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Richard Middleton
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Show of the Week: The Friedmanns
This moving eight-part drama starts off where some shows might end, resulting in a unique,…
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Fremantle & Angelina Jolie strike far-reaching production pact
Fremantle has struck a three-year pact that will see actress Angelina Jolie develop an “internationally…
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TBI Weekly: Will ITV’s streaming shift lead to more M&A?
ITV has been among the most talked about takeover targets in the UK for years,…
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Sales Talk: Endeavor Content’s Prentiss Fraser on ‘Curb’, Korea & opening AVOD windows
Buyers, hungry for new content, are in the UK capital for meetings, presentations and drinks…
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Sales Talk: TVF Int’l execs on FAST, ‘Euphoria’ & why Carbon matters
Buyers, hungry for new content, are in the UK capital for meetings, presentations and drinks…
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TV Rain shuts down as Russian special forces threaten to storm studio
Russian TV channel Dozhd (TV Rain) has been forcibly shut down by regulators in the…
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Roku hires ITV America’s chief creative officer to lead originals
ITV America’s chief creative officer David Eilenberg is joining Roku to lead its originals push….
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The CW, Globo & Movistar Plus buy BBCS docs
US network The CW, Globo in Brazil and Spain’s Movistar Plus+ are among buyers of…
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Disney+ unveils first Dutch original with ‘Nemesis’
Disney+ has confirmed that its first scripted original in The Netherlands will be an adaptation…
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All3’s Woodman Park ups Whitney White & hires Super Delicious exec
All3Media’s Battle Of The Brothers firm Woodman Park Productions has rejigged its senior exec ranks…
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Sony strikes $350m deal to buy ‘American Idol’ producer Industrial Media
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is to acquire American Idol producer Industrial Media as part of…
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Fremantle buys majority stake in Italian giant Lux Vide
Fremantle has acquired a 70% stake in Italian producer Lux Vide. Under the deal, the…
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Films Of Record founder & doc veteran Roger Graef dies, aged 85
Documentary maker and Films Of Record founder Roger Graef has died, aged 85. The US-born…
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Factual round-up: ZDFE joins ‘Whales Off Our Coasts’; Mediaset strikes BBCS deal; A+E reveals lifestyle push
ZDFE joins Whales Off Our Coasts Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has joined upcoming special Whales…
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Canal+ join NRK, TV4 on Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish drama ‘Families Like Ours’
Canal+ in France, NRK in Norway and fellow Nordic firm CMore/TV4 have joined Denmark’s TV2…
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Netflix halts Russian shows & acquisitions, as Banijay joins sales boycott
Netflix has paused all production and acquisitions in Russia while Banijay is joining a swathe…
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BBC unveils swathe of factual incl Falkands War & AIDS shows
The BBC in the UK has revealed a swathe of new factual programming, including shows…
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‘Euphoria’s ADD & Blue Ant link for North American remake of Israel’s ‘The First Family’
Producer-distributor ADD Content and Blue Ant Studios in Canada have struck a scripted format development…
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Rocket Rights takes sales rights to Curve’s ‘Geordie Hospital’
UK-based Curve Media has appointed Rocket Rights to handle worldwide distribution for Channel 4 series…
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India’s MX Player snags ‘The Watch’ & ‘Critical’ as part of scripted deal
Indian streamer MX Player has picked up The Watch and Jed Mercurio’s Critical as part…
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Fremantle Int’l rejigs scripted with BBCS alum hire & Rebecca Dundon promotion
Fremantle International has expanded its scripted team with the promotion of Rebecca Dundon and the…
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All3, BBCS, ITVS & Fremantle stop Russian sales as TV sanctions grow
All3Media International, BBC Studios (BBCS), ITV Studios (ITVS) and Fremantle have joined the growing band…
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‘Euphoria’ firm A24 hires BBC’s drama chief Piers Wenger & film boss Rose Garnett
Euphoria producer A24 has dealt a double blow to the BBC by hiring its drama…
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France’s TF1 & M6 to sell channels to Altice to secure merger deal approval
France’s TF1 and M6 and Altice Media have begun exclusive negotiations for the sale of…
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UK trade body Pact calls on members ‘to suspend co-operation & trade’ with Russia
UK producer trade body Pact has become the latest organisation to sever ties with Russian…
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Newen’s Blue Spirit hires Cyber Group exec as MD, with founder set to exit
Newen-owned French animation firm Blue Spirit has hired Cyber Group Studios exec Olivier Lelardoux as…
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CNN names CBS exec Chris Licht as chairman & CEO
Chris Licht has been named as chairman and CEO of CNN Global, following the exit…
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Sky strikes BBCS deal in Germany to provide ‘backbone’ to factual channel line-up
Sky in Germany has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will provide the…
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MIPTV to have no Russian attendees as Ukraine conflict deepens
There will be no Russian attendees at MIPTV next month as the country’s invasion of…
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Big Media hires Star Contents, TV Azteca alum to lead Lat Am & US Hispanic
US-based distributor Big Media has hired the president of Star Contents as head of Latin…