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Richard Middleton
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Nordic streamer Ruutu takes ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ into Finland
Nelonen’s Nordic SVOD platform Ruutu has ordered a local version of SAS: Who Dares Wins, to…
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India’s MX Player & Spain’s Filmin ink deal for Israeli drama ‘Manayek’
India’s MX Player and Spain’s Filmin have struck deals for the first two seasons of…
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Fremantle hires Sky Italia exec to find ‘new routes to market’ & monetisation potential
Fremantle has hired an exec from Sky Italia to explore new routes to market for the…
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TBI Weekly: Has LA Screenings become just another market?
LA Screenings was once seen as an annual pilgrimage to the home of entertainment for international…
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Lionsgate CEO hopes to reveal Starz ‘plan’ by ‘end of the summer’
Lionsgate is hoping to have details of its “plan” for Starz by the end of the…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s ID extends programming deal with UK’s Arrow Media
Investigation Discovery (ID) has added to its expanding relationship with UK producer Arrow Media by…
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HBO Max strikes first-look deal with Omar Sy, star of Netflix’s ‘Lupin’
HBO Max has snagged a first-look TV deal with Lupin star Omar Sy. The French…
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eOne promotes Amanda Bowman Gerisch to oversee scripted development
Entertainment One (eOne) has promoted Amanda Bowman Gerisch to become SVP of scripted development. Gerisch…
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BBC to close CBBC & BBC Four as ‘digital first’ agenda set out
The BBC in the UK is closing children-focused channel CBBC and arts-skewing BBC Four, as…
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Vivendi ups Lagardere stake as takeover faces ongoing roadblocks
Banijay and Canal+ shareholder Vivendi has increased its ownership stake in publishing and retail group…
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Exclusive: Netflix UK & C4 scripted chiefs tipped for BBC head of drama role
Netflix’s UK chief Anne Mensah and Channel 4’s Caroline Hollick are among leading contenders to…
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Exclusive: Comcast & Paramount seek SkyShowtime head of content
Comcast and Paramount’s soon-to-launch streamer SkyShowtime is on the look-out for a head of content…
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News round-up: Acorn TV, CBC buy ‘Love Me’; PBS Int’l to sell Holocaust show; Woodcut Int’l lands Fukushima doc
Acorn TV, CBC buy ‘Love Me’ Acorn TV and CBC in Canada are among buyers…
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Leonine Studios buys ‘Germania’ & ’13 Fragen’ producer Hyperbole Medien
Germany’s Leonine Studios has struck a deal to acquire Berlin-based entertainment outfit Hyperbole Medien. The…
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Sky links with Apex to launch $625k short-form documentary program
Sky has launched its first documentary shorts fund, which will offer £500,000 ($625,000) to fund…
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BBC Studios snags first-look pact with ‘The Repair Shop’ host’s prodco
BBC Studios has struck a one-year first-look development deal with Hungry Jay Media, the joint…
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Apple TV+ orders all Hispanic drama about Mexico’s first female police force
Apple TV+ has ordered a Spanish-language crime drama set in the 1970’s and based on…
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Fremantle’s Eureka hires former Endemol Shine NA unscripted president
Full Bloom and Name That Tune outfit Eureka Productions has hired former Endemol Shine North America…
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FAST shift requires ‘significant’ investment, says Banijay Rights exec
Content rights holders need to think carefully about their strategy and calculate the return on…
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Paramount ‘leveraging entire business’ into streaming, says Dan Fahy
Paramount is “leveraging its entire business into streaming”, a senior exec at the company has…
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Endeavor Content picks up Kate Bosworth’s ‘Bring On The Dancing Horses’
Female-led Western drama Bring On The Dancing Horses has been picked up for global distribution by Endeavor Content. The…
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Denmark introduces 6% streaming levy to support local production
Global streamers must pay a levy of 6% of their revenue in the country to…
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In10 Media’s Juggernaut names Discovery India alum as CEO
India’s IN10 Media Network has named Samar Khan as CEO of its production house, Juggernaut…
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BBC boss Tim Davie ‘open-minded’ about demise of licence fee funding
BBC chief Tim Davie has admitted he is “open minded” about new forms of funding…
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BBCS takes streamer BBC Player into Poland with Canal+
Canal+ in Poland has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will see streaming…
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Viaplay preps Swedish disability doc ‘It Could Have Been Us’
Nordic streamer Viaplay has expanded its factual output with an upcoming documentary exploring how people…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking Netflix’s most-watched shows in Q1 2022
Netflix suffered a battering from investors after its first quarter 2022 results, but how did…
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Netflix, YouTube & Hulu power US streaming to new record high in April
Netflix, YouTube and Hulu helped power streaming in the US to another record high for…
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UK & Italy strike agreement to extend and strengthen production ties
The British and Italian Film Commissions have struck a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand…
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Netflix extends See-Saw’s ‘Heartstopper’ with double season order
Netflix has ordered a further two seasons of its adaptation of Alice Oseman’s graphic book…