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Paramount+ prepares to launch in France
Paramount+ will launch in France tomorrow, integrated in pay TV platform Canal+’s new Ciné-Séries and…
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Amazon eyes deal for troubled French streamer Salto
Amazon is reportedly interested in acquiring troubled French streaming platform Salto, according to reports. Following…
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Unscripted round-up: Nat Geo, SVT among TVF deals; Big Brother sets 65th remake; Talpa first for ‘Big Balance’
Nat Geo, SVT among TVF deals Nat Geo and SVT are among a slew of…
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AMC to cut 20% staff, with ‘content monetisation mechanisms in disarray’
AMC Networks is cutting around a fifth of its US workforce and is to implement…
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ITV expands drama team ahead of ITVX launch, with Mammoth Screen’s TV chief among hires
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is expanding its drama team ahead of the launch of streamer…
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Nat Geo’s Alan Eyres joins Plimsoll to lead US-based operations
ITV Studios-owned Plimsoll Productions has hired Nat Geo exec Alan Eyres to lead its US-based…
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Warp Films lands BBC drama commissioner to lead development
The Last Panthers producer Warp Films has tapped BBC drama commissioner Siobhan Morgan as its…
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Netflix & Create Denmark negotiate rights agreement to resolve payments dispute
Netflix and actor/writer union Create Denmark have negotiated an agreement that will see the streamer once…
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Scripted round-up: Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’; UKTV’s Drama gets ‘Outrageous’; StudioCanal & Frank Miller team for ‘Corto Maltese’
Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’ Viaplay has commissioned Bullshit from Nordisk Film Creative Alliance as its next…
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Rainmaker makes first indie investment with Saffron Cherry deal
UK-based Rainmaker Content has taken a minority stake in Saffron Cherry Productions, the indie founded…
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Keshet reveals $29m strategy for scripted, as filming on ‘A Body That Works’ wraps
Keshet Media Group (KMG) is spending 100M NIS ($29m) on a slate of scripted titles…
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Factual round-up: HBO follows ‘Pelosi In The House’; BBC & PBS order ‘Disco Inferno’
HBO follows ‘Pelosi In The House’ HBO will debut Pelosi In The House, a documentary…
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Alta Global Media developing ‘Jane The Virgin’ for South Africa
Alta Global Media has acquired the rights to develop a South African adaptation of the…
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Israeli streamer Free TV sets sail for ‘Love Island’
Free TV, the upcoming Israeli streaming service, has commissioned a local adaptation of ITV Studios…
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MGM’s Mark Burnett steps down following Amazon’s $8.5bn acquisition
MGM topper Mark Burnett is stepping down from the company, six months after its $8.5bn…
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WildBrain expands APAC sales team & strikes Disney, HBO GO content deals
Canadian kids & family firm WildBrain has expanded its content distribution team in APAC and…
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Jakob Mejlhede Andersen & ex-Shine Int’l CEO launch prodco The Yard Films
Former Viaplay and Shahid exec Jakob Mejlhede Andersen has linked up with former Shine International…
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News round-up: Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’; Canela Kids strikes Mondo TV deal; ZDF Studios launches ‘Naked – Generation Gender’
Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’ Abacus Media Rights has acquired comedy drama Faithless for international distribution….
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France’s TF1 & Belgium’s RTBF link for ‘Les Disparus De La Forêt Noire’
France’s TF1 has partnered with Belgium’s RTBF and Banijay on a Black Forest-set crime drama…
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Keshet Int’l back first project from former Viacom UK exec Jill Offman
Israel’s Keshet 12 and global distributor Keshet International (KI) have partnered with Jill Offman’s Sixty-Six…
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UK’s Channel 5 orders Story Films thriller ‘Black Cab’
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned Black Cab, a new thriller series about a Liverpool…
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Denmark’s TV 2 searches for ‘The Lost Ones’ in new Fremantle adventure format
Danish pubcaster TV 2 has commissioned The Lost Ones (aka Flokken), a new adventure format…
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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ prodco The Garden hires ‘Fight The Power’ & ‘The Circle’ duo
The Garden Productions, the UK-based outfit working on Netflix’s upcoming gameshow spin-off from Squid Game,…
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Warners veteran lands at Italy’s Bamboo to lead int’l operations
Italian prodco Bamboo Production has hired former WarnerMedia exec Thomas J Ciampa as chief of…
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The Ink Factory & Amusement Park reunite for ‘A Most Wanted Man’ TV adaptation
London and LA-based indie The Ink Factory has reunited with German prodco Amusement Park to…
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Canal+ duo C8 & Planete+ order Joan of Arc docudrama
Planete+ and C8 in France have ordered a docudrama special retelling the epic story of…
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Vice Distribution recruits Discovery exec for APAC sales
Vice Distribution has appointed Discovery exec Elise Ching as sales director for APAC, as the…
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Sky History & The History Channel order WW2 doc ‘U-Boat War Gamers’
A+E Networks UK and ZDF Studios have partnered on U-Boat War Gamers (working title), to…
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Romania’s Antena orders ‘Power Couple’ as format expands
Romanian broadcaster Antena has ordered a local adaptation of Dori Media Group’s reality format Power…
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HBO Max Brazil orders true crime docuseries
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer HBO Max has commissioned a new true crime docuseries about a…