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Richard Middleton
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TBI Weekly: All eyes on MIPTV 2023
MIPTV might have been quieter than previous years but news was in no short supply….
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Opinion: MIPTV 2023, Cannes we talk about it?
Fresh off the plane from Cannes, TBI’s resident format expert Siobhan Crawford offers her unvarnished…
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TV4 & C More among buyers for Channel 4’s Kardashian docuseries
TV4 and C More in Scandanavia are among companies to have picked up Optomen’s two-part…
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eOne’s ex-CEO Darren Throop emerges as potential buyer as Hasbro sale reaches final stages
Entertainment One (eOne)’s recently departed CEO & founder Darren Throop has emerged as a potential…
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Fremantle CEO Jennifer Mullin, Lilly Singh & World of Wonder duo to keynote Banff
Fremantle CEO Jennifer Mullin is among a flurry of speakers who have been confirmed for…
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This Is Nice CEO Morten Mogensen to exit Fremantle-owned Nordic group
Morten Mogensen is stepping down as CEO at Fremantle’s Nordic group, This Is Nice. His…
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Nutopia hires Lion TV & Raw alum Tom Watt-Smith to drive docuseries & formats
Nutopia has appointed former Lion TV exec Tom Watt-Smith to a newly created position working…
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Fifth Season’s SVP of docs Kevin Iwashina steps down, acknowledges ‘creating discomfort’ for others
Fifth Season’s SVP of documentaries Kevin Iwashina is stepping down, after acknowledging that he had…
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MIPTV Takeaways: Blue Ant’s Ben Barrett on budgets, pre-buys & why €35 bowls of pasta matter
MIPTV has wrapped and as the 5,510 participants (according to organisers RX France) head back…
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Netflix to maintain $17bn content spend in 2024, as Q1 subs grow by 1.75 million
Netflix is not likely to cut its content investment in 2024, with co-CEO Ted Sarandos…
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Fremantle UK names ex-Thames MD Amelia Brown as new CEO
Fremantle has named Amelia Brown, the former MD of UK label Thames, as CEO of…
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Warner Bros. Discovery hires Harry Gamsu from Fremantle
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has re-hired Fremantle exec Harry Gamsu. Gamsu was most recently VP…
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C4 unveils raft of shows, incl Kabul airport doc & ‘Partygate’ docudrama
Channel 4 in the UK has unveiled a slate of new shows, including a a…
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Writers strike looms large as WGA members vote to authorise strike action
Almost 98% of members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have voted to authorise…
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Exclusive: Australia poised for rapid FAST growth, as top 10 non-US markets revealed
Australia is poised for rapid FAST growth over the next four years and will overtake…
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Samsung TV Plus sets ‘soft cap’ on channels, as FAST exclusivity demands grow
Samsung TV Plus is increasingly looking for exclusive channels and content for its FAST platform,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Banijay, Fremantle & All3 vie for top spot in K7’s Tracking The Giants report
Banijay, Fremantle and All3Media were again among the top three format distributors of 2022 while…
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Sister’s Jane Featherstone talks up ‘reignited distribution’ opportunity as industry faces ‘painful correction’
The industry is facing a “painful” correction as streamers rein in spending, according to Sister…
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Mediawan acquires Femke Wolting & Bruno Felix prodco Submarine
European media group Mediawan has taken a majority stake in Submarine, the prodco behind Netflix’s…
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‘TV bubble has burst’ says StudioCanal CEO Anna Marsh, unveils Benedict Cumberbatch drama
StudioCanal’s CEO Anna Marsh has told MIPTV attendees here in Cannes that the TV bubble…
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BBC & NBCU co-commission Belgian format ‘Destination X’
The BBC in the UK and NBCUniversal (NBCU) have co-commissioned adventure reality competition show, Destination…
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Betty TV hires Bandicoot’s Emma Read-Wilson as head of production
Bandicoot’s recently departed head of production, Emma Read-Wilson, has joined UK prodco Betty TV in…
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Exclusive: Casey Bloys shares HBO’s new playbook
HBO and HBO Max chairman & president Casey Bloys tells Richard Middleton why the ‘Netflix…
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MIPTV deals round-up: Five deals for ‘The Traitors’; Sky buys ‘The Swarm’ & ‘The Ark’; ‘The A-Talks’ travels
‘The Traitors’ strikes five new deals Fast-travelling format The Traitors is to be remade in…
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Australia’s Seven gets ‘Stranded On Honeymoon Island’ with Endemol Shine
Seven Network in Australia has ordered a local version of recently launched format, Stranded On…
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Netflix apologises as ‘Love Is Blind’ live reunion show fails to stream
Netflix has apologised after a special reunion episode of Love Is Blind that had been…
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ZDF Studios targets factual entertainment with Tom Gamlich & Jan Fritzowsky’s Content Laden
ZDF Studios has partnered with Tom Gamlich and Jan Fritzowsky to launch a new prodco…
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TBI Weekly: Why Hollywood’s C-suite shouldn’t be biting the hand that feeds it
With the chances of a US writers strike rising by the day, Arrested Industries co-CEO…
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Hungary’s TV2 & South Africa’s eTV propel Turkish drama ‘Golden Boy’
Broadcasters across CEE, Central Asia and Africa have become the latest to pick up Turkish…
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Bandicoot TV hires Youngest & Thames execs as production chief Emma Read-Wilson exits
The Masked Singer UK producer Bandicoot TV has hired former Youngest Media and Thames Television…