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News round-up: NBCU’s Hayu expands across CEE; Stan links with Lionsgate; Media Ranch deals
NBCU’s Hayu expands across CEE NBCUniversal (NBCU) is to roll its reality-focused streaming service Hayu into…
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Korea’s CJ ENM invests in US virtual reality outfit Amaze VR
South Korea’s CJ ENM has invested in US-based platform AmazeVR as it looks to expand…
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Amazon greenlights four new Nordic versions of Banijay’s ‘The Bridge’ competition format
Amazon’s Prime Video streamer has commissioned four new local versions of Banijay’s reality format The…
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Welsh broadcaster S4C overhauls creative team with three new roles
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has restructured its commissioning team with a raft of changes at the…
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Fremantle partners with ‘Chernobyl’ director Johan Renck on new prodco
Fremantle has partnered with The Last Panthers and Chernobyl director Johan Renck and producer Michael Parets…
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‘The Liberator’ firm Trioscope hires COO to lead expansion
US hybrid animation prodco Trioscope Studios has appointed Joe Snowden as chief operating officer. In…
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ITVS label Rollercoaster appoints Remarkable exec as head of production
Rollercoaster Television, the ITV Studios label led by James Fox and Dom Waugh, has appointed…
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Leonine appoints UFA Fiction alum to manage Wiedemann & Berg TV
Germany’s Leonine Studios has appointed producer and UFA Fiction alum Benjamin Benedict to the management…
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Showtime switches on Lightbox for Phil Spector docuseries
US network Showtime has commissioned a four-part documentary series about music producer Phil Spector and…
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Apple TV+ sets ‘Korea’s mermaids’ doc as first project from Malala partnership
Apple original films has commissioned a new untitled documentary about the legendary ‘haenyeo’ of South…
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ITV talks up Studios & ‘niche’ potential for ITVX amid advertising concerns
ITV believes the UK commercial broadcaster can defend itself from the predicted impact of a…
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WBD’s Gerhard Zeiler admits Sky deal will end ‘one day’ & talks up local programming
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s international chief Gerhard Zeiler has admitted the company will at some…
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Netflix orders Italian drama around adult star Rocco Siffredi
Netflix has commissioned Supersex, a new fact-based Italian original series about the life and career…
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EQ Media Group appoints new NZ head of unscripted development
EQ Media Group Australia & New Zealand has appointed Amy Schaeffer as head of unscripted…
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Deals round-up: Hulu hunts ‘Vanishing Act’; ‘Tom Gates’ goes global; ‘Civil Servant’ heads to Puerto Rico
Hulu hunts ‘Vanishing Act’ US streamer Hulu has acquired fact-based crime drama Vanishing Act, following…
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Blink49 Studios & Eleven partner to co-produce ‘If We Were Villains’ adaptation
Canada’s Blink49 Studios has partnered with Sex Education producer Eleven on a new series based…
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Blue Ant’s Beach House expands in India with ex-Netflix docs chief
Blue Ant Media’s Singapore-based Beach House Pictures has launched a new prodco with the former…
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Fox alum Cheryl Dolins returns to lead comedy, replacing Julia Franz
Fox Entertainment has hired a former 20th Television exec to lead its comedy programming, with…
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All3’s Maverick TV USA hires Authentic, Red Table Talk alum to lead development
All3Media-backed Maverick TV USA has hired Helga Eike from Will and Jada Smith’s Red Table Talk…
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Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit tables bid for France’s M6 Group
Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit has emerged as the frontrunner to buy France’s M6 Group via his…
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Netflix settles lawsuit over ‘Bridgerton’ musical
Netflix has settled its lawsuit with the creators of a musical based on its hit…
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Deals round up: WildBear unveils MIPCOM slate; Cineflix explores ‘History of Sitcom’; Dandelooo picks up ‘Our Piggy’
WildBear unveils MIPCOM slate WildBear International, the distribution arm of Australian factual prodco WildBear Entertainment,…
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‘Black Snow’ prodco Goalpost hires Sky, Sonar & Screen Queensland alum
Australia’s Goalpost Pictures has landed the former Screen Queensland CEO as its new CEO. Kylie…
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BBCS’s drama initiative Writers’ Academy names 2022 cohort
BBC Studios (BBCS) has named the eight emerging TV writers who have secured a place…
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Peacock cancels US reboot of ‘Queer As Folk’ after one season
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has cancelled its Queer As Folk remake after just one season. Produced…
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Arab Telemedia unveils ‘Talal Street’ amid country’s centenary preparations
Jordanian broadcast group Arab Telemedia Group (ATG) has unveiled its latest big budget drama, which…
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Netflix ramps up anime, Korean & Indian drama via Tudum event
Netflix has unveiled new international content during its annual Tudum event, including dramas from Korea…
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Oprah Winfrey & Apple TV+ bring overall deal to an end
Apple TV+ is winding down its deal with Oprah Winfrey, one of the first major…
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Denmark faces $200m hit & industry ‘decimation’, as streamer stand-off persists
Denmark’s production industry is bracing itself for losses of up to €200m ($200m) as the…
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Talpa & WeMake alum Moe Bennani launches AI format firm
Former Talpa exec and WeMake director Moe Bennani has launched a Paris-based format outfit that…