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Richard Middleton
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SkyShowtime lands former Netflix exec to lead content across Iberia
Comcast and Paramount’s European streamer SkyShowtime has landed a former Netflix exec to become its…
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Canada’s Corus overhauls content with Troy Reeb upped & 20-year veteran Colin Bohm departing
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has rejigged it senior content team, with Troy Reeb taking on an…
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ProSiebenSat.1 restructures with veteran channel chief Daniel Rosemann departing
ProSiebenSat.1 has restructured its management team with chief Bert Habets now becoming CEO of Seven.One…
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Netflix eyes more ‘Suits’ deals as EMEA subs soar & spending drops $4bn amid strikes
Netflix will explore licensing more programming following the success of Suits and is raising prices,…
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Exclusive: Programme spending to hit $164bn in 2023, as acquisitions return to growth
Broadcasters and streamers are set to spend $164bn on programming in 2023 with investment in…
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Paramount’s Bob Bakish on “playing through the trough” & partnership focus
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish has said the company is “playing through the trough” of a…
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Sister hires former Netflix exec as president of strategy & business affairs
This Is Going To Hurt producer Sister has hired former Netflix exec Efrain Miron to…
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Spain’s Mediapro plots US & English-language market expansion
Spain’s Mediapro Studio is looking to expand its operations in the US and across the…
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Newen Studios takes majority stake in former TF1 exec Marie Guillaumond’s prodco Felicita
France’s Newen Studios has acquired a majority stake in Felicita, the production firm launched by…
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Banijay unveils global accelerator program for female-led format creation
Banijay has launched a global accelerator program led by Endemol Shine North America’s Sharon Levy…
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HBO in Latin America picks up Mediapro drama ‘La Mesías’
HBO in Latin America has picked up Mediapro drama La Mesías, one of the buzzy…
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BBC Studios sales chief Rebecca Glashow eyes new models amid cool market
BBC Studios distribution chief Rebecca Glashow has said the Planet Earth III and The Famous…
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ProSiebenSat.1 outlines strategy to survive ‘unprecedented decline’ of German ad market
ProSiebenSat.1 is to invest upwards of €1bn ($1.05m) in programming next year that can work…
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BBC Studios’ Caroline Stone exits after 15 years to join Faith Penhale’s Pathé
BBC Studios scripted exec Caroline Stone is leaving the company to take up a new…
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Buccaneer lands BBC Studios alum as creative director in Scotland
Marcello prodco Buccaneer has hired Neil Duncan as creative director of its Scotland-based division. Duncan…
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RTL Germany welcomes Videoland drama ‘Maxima’ following Beta Film deal
RTL Germany has picked up rights to Maxima, which follows the life of Argentina-born Maxima…
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Warner Bros. Discovery to start Max roll-out in Europe in spring 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is rolling its Max service out in Europe in the spring…
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ITV Studios backs new Italian prodco from ‘Gomorrah’ firm Cattleya
ITV Studios (ITVS)-backed Italian producer Cattleya is launching a new outfit in partnership with writers…
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MIPCOM’s Lucy Smith on MENA’s rise, navigating a ‘difficult’ market & the Content Innovation Awards
As the industry descends on MIPCOM, event director Lucy Smith reflects on shifting US studio…
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TBI Weekly: How to do MIPCOM 2023 right
TBI columnist & MIPCOM veteran Siobhan Crawford suggests some common etiquette as the industry descends…
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Gianni Nunnari & Simon Horsman set up Euro Gang Entertainment
Producer-financier duo Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman have launched Euro Gang Entertainment to develop, finance…
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Sky Studios restructures in Italy as production chief Sonia Rovai departs for Wildside
Sky Studios has restructured it operations in Italy, after its senior director of scripted production,…
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Federation backs ‘The Bureau’ creator Eric Rochant’s prodco with Disney+ show in works
French production firm Federation has backed a recently launched venture from The Bureau creator Eric…
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Former Shine Int’l & Electus CEO Chris Grant launches distribution firm Osmosis Global
Chris Grant, the former Electus CEO and president of Shine International, has launched a new…
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German broadcasters ARD & ZDF combine libraries for joint streamer
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have formally rolled out their combined streaming service, which…
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Sales round-up: A+E takes ‘Spouse On Strike’; Global Agency takes Japanese cookery show global; Banijay welcomes ‘Charlie and Lola’
A+E takes Spouse On Strike A+E Networks has acquired international distribution rights to Spouse On…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix saves ‘Star Trek Prodigy’; Iceland’s Siminn moves into ‘The Darkness’; Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio
Netflix saves Star Trek Prodigy Netflix has beamed up Star Trek: Prodigy, four months after…
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‘Outback Truckers’ firm Prospero lands Eureka exec Sharron Ashworth as COO
Outback Truckers firm Prospero Productions has hired Eureka Productions exec Sharron Ashworth as its COO….
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‘Maradona: Sueño Bendito’ prodco BTF Media hires TV Azteca exec amid reorg
Miami-based BTF Media, the prodco behind Canal 9 and Amazon Prime Video’s series Maradona: Sueño…
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US producers eye ‘nimble’ approach amid ‘extreme market contraction’
Nimbleness will be the key “weapon” for production firms as they look to survive the…