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News round-up: Newen snags Paramount’s ‘Serial Killers’; NPO, Amazon extend Hat Trick deals; FilmRise buys BuzzFeed Studios library
Newen snags Paramount’s Serial Killer’s Wife Newen Connect has acquired distribution rights to Clapperboard Studio’s…
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Miramax CEO Bill Block to depart ‘The Gentlemen’ & ‘Project Greenlight’ studio
Bill Block is stepping down as CEO at Miramax, the US production firm founded by…
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Paramount+ extends music docs with Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC boy band show
Paramount+ is expanding its music output and its relationship with US-based Gunpowder & Sky by…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking aggregation & the evolving role of pay-TV
The way we watch TV has dramatically changed over the past eight years and so…
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Show of the Week: The Doll Factory
Set in 1850’s London, The Doll Factory is an adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal’s acclaimed novel…
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Exclusive: France’s ‘The A Talks’ lands in Spain, with options struck in UK, Australia & Nordics
Mediaset Spain has ordered an eight-episode series of The A Talks, the French format first…
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Diary Notes of a drama producer in LA, 2022 vs 2023
With the US writers strike finally at an end, Arrested Industries CEO Anthony Kimble reflects…
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Lineup’s Belgian format ‘Therapy’ lands in the Netherlands & Israel
Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Israel have become the latest to order local remakes of…
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How the European Writers Club is opening doors & why it’s needed
Getting scripted shows off the ground has never been easy but squeezed budgets and streamer…
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Apple TV+ hires Disney+ EMEA scripted exec Johanna Devereaux
Apple TV+ has landed Disney+ exec Johanna Devereaux to oversee its scripted efforts. Devereaux, who…