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Stewart Clarke
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Endemol making Phantom of the Opera TV series
Endemol’s scripted division and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Tony Krantz are adapting Phantom of the Opera…
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Showtime will Stop at Nothing for Lance Armstrong doc
Showtime has acquired Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story, the one-off doc about the…
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Streaming service Acorn buys Seven’s Aussie drama
Acorn TV has picked up US rights to A Place to Call Home, the Australian…
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Netflix tries new release model with Madagascar kids series
Netflix will release its upcoming kids series All Hail King Julien in installments, eschewing the…
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Starz to launch new drama on-demand ahead of linear
US premium cabler Starz will launch episodes of its new drama series The Missing on…
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Blue Ant makes Choice channels move
Canada-based content company Blue Ant Media has acquired a majority stake in Choice TV, the…
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Moriarty takes over from Shortt at AMC
Mike Moriarty has been appointed managing director of AMC’s international channels business, replacing Dermot Shortt,…
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Seven signs Aquarius, gets away with Murder
Seven Network has acquired several international series including David Duchovny’s Charles Manson-era drama Aquarius and…
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Canada’s Bell latest to take on Netflix with Latte
Canadian telco and broadcaster Bell will launch a TV streaming service with content from HBO…
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Lifetime orders Bible special from Mark Burnett
Lifetime has ordered The Women of the Bible, a two-hour special that will go out…
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Netflix splashes out on Richie Rich
Netflix has acquired another original kids series, Richie Rich. The live-action show will be based…
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MasterChef’s secret sauce
MasterChef recently broke the 50-territory mark for local versions. TBI spoke to the people making,…
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Rich Ross exits Shine, lands at Discovery
Rich Ross has left Shine amid a restructure at the enlarged production and distribution group…
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Netflix moves for another BBC/Sundance drama
Netflix has acquired upcoming BBC and Sundance drama series One Child, TBI has learned. The…
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Netflix makes UK comedy move with BBC’s Pompidou
Netflix is on board upcoming UK comedy Pompidou and will launch it as an original…
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AMC buying into BBC America in US$200m deal
AMC Networks is buying a 49.9% stake in BBC America for US$200 million. The US…
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Netflix preps launch of Sony’s Bloodline
Netflix will launch Bloodline, the new family drama from Sony Pictures Television, next March. The…
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Louise Pedersen exiting All3Media for Callender’s Playground
All3Media is looking for a new international boss after Louise Pedersen’s decision to leave the…
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International Netflix deals for BBC Worldwide
Netflix has acquired several of BBC Worldwide’s top titles for its new international services, TBI…
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The script for AMC International
With consumers and the TV industry fixated on high-end drama, TBI speaks to the people…
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France’s TF1 investigates CSI: Cyber
TF1 has acquired the latest CSI: Crime Scene Investigation spin-off, CSI: Cyber. The French commercial…
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Corus and A+E align History channels
Corus will show a raft of programming from A+E’s History channel on its own Historia…
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US cable net lands Schitt’s Creek
US cable net Pop, the rebranded TV Guide Network, has acquired Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian…
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Netflix partners with SVOD rival Shomi for Canadian original
Netflix and its streaming rival Shomi are joining forces to make Between, which will star…
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ProSieben shakes up copro strategy with Gal-Raday hire
German free-to-air broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Reshet exec and the cofounder of Israeli producer…
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Sony buys into Dori Media’s channels
Sony Pictures Television is bolstering its channels line-up with a deal for 50% of several…
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BBCWW strikes Red Planet deal
BBC Worldwide has inked a development deal with Death in Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures….
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VR TV: virtually a reality
UK producer Atlantic has set up Alchemy VR, an experimental virtual reality studio. Atlantic boss…
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Barcroft Media launches online cars channel
Barcroft Media is launching Barcroft Cars, a new automobile-focused online channel, TBI has learned. Barcroft,…
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Netflix confirms DiCaprio doc deal
Netflix has confirmed it has picked up exclusive rights to Virunga, the feature doc that…