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‘Fight to Survive’ prodco Big Media links with Video Solutions for FAST
Video Solutions, the Swiss outfit that owns and operates AVOD platform wedotv and FAST channel…
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News round-up: WBD selects Black History Month shorts; Cineflix attends ‘Summer Qamp’
WBD selects Black History Month shorts Warner Bros. Discovery and Media Trust have revealed the…
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Netflix doubles down on dating with ‘Love On The Spectrum’ extended
US streamer Netflix is investing into dating with a flurry of renewals for its unscripted…
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Apple TV+ lands Vince Gilligan & Rhea Seehorn scripted project
Apple TV+ has landed the next much-anticipated project from Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, with…
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Exclusive: Amazon seeks FAST & AVOD execs as hiring spree continues
Amazon Studios is on the hunt for new senior execs as it continues to bolster…
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TF1 Group to name ex-Canal+ Group CEO Rudolph Belmer as chief
TF1 Group is set to appoint former Canal+ Group chief Rodolphe Belmer as its new…
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Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier moves to Roku Media
Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier is exiting the US linear network to join Roku as…
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BBC Studios Productions hires Vice Media Group’s Kate Ward to lead factual
BBC Studios (BBCS) Productions has hired Vice Media Group’s Kate Ward as MD of its…
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French broadcaster M6 for sale after abandoned TF1 merger
Bertelsmann has put French broadcaster M6 up for sale following the collapse of plans to…
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News round-up: ‘Got Talent’ reaches Japan; Amazon, A+E buy Abacus show; Pluto lands in Canada
Got Talent reaches Japan Abema TV in Japan is preparing a local version of Fremantle’s Got…
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‘Life In Colour’ prodco SeaLight lands Flame Media exec for int’l pre-sales
Life in Colour With David Attenborough prodco SeaLight Pictures has expanded its senior ranks with…
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Buzz 16 lands Minnow Films producer to lead development push
Buzz 16, the UK-based sports and factual production company launched by former footballer Gary Neville,…
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Mediawan alum Richard Maroko’s Backbone & Palatin Media launch FAST channels JV
Backbone Media, the production and distribution firm launched last year by former AB Groupe exec…
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Amazon promotes Albert Cheng to VP of Prime Video in US
Amazon Studios’ COO Albert Cheng has been promoted to VP of Prime Video in the…
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Ben Stephenson’s Poison Pen recruits Sky Studios exec as creative director
Poison Pen Studios, Ben Stephenson’s soon-to-launch ITV Studios-backed transatlantic scripted label, has appointed Sky Studios…
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Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack to adapt Zelenskyy’s press secretary memoirs
Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment has acquired the rights to adapt Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel’s…
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LA prodco Anchor Entertainment bolsters creative team
LA-based prodco Anchor Entertainment has appointed Keayr Braxton as SVP of current production, while also…
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Warp Films & BFI alum Mary Burke launches Public Dreams, hires Ecosse exec & unveils slate
Former Warp Films producer’ Mary Burke has launched her own production company, hired an exec…
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Netflix preps Idris Elba ‘sport’ show, marking first global docuseries from Netherlands
Netflix has partnered with Idris Elba on a show that claims to be the first docuseries…
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News round-up: Keshet Int’l to sell ‘Cuba Libre’; Peacock enters adult animation; Espresso brews German deals; Lineup & Gil connect
Keshet Int’l takes ‘Cuba Libre’ sales rights Keshet International has acquired international distribution rights to…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Norway chief Espen Skoland steps down
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s Norwegian chief, Espen Skoland, is stepping down following the recent reorganisation in the Nordics. Skoland,…
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Fox unveils global sales arm Fox Entertainment Global, Fernando Szew named CEO
Fox Entertainment is returning to international distribution with the formal launch of a new sales…
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Warner Bros. Discovery veteran Marc Graboff to exit at year end
Marc Graboff is stepping down from his role as president of global business and legal…
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Thunderbird appoints Kidscreen alum as director of distribution sales
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has appointed Kidscreen alum Nelson Huynh as director of distribution sales….
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Moonbug partners with MultiChoice for linear African channel launch
UK- and LA-based pre-school entertainment company Moonbug Entertainment is to launch a dedicated channel on…
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UK government ‘re-examining’ Channel 4 privatisation & BBC licence fee overhaul
The UK government has confirmed it is “re-examining the business case” around the privatisation of…
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Five key takeaways from Festival de la Rochelle
French drama is booming and the Festival de la Rochelle has clearly benefitted, with this…
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MIPCOM reveals attendee expectations & names Asian World Premiere
MIPCOM organiser RX France (fka Reed Midem) is preparing to welcome 10,000 producers, buyers, commissioners and…
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Plimsoll Productions acquires ‘Master Cleaners’ US & UK format rights
ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Plimsoll Productions has acquired the rights to adapt Danish competition format…
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Monday Media Netherlands & Nippon TV strike format deal for Dutch version of ‘Old Enough!’
Amsterdam-based Monday Media Netherlands has optioned the rights to produce a Dutch version of Japanese…