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Richard Middleton
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TBI Weekly: Why Banijay wanted Endemol Shine Group
As far as ‘will they won’t they’ takeover stories go, Banijay Group’s courtship of Endemol…
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Movistar+ to offer WarnerMedia’s TNT Now on-demand service
Telefónica’s Spanish pay TV platform Movistar+ is to offer WarnerMedia’s on-demand service TNT Now to…
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HBO Max unveils first slate of CNN Originals, including Alex Gibney docuseries
HBO Max has rounded out a busy week for its unscripted division with its first…
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News round-up: ITV closes ‘Beecham House’; Amazon returns to ‘Modern Love’; C4’s royal doc deal
ITV moves out of Beecham House UK broadcaster ITV has ended period drama Beecham House…
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Hulu orders Vice News series, unveils monthly scheduling plans
US streamer Hulu has ordered a 10-part series exploring issues around global culture and politics…
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Netflix orders first French original animation with ‘Oggy Oggy’
Netflix has commissioned a pre-school show spun-off from kids franchise Oggy And The Cockroaches, marking…
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Drama propels UK exports to record high of $1.8bn as global SVOD sales surge
UK dramas such as Bodyguard and Killing Eve helped to propel the country’s TV exports…
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Kids round-up: HBO Max revives ‘Adventure Time’; Disney Channel visits ‘Sulphur Springs’; CCTV rings ‘Hana’s Helpline’
HBO Max revives Adventure Time HBO Max has revived Cartoon Network show Adventure Time by…
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Quibi unveils daily show with Complex Networks, sells out of advertising spots
Quibi has ordered a daily hip-hop show from Complex Networks, and revealed it has sold…
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BET Networks appoints The CW’s Traci Lynn Blackwell for scripted
BET Networks has appointed The CW’s SVP of current programming Traci Lynn Blackwell to oversee…
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HBO joins BBC’s sexual consent drama from Michaela Coel, moves from BBC Two
HBO has joined the BBC’s forthcoming Michaela Coel-starring drama that explores sexual consent in contemporary…
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Greenbird backs new prodco from documentary presenter Stacey Dooley
BBC documentary presenter Stacey Dooley has launched a new production outfit with the backing of…
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HBO Max pushes deeper into unscripted with Monica Lewinsky doc and ‘The Ho’s’
HBO Max is further expanding its unscripted output with a documentary featuring Monica Lewinsky and…
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ITV rejigs daytime team with commissioners Clare Ely and Jane Beacon departing
ITV in the UK has rejigged its daytime commissioning team, with Clare Ely and Jane…
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All3Media launches US prodco with ‘Made In Mexico’ producer Kevin Bartel
All3Media America is backing a new production label that will be headed up by Kevin…
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Buccaneer appoints Richard Tulk-Hart from A+E Networks as co-CEO
Richard Tulk-Hart is stepping down from his role as A+E Networks MD of international distribution,…
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BBC Studios’ Hilary Salmon to launch prodco with Nick Betts and Radford Neville
BBC Studios drama veteran Hilary Salmon is leaving the organisation to launch a new production…
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Seven West Media agrees deal to merge with Prime Media
Seven West Media (SWM) in Australia is set to merge with its affiliated regional broadcaster…
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BBC alum Andrea Hamilton and music agency Modest! launch prodco, secures BBC1 order
BBC alum Andrea Hamilton has linked up with Harry Magee and Richard Griffiths’ Modest! Management…
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MIPCOM 2019: The Big Deals
As MIPCOM closes its doors after another frenetic market, TBI explores some of the big…
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UK’s culture secretary “open-minded” to BBC licence fee change
UK culture secretary Nicky Morgan has said she is “open-minded” about changes to the way…
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Kids round-up: Youku deals with ‘Superhero Kindergarten’; ‘Dinocity’ goes global; Cartoon Network hires
Youku partners on Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten Genius Brands International has struck a deal that…
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SPT agrees deal with ‘Black Hawk Down’ firm Revolution Studios
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck a deal to handle global TV and digital distribution…
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HBO Max adds Fox, Universal, A+E execs to work across drama
HBO Max has added executives from Fox Entertainment, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and A+E Studios…
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Deals round-up: Nat Geo Wild, More 4 move into Taronga Zoo; Nine, A+E in US buy KI shows
Nat Geo Wild, More 4 move into Taronga Zoo Nat Geo Wild in the US…
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Endemol Shine’s Cathy Payne on scalable formats, SVOD aggregation and streamers
Scalable formats remain key for the continued growth on the unscripted side of the content…
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‘Billions’ star Damian Lewis talks ‘Spy Wars’, unscripted and his new prodco
A docudrama exploring the lives of (in)famous spies might not have been the most obvious…
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Deals round-up: KI unveils African format pact; Amazon launches Channels in France; MADD’s CEE drama sale
Keshet Int’l, M-Net strike format pact Keshet International (KI) and pan-African broadcaster M-Net have joined…
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NBC’s ‘Making It’ secures first international remake with Discovery Finland
Discovery Finland has become the first broadcaster to remake NBC series Making It, after striking…
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VIMN promotes Jill Offman for Viacom International Studios UK’s scripted push
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has promoted Jill Offman to an expanded position at its…