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Banijay names senior development exec to lead global format acquisitions
Banijay has promoted one of its senior development execs to oversee its global format acquisition…
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UK’s Pact & Bectu strike TV drama production framework deal after year of talks
UK broadcasting union Bectu and producer trade body Pact have struck a new agreement regulating…
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Round-up: ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format; A+E among Beyond’s 250-hour UK sales; Dance Revolution moves to Baltic, Africa beat
ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format ITV in the UK is prepping an eright-part theatrical competition…
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The Organisation of Ukrainian Producers unveils Mariupol & Gostomel documentaries
The Organisation of Ukrainian Producers (OUP), a group of seven filmmakers who launched a banner…
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Banijay’s format acquisition chief Carlotta Rossi Spencer to lead branded content push
Banijay has formally appointed its previous head of format acquisitions to a newly created role…
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YouTuber Brandon Baum launches prodco & preps chat show format
YouTube celebrity Brandon Baum has launched a new UK-based production firm, with his first online…
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Mediawan buys into Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, as investors increase funding
French production group Mediawan has raised funds from its investors to finance the acquisition of…
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Exclusive: Streamers push back as European Commission explores origins of EU content
Netflix, HBO Max and other streamers operating across Europe could see their content quotas being…
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BBC’s Mark Brownlow to depart after 28 years to join Plimsoll’s natural history unit
UK-based Plimsoll Productions has hired Blue Planet II producer Mark Brownlow, who is leaving the…
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Int’l producers explore European coproduction regulation as model’s popularity soars
Global coproductions will become increasingly important as streamers and broadcasters find budgets squeezed but pan-European…