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Richard Middleton
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Exclusive: TF1’s ‘Star Academy’ extends audience engagement with US firm LiveLike
France’s TF1 Group has partnered with audience engagement firm LiveLike on its singing competition show,…
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BBC Studios tweaks EMEA digital & on demand team with Kasia Jablonska promotion
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its streaming strategy team in EMEA with the promotion of…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tapping into TV & streaming’s key trends for 2024
As the industry reflects on the trials and tribulations of 2023, Omdia analysts Rob Moyser…
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‘Quicksand’ producer FLX names Joshua Mehr as new CEO, replacing Pontus Edgren
Quicksand producer FLX has promoted Joshua Mehr to become CEO, replacing Pontus Edgren. Mehr will…
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SAG-AFTRA board gives nod to AMPTP deal, as further details of new contract emerge
Further details have emerged of SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers…
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Newen Connect embraces veteran format trend with “Through The Keyhole’ relaunch
Newen Connect is to relaunch classic TV show Through The Keyhole following its acquisition of…
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Starz restructures senior team as SVP of originals & head of production depart
Starz has restructured its senior team with a flurry of exits including SVP of originals,…
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‘Working class’ writers prize launched by ‘Boiling Point’ star Stephen Graham & Birdie Pics
Boiling Point‘s Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters of Matriarch Productions and Phil Temple of Birdie…
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Netflix confirms deal for former HBO Max drama ‘Dead Boy Detectives’
Netflix has confirmed it has picked up Dead Boy Detectives, the former HBO Max show…
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Streamers fuel UK show exports to record $2.28bn, as Europe offsets US stagnation
Streamers have driven international sales of UK shows to new heights, with exports rising 22%…
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TBI Weekly: How cuts are forcing TV to dance to a very different beat
It is easy to forget that investors barely blinked at enormous streaming losses until last…
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BBC snags six at The Grierson’s 2023 Documentary Awards, as Anna Hall honoured
The BBC and Netflix were among companies taking home multiple prizes from The Grierson Trust’s…
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Roku ramps up sports offering with docuseries ‘Fight Inc: Inside The UFC’
Roku has partnered with mixed martial arts organisation UFC to create a three-part docuseries about…
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Vice cuts jobs & restructures following Vice News show cancellations
Vice Media Group is restructuring following the cancellation of its Vice On Showtime and Vice…
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BBC Studios names head of drama productions following exit of Priscilla Parish
BBC Studios Productions has appointed Kate Oates as its head of drama productions, following the…
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Federation Studios creates new IP division to feed production interests
France’s Federation Studios has created a new division discover, acquire and sell on intellectual properties…
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Exclusive: SPT rejigs distribution with UK chief Holly Comiskey taking expanded remit in Europe
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has rejigged its sales team with an expanded role for its…
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Priscilla Parish steps down as BBC Studios Productions head of drama
BBC Studios Productions head of drama, Priscilla Parish, is stepping down from the company. Former…
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US actors union SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP agree three-year deal worth more than $1bn
US actors union SAG-AFTRA has struck a tentative three-year deal worth more than $1bn (£814m)…
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WBD rejigs operations in Southern Europe as VP of Spanish originals Miguel Salvat exits
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s exec shake-up across Europe continues, with its VP & commissioning editor…
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Endemol Shine alum Wim Ponnet named EMEA president at OTT firm Quickplay
Endemol Shine Group’s former chief strategy and commercial officer Wim Ponnet has taken up a…
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ITV Studios braces for FTA hit as demand declines, while ITV cuts $12m from 2023 content spend
ITV Studios (ITVS) expects revenues to grow by just 3% in 2023 – down from…
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Chernin’s North Road back on M&A path with deal for ‘Summer Of Soul’ firm Two One Five
Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company has taken a “significant stake” in Two One Five…
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Artificial intelligence ‘bias’ highlighted as tech influences content commissioning & creativity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) should not be seen as a ‘perfect oracle’ when it comes to…
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News round up: Hulu extends ‘The Bear’; Prime Video scores Thomas Müller doc; CJ ENM strikes TAICCA fund pact
Hulu extends The Bear Hulu drama The Bear has been extended into a third season,…
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SAG-AFTRA responds to AMPTP’s ‘last, best and final’ offer as strike rumbles on
US actors union SAG-AFTRA has responded to the “last, best and final” offer from the…
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Exclusive: MENA streamer Shahid eyes int’l content as AVOD surges
Saudi Arabia-based streamer Shahid is looking to expand its non-English language programming as it experiences…
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Exclusive: Pluto TV’s top five FAST channels in US drive 20% total consumption
Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST)’s growth in the US is being powered by a small number…
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Dan Grabiner & Nicola Hill’s Orchard Studios hires BBC commissioner & ITN producer
BBC factual entertainment commissioner Clare Mottershead and ITN exec Nat Lippiett have joined Orchard Studios,…
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Nordic trio DR, SVT & NRK board Greenpeace ship ‘Rainbow Warrior’ doc from Docsville Studios
Nordic trio DR, SVT and NRK have struck deals for a new documentary from Lawrence…