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Richard Middleton
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Talpa TV’s SBS6 preps Dutch version of Rabbit Film’s ‘Over The Atlantic’
Talpa TV’s SBS6 in the Netherlands has commissioned a local version of adventure reality format…
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TBI In Conversation: Autentic MD on the future of factual
Autentic MD Patrick Hörl tells Richard Middleton how his German factual producer and distributor responded…
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Banijay returns for France Télévision’s Takis Candilis as scripted charge continues
Banijay has re-hired its former head of scripted programming Takis Candilis as it looks to…
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TBI In Conversation: TikTok’s European chief on brands, formats & drama
TikTok has exploded into the public consciousness like few – if any other – video-led…
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Acorn TV, ViacomCBS’s C5 prep PD James ‘Inspector Dalgliesh’ adaptation
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV and Channel 5 have joined forces on an adaptation of…
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Avalon takes majority stake in TV & film talent firm The Agency
UK-based production group Avalon has acquired a majority stake in British talent firm The Agency, whose…
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ViacomCBS overhauls streaming division, with Pluto’s Tom Ryan promoted & senior exec exits
ViacomCBS is overhauling its global streaming operations, with Pluto TV’s CEO Tom Ryan appointed at…
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UK indie Three Tables Productions preps Royal Opera House drama
UK-based Three Tables Productions has partnered with the Royal Opera House (ROH) in London to…
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Bell Media president Randy Lennox to step down in 2021
Canada’s Bell Media has appointed telco boss Wade Oosterman as its new president to replace…
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DAZN partners with TikTok to launch football content portal in Germany
Sports streamer DAZN has unveiled a partnership with shortform mobile platform TikTok to create a…
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Warner Bros. TV hires former Netflix originals boss Channing Dungey
Warner Bros. Television Group has confirmed the appointment of Netflix’s former VP of originals Channing…
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UK’s ITV restructures to focus on streaming, with Kevin Lygo taking new role
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to restructure its business around streaming and has named the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Peacock takes flight as subs flock in
NBCUniversal’s streamer Peacock might have had its feathers ruffled by the global pandemic affecting its…
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Stolen Picture CEO Miles Ketley dies
Miles Ketley, CEO at UK-based producer Stolen Picture, has died. The news was confirmed by…
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Netflix reveals biggest original TV success of 2020
Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix original series Ratched has broken a record for the streamer. Netflix’s…
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Netflix ‘a trailblazer’ in Africa for its approach to development & production
Netflix has been described as a “trailblazer” for its approach to developing and producing shows…
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Warner Bros. TV chairman Peter Roth to depart early 2021
Warner Bros. Television Group’s long-standing chairman Peter Roth is stepping down from the company early next…
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Fremantle’s Apartment & Castlefield to adapt ‘Death At SeaWorld’
Fremantle-owned producers The Apartment and Castlefield have picked up rights to adapt David Kirby’s investigative…
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BBCS makes ‘significant breakthrough’ in China with Bilibili pact
Chinese streamer Bilibili and BBC Studios (BBCS) have struck a potentially far-reaching pact that will…
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Sky strikes kids content pact with NBCU sibling DreamWorks
Sky has struck a deal with fellow Comcast-owned NBCUniversal (NBCU) that will see a raft of…
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Show of the Week: Rise Of Empires: Ottoman
This six-part docudrama explores one of the most famous eras of the Ottoman Empire, chronicling…
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TBI Weekly: What MIPCOM Online+ delivered this week
It has been a MIPCOM like no other and yet despite the lack of rosé…
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TBI In Conversation: Globo director Patricia Pedrosa on female-driven drama
Patricia Pedrosa, director of Brazilian scripted series All Women In The World (aka Todas As Mulheres…
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Cineflix Rights hires Miramax, BBC Studios alum for scripted sales
Cineflix Rights has appointed former Miramax and BBC Studios (BBCS) exec Tom Misselbrook to a…
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Netflix’s head of comedy Jane Wiseman to depart
Netflix’s restructuring of its senior content team has continued with the exit of its VP of…
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NBCUIS president Jeff Wachtel exits company after 20 years
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS)’s president Jeff Wachtel is stepping down and leaving the US media…
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Exclusive: Beyond Rights acquisitions chief Jimmy Humphrey steps down
Beyond Rights head of acquisitions & co-productions Jimmy Humphrey is leaving the Australia- and UK-based distributor,…
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Paramount+ takes ‘Grease’ reboot from WarnerMedia’s HBO Max
ViacomCBS’s OTT service Paramount+ has picked up the forthcoming Grease spin-off, which had been previously with…
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Amazon reboots ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ with ‘Boys’ prodco
Amazon Studios has ordered a small screen remake of the 1997 movie I Know What…
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MIPCOM Drama round-up: SPT takes ‘Doc’ to US; NTV’s Russian dramas sell in Asia; ‘Babylon Berlin’ sales; BBCS, NENT & more…
Sony preps US remake of Lux Vide’s drama Doc Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has picked up…