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Richard Middleton
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Toonz rejig sees Robinson step down at Imira
India’s Toonz Media Group has rejigged the senior management team at its Spanish children’s outfit…
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Viacom-owned Pluto TV launches Latino channels
Viacom-owned Pluto TV has added a suite of linear Spanish and Portuguese-language channels to its…
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BBC Studios snags first commission from Quibi
Short-form digital platform Quibi has ordered a blue chip factual series from the producers behind…
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Exclusive: Netflix drama ‘When they See Us’ travels in Africa
Ava DuVernay’s hard-hitting drama When They See Us (pictured) has become a hit for Netflix…
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Netflix set for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ adaptation
Netflix is poised to hand a commission to a big budget TV adaptation of Neil…
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Raw TV reels in Studio Lambert exec for scripted
All3Media-owned producer Raw TV has appointed an exec producer from sibling prodco Studio Lambert to…
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How to gain access to restrictive locations
Adam Jacobs, exec producer at UK-based Woodcut Media, discusses how to get access to restrictive…
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UKTV’s Gold orders Lenny Henry comedy docuseries
BBC Studios-owned UK channel Gold has ordered a docuseries featuring comedian Lenny Henry that explores…
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Short-form streamer Quibi orders Liam Hemsworth thriller
Short-form streaming service Quibi has added to its fast-growing slate by ordering a thriller series…
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BBC, ZDF, Love Nature strike first copro with ‘Animals at Play’
The UK’s BBC, Germany’s ZDF and natural history operator Love Nature have joined forces on…
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Pop TV revives axed Netflix show ‘One Day at a Time’
US cabler Pop TV has reversed the trend of streamers reviving network shows by coming…
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Showtime takes Denmark’s ‘Rita’ to US
US cabler Showtime has handed a pilot order to a remake of hit Danish drama…
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BBC’s ‘The Planet’ lands in Japan, US
The series, which finished airing on BBC2 in the UK this week, is fronted by…
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Sony strikes right price with Richards
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck a multi-year overall deal with The Price Is Right…
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Netflix’s Hastings to keynote at RTS
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Royal Television…
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Germany returns to ‘Big Brother’
German broadcaster Sat.1 has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine Group (ESG)’s reality format…
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Paramount explores US-Mexico border
Paramount Network is expanding its scripted offering with a timely order for a 10-part drama…
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Discovery brings HGTV to the UK
Discovery is to launch its home renovation network HGTV into the UK and will reboot…
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Amazon in talks with YouTube’s Wax for drama role
Amazon Studios is in talks to appoint YouTube Premium’s scripted exec Jon Wax following the…
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Armoza’s ‘Sex Tape’ remade in Finland
Finnish channel Nelonen has ordered a local version of Armoza Formats’ social experiment show Sex…
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Netflix film exec joins Disney+
Disney has poached Netflix’s director of original film Matt Brodlie to aid in the growth…
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Apple, Amazon talk up flexible deals
Apple’s creative director for Europe Jay Hunt and Amazon Studios’ director of European originals Georgia…
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WarnerMedia doubles down on Somerville dramas
WarnerMedia has commissioned two more dramas for its forthcoming streaming service, with Maniac creator Patrick…
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Sky Cinema hires C5’s Keenan
The former head of acquisitions for Viacom-owned Channel 5 in the UK has left the…
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Netflix to lose ‘The Office’ to NBCU
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s forthcoming streaming service will become home to the US version of The Office…
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Sky Italia confirms Ibarra as CEO
Sky Italia has confirmed that KPN chief executive Maximo Ibarra is to be its new…
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Xilam appoints Amuse exec for digital
Xilam Animation in France has appointed an executive from Millimages subsidiary Amuse as its head…
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KPN CEO tipped for Sky Italia
Maximo Ibarra, who has been hotly tipped to replace Andrea Zappia as CEO of Sky…
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Sales round-up: Sky Vision sells Arabia, SBS Food’s Gusto deal, Passion’s CEE deals
Discovery Asia-Pac acquires Arabia Discovery Networks in Asia Pacific has picked up rights to a…
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Banijay acquires Germany’s Good Times
Banijay Group’s German division has acquired local production firm Good Times, with its founder set…