC expects to slash more than £400m ($540m) from its programming and services budget…
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Disney ups ABC unscripted veteran Rob Mills to lead alternative division
Disney has promoted long-serving unscripted exec Rob Mills to oversee its recently formed alternative programming…
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ViacomCBS promotes Rose & Fahy to lead combined UK ‘growth’ unit for Pluto TV, My5
ViacomCBS has restructured its streaming operations in the UK by forming a new division to…
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NBCU’s layoffs continue as Susan Rovner’s entertainment team revealed
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has made a raft of appointments to her new-look entertainment team, with 50…
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Canada’s Bell Media cuts another 200 jobs in latest ‘streamlining’
Canada’s Bell Media has made another swathe of job cuts, with senior execs reportedly among…
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Sky hires BBC, C4 execs to bolster factual commissioning team
UK-based Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds from the BBC and Janine Thomas from Channel 4…
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ViacomCBS hires Telemundo’s Fernando Gaston to lead Lat Am production
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has restructured its operations in the Americas, with a series of…
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Crunchyroll snags four million subs & reveals Idris Elba development deal
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll – which is in the process of being acquired by Sony…
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Passion Pictures poaches Minnow’s David Moulton for docuseries push
Oscar-winning producer Passion Pictures has hired David Moulton from Minnow Films as its creative director,…
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Univision buys Spanish-language streamer VIX to bolster AVOD push
US-based Hispanic broadcaster Univision has acquired Spanish-language streamer Vix, which it will use to supercharge its…
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ITV Studios launches production trainee scheme to bolster diversity
ITV Studios (ITVS) has launched a production trainee scheme aimed at fast-tracking new and diverse…
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Netflix hires former Disney Channels exec Nancy Kanter on overall deal
Netflix has struck an overall deal with Nancy Kanter, the former EVP of content &…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why Netflix wants to impress the kids
Netflix is keen to brand itself as a family-friendly destination with all manner of content,…
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Canada’s CBC cancels ‘Trickster’ renewal following ancestry dispute
Canada’s CBC has cancelled a planned second season of its fast-travelling scripted original Trickster, following…
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Scripted originals drop for first time since 2009, says FX
Scripted originals dropped in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade, according…
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UK’s ITV pulls ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ as pandemic hits production
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to cancel its hit entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent (BGT)…
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Vietnam’s VTV & HTV remake Belgian, UK formats after NENT Studios UK deal
Vietnamese channels VTV and HTV is preparing to air formats from the UK and Belgium…
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Discovery promotes Lynn Ng to head of content in Asia-Pac
Discovery has promoted long-serving exec Lynn Ng to become VP & head of content for…
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TBI Weekly: Why Disney’s ‘Modern Family’ deal matters
The narrative around the US studios’ direct-to-consumer strategies tends to focus on rights retention and vertical…
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Cineflix Media’s Julien Leroux launches UK-based Paper Entertainment
Former Cineflix Media exec Julien Leroux has formally launched London-based producer Paper Entertainment. The firm is…
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Italy’s Casta Diva hires former Banijay exec Massimo Righini for format venture
Italian media firm Casta Diva Group has launched a TV production unit and appointed former…
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News round-up: BBC adds ‘Bates Motel’ & Steve McQueen docs; Barcroft appointments; Gold’s latest original; Red Arrow bags Britney doc
BBC adds Bates Motel & Steve McQueen docs The BBC in the UK has ordered two…
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Exclusive: Globoplay & Starzplay eye int’l partnerships & coproductions
Starzplay and Globoplay are looking to expand their global reach by increasing their coproduction activity around the world,…
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MIPTV & MIPCOM boss Laurine Garaude exits Reed Midem after 30 years
Laurine Garaude, Reed Midem’s Television Division director who oversees MIPTV and MIPCOM markets, is stepping…
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‘The Cry’ prodco Synchronicity Films & All3Media Int’l strike first-look pact
The Cry producer Synchronicity Films has struck an exclusive first-look deal with distributor All3Media International…
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AMCNI lines up ‘Mirage’ & ‘Narcos: Mexico’ for new Spanish linear channel
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) is launching a new general interest pay-TV linear channel…
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YouTube reveals ‘$30bn payments to creatives’ in last three years
YouTube has paid more than $30bn to creators, media companies and artists over the past…
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Bonnier’s SF Studios appoints head of Nordic streamer SF Anytime
Bonnier-owned Nordic producer and distributor SF Studios has appointed Michael Holmberg to lead its streaming…
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Red Arrow’s US prodco 44 Blue promotes for programming & development
Red Arrow Studios-owned 44 Blue Productions in the US has promoted two of its senior…
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UK’s C4 overhauls commissioning & acquisitions with Sarah Lazenby departing
Channel 4 in the UK has become the latest broadcaster to restructure its senior exec…