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Richard Middleton
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Prime Video Japan gameshow ‘Freeze’ goes global with Fremantle
Fremantle has landed global production rights to Japanese gameshow format, Freeze. The format was originally…
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All3 & Japan’s TBS strike format pact, ‘Lovers Or Liars?’ first to emerge
All3Media International has struck a deal with Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) to co-develop…
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Prime Video adapts Anne Holt’s ‘1222’ in Nordics with Nordic Drama Queens
Prime Video has ordered an adaptation of Anne Holt’s crime novel 1222 from Fifth Season-backed…
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France’s W9 preps Dreamspark format ‘The Power’
France’s W9 is preparing to launch a new gameshow from European prodco Dreamspark and RTL…
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Paramount & Reliance agree $517m deal for Viacom18 stake
Paramount Global has sold its 13% stake in Indian media venture Viacom18 to Mukesh Ambani’s…
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Fremantle eyes US revival to reverse revenue decline as €3bn target looms
Fremantle’s revenues fell 3.4% in 2023, leaving the company requiring 30% growth over the next…
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‘Highway Thru Hell’ leads to FAST channel with Banijay, Great Pacific deal
Canada’s Great Pacific Media (GPM) is moving into FAST with a new channel launched in…
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Round-up: CBS extends ‘Fire Country’ & ‘Ghosts’; Apple orders Owen Wilson drama; Poland’s TVP preps MIPTV shows
CBS extends Fire Country & Ghosts Paramount’s US broadcaster CBS has renewed its US remake…
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Prime Video UK & Ireland lands Woodcut’s Sandra Rivett true crime doc
Prime Video in the UK and Ireland has picked up a true crime feature exploring…
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Buddy Oliver’s ‘Cooking Buddies’ show to be sold by Cake
UK-based kids firm Cake has picked up international rights to Cooking Buddies, the first TV…
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Apollo Global eyes Paramount Global, report claims
Former Endemol Shine Group owner Apollo Global is exploring acquiring assets from Paramount Global, according…
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Reshet 13 lands ex-Shine & Fox exec Emiliano Calemzuk as CEO
Reshet 13 has hired former Shine and Fox exec Emiliano Calemzuk as CEO of the…
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Netflix hires HBO’s SVP of drama series Nora Skinner for Jinny Howe’s team
Netflix has hired HBO’s SVP of drama series, Nora Skinner, to work as part of…
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US publisher Scholastic to buy 9 Story Media for $186m
US-based publisher Scholastic is buying Canada’s 9 Story Media Group for C$250m ($186m). The children’s…
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Banijay’s DJ Nurre exits Endemol Shine North America
Banijay’s DJ Nurre, who had overseen unscripted at Endemol Shine North America for the past…
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Netflix & WGGB agree UK writers fees, shifting away from rights in perpetuity
Netflix has struck its first deal with The Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) in…
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Gurin Company ties with Nikki Semin Han’s Titan for K-Pop projects
The Gurin Company has partnered with US-based K-pop firm Titan Content to create a slate…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How the big beasts of the global TV & video markets compare
We might be living through a period of retrenchment when it comes to content spending…
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Satisfaction hires Secuoya, Boomerang alum as content chief in Spain
Production firm Satisfaction Group has landed execs including Secuoya Studios’ David Gallart to its nascent…
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Western Europe’s pay TV subs set to decline 8% by 2029
Western Europe’s pay TV subscribers are set to tumble over the next six years, although…
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‘War Of The Worlds’ EP & ex-Studio Eight chief Jamie Brown dies, aged 78
War Of The Worlds exec producer and former Studio Eight Productions chief Jamie Brown has…
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Netflix lands Mike Tyson & Jake Paul boxing fight rights
Netflix is moving deeper into live sports by striking a deal to stream a boxing…
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SkyShowtime hires Disney & Fox alum for acquisitions & licensing
SkyShowtime has hired former Disney and Fox Networks Group exec Josephine Van As to oversee…
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Fremantle partners with Rachel Weisz’s Astral Projection
Fremantle has struck a first-look and development deal with Astral Projection, the production company from…
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Banijay posts revenue & profit rise despite ‘challenging’ conditions
Banijay has seen its revenues rise 6% over the past year despite “challenging market conditions”,…
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BBC takes crime drama ‘Rebus’ in the UK, as Viaplay exits
The UK’s BBC has acquired crime drama Rebus, with the show’s original commissioner Viaplay preparing…
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Spain’s Telecinco takes ‘Survivor’ with Cuarzo Producciones
Telecinco in Spain has ordered a local version of Banijay format Survivor, with the French…
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France’s M6 lands Prime Video show, spins ‘The Traitors’ for soon-to-launch streamer
French broadcaster M6 has lined up Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, an original MMA contest…
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ProSiebenSat.1 CEO eyes ‘slight growth’ in 2024 as Joyn strategy ‘starting to pay off’
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Bert Habets has predicted “slight growth” in revenues over the next 12 months…
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Sky, Pact welcome UK government’s moves on film & UK tax support
Companies including Sky and trade body Pact have welcomed moves by the UK government to…