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E4 to remake VH1 confessions format
UK digital channel E4 has commissioned a British version of Walk of Shame Shuttle. E4…
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Netflix orders trio of Dave Chappelle specials
Streaming service Netflix has ordered three comedy specials from comic Dave Chappelle. Under terms of…
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Show of the week: The Next Boy/Girl Band
A new talent competition from Talpa (creator of The Voice), The Next Boy/Girl Band, sees…
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Internet advertising overtakes TV
Internet advertising accounted for greater market share than TV for the first time ever, in…
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News brief: Sky buys Hostage: Do or Die
Sky has acquired true crime series Hostage: Do or Die. The factual show recounts hostage-taking…
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Hidden Singer at Discovery Italy
Discovery Networks Italy has ordered the first European version of a South Korean talent format….
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Lagardère Active pockets kids VOD series
French broadcaster Lagardère Active has acquired a preschool series based on the Badanamu online property…
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The week in deals: Bull untethered as Kwesé builds
Many execs are enjoying the sunshine and speed-dating at MIPCancun this week, which they hope…
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Sonar pacts with Robert Downey Jr.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. will create scripted and unscripted programming for television and digital platforms…
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Mark Burnett launching Light TV channel
Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and MGM are launching Light TV, a new family and faith-based…
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Pulse and Vice staff up
Vice-backed producer Pulse Films has hired Davud Karbassioun for a new role, global president of…
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Bond exits Discovery’s Raw for Endemol Shine prodco
UK prodco Dragonfly has hired Richard Bond as creative director. He joins the Endemol Shine…
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19-2 prodco hires development chief
Canadian prodco Sphère Média has hired Tara Woodbury as its English-language head of development. Sphère…
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GRB hires sales director from A+E
Melanie Torres has joined GRB as director of international sales. The US-based producer and distributor…
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Amazon buys SVOD foreign language films
Amazon has acquired a raft of foreign-language movies for its Prime Video streaming service. The…
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BBCWW takes Pests and Rich Kids into Africa
Passion Distribution has shopped a raft of content to BBC Worldwide in the wake of…
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Stan OTT service is on Good Behavior
Australian streaming service Stan has acquired US drama series Good Behavior. The SVOD service scooped…
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Professor Green making weed, child poverty docs
UK rapper Professor Green is making a pair of docs about social issues for the…
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Show of the week: Planet Earth II
The BBC debuted its groundbreaking wildlife series Planet Earth ten years ago, and the international…
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Show of the week: Planet Earth II
The BBC debuted its groundbreaking wildlife series Planet Earth ten years ago, and the international…
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Boat Rocker promotes Traub and Pratte
Canadian producer and distributor Boat Rocker has promoted two of its senior execs. Samantha Traub…
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US scribe writing Sky Atlantic comedy
US writer and performer David Cross is penning a comedy starring Stephen Mangan and Heather…
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All3Media’s Geater to chair Pact Council
Sarah Geater has been elected chair of the Pact Council and will replace Laura Mansfield…
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TBI October/November 2016
This month’s issue includes; Distributors Survey 2016: TBI has canvassed opinion and the results are…
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CBS working up Big Bang Theory prequel
A prequel to The Big Bang Theory is in the works at CBS. The US…
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DRG hires Sky Vision, Zodiak sales execs
Nice Entertainment Group distributor DRG has brought on sales executives from Sky Vision and Zodiak…
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The Simpsons breaks record for most episodes
The Simpsons has been renewed for 29th and 30th seasons – overtaking Gunsmoke as the…
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Endemol Shine’s NL Film gets Oscars nod
NL Film, the Endemol Shine-owned prodco behind TV drama Penoza, has had its latest feature…
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TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week – 4 November 2016
Could Eurosport become the ‘Netflix of sports’? That’s what cable giant Discovery Networks claims in…
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Electus sells David Blaine special into the UK
Electus International has shopped a new David Blaine special, Beyond Magic, into the UK, with free-to-air broadcaster…