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Amazon welcomes Fashion Hero
Amazon has added 8x60mins reality competition series The Fashion Hero to its direct services for…
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TBI weekly round up: Torode doc, Clones deal
TBI’s latest news round-up takes a look over some of the biggest deals, hires and…
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Premium video body launches in Europe
A premium video advocacy body is launching in Europe with the backing of numerous major…
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CBS Reality original is Written in Blood
UK pay TV channel CBS Reality has commissioned an original true crime series from Endemol…
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Rai orders Endemol Shine crime drama
Italian pubcaster Rai has tapped Endemol Shine for a crime drama. Set in an idyllic…
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Fremantle ups scripted buyer
FremantleMedia International (FMI) has promoted Rebecca Dundon to director of scripted acquisitions, and hired an…
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Netflix drama will prove Everything Sucks!
Netflix is going back to the 1990s with a coming-of-age drama original titled Everything Sucks!….
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Hulu to stream ZDF ballet time-travel drama
US streaming service Hulu had acquired exclusive VOD rights to Find Me in Paris, the…
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James Corden prodco lines up Bros doc
Fulwell 73, the prodco James Corden part owns, is producing a documentary about 1980s pop…
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Acorn is Keeping Faith with BBC, S4C drama
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) has become a coproducer on BBC Wales and S4C thriller drama…
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Canal+ drama Belfer tops Polish demand list
A local Canal+ drama is the most in-demand series in Poland, according to exclusive new…
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Seven renews ITV Studios first-look deal
Australia’s Network Seven has renewed its long-standing first-look programming deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment…
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Turner rejigs US distribution as Breland rises
Richard Warren has been upped to president of Turner Content Distribution after Coleman Breland moved…
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Writer’s room: Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern has a reputation for tackling social issues head-on. Through Hillsborough, The Accused, Dockers…
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TBI June/July 2017
This issue includes; The Spanish SVOD boom: Spain’s drama production sector has emerged as one…
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Downward Dog needs new home after ABC end
The makers of Downward Dog are searching for new owners of the US network comedy…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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Netflix makes it Rain as Danish drama nears
Production has begun on streaming service Netflix’s first Scandinavian original, a dystopian drama. The Rain…
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Canada plans to construct The Wall
Canadian broadcaster TVA is getting its own French-language version of NBC game show The Wall….
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Study: new Euro channels target ents audiences
Entertainment and sports programming were the core of more than a quarter of new TV…
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Mobile key for African OTT growth – study
Mobile distribution will be the overriding factor in the take up of OTT television services…
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Show of the week Kosmoo
Kosmoo is a live-action adventure series that follows Robbe and his bionic dog Kosmoo as…
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Factual Hot Picks
Following the Sunny Side of the Doc event in La Rochelle, France, TBI profiles five hot…
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YouTube Red orders batch of new originals
Subscription video service YouTube Red has ordered a live action kids series featuring YouTube star…
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Content Innovation Awards entries deadline fast approaching
The deadline to enter the 2017 Content Innovation Awards is fast approaching. Interested parties have…
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BBC orders Farmer Wants a Wife-inspired format
The BBC had ordered a new take on the much-travelled Farmer Wants a Wife format…
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J.P. Bommel on NATPE Europe
J.P. Bommel became leader of US-based industry markets organisation NATPE in August 2015, initially joining…
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NATPE Europe Buyers Briefing: Kai Gahler
Name: Kai Gahler Title: acquisitions executive, Kanal 2, Estonia TBI: What channels do you buy…
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Magine creates Spanish movies SVOD service
Streaming company Magine is creating a subscription VOD service offering Spanish movies. Magine has hooked…
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Dahill exits as Keo Films Australia closes
Former ABC exec Brendan Dahill is exiting Keo Films Australia, which is to be closed…