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Amazon partners with Miranda Tapsell for ‘Top End Wedding’ sequel series
Amazon streamer Prime Video has commissioned romantic comedy series Top End Bub, a follow-up to…
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APC Studios recruits Animaj’s Julie Mateille to head international sales
Producer-distributor APC Studios has hired Animaj exec Julie Mateille as its head of international sales….
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Paramount shares soar 15% as Skydance enters ‘exclusive talks’ to buy US studio
Top Gun producer Skydance is in exclusive talks to acquire Paramount Global, sending shares in…
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Tiger Aspect hires BBC Studios’ Tom Jordan for comedy
Banijay UK label Tiger Aspect has hired BBC Studios’ Tom Jordan as creative director of…
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Miramax hires ex-MGM president Jonathan Glickman as CEO, eyes ‘local story-telling’
Miramax has named former MGM president Jonathan Glickman as its new CEO and said it…
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Polar+ in France buys Viaplay dramas ‘End Of Summer’ & ‘Fenris’
Polar+ in France has picked up rights to Viaplay’s upcoming drama End Of Summer, which…
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WBTVG’s Channing Dungey to keynote at BANFF Summit Series 2024
Warner Bros. Television Group chairman and CEO Channing Dungey has been announced as a Summit…
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Stars Collective picks up rights to ‘Leigh Howard & The Ghosts Of Simmons-Pierce Manor’
US-based Stars Collective has optioned the TV and film rights to Shawn M Warner’s YA…
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Game Show Network orders US version of STV Studios format ‘Bridge Of Lies’
Sony-owned US broadcaster Game Show Network has placed a 100-episode order for a US adaptation…
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Apploff Entertainment & Stevie Van Zandt team for music format
LA-based unscripted prodco Apploff Entertainment has partnered with musician and actor Stevie Van Zandt to…
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UKTV picks up ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ in Disney drama deal
BBC Studios-owned UKTV has acquired the rights to six drama series from Disney for its…
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Endeavor going private again in $13bn deal with Silver Lake
US sports and entertainment giant Endeavor is going private again after agreeing an acquisition deal…
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Amazon’s MGM+ strikes deal for Lionsgate & Starz shows in UK
Amazon’s streamer MGM+ has picked up rights to Lionsgate and Starz programming in the UK,…
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WBD adds HBO Max to Spain’s Movistar+, with Max to follow
Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with Spanish streamer Movistar+ to launch its HBO Max service…
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WBITVP launches New Zealand drama & D-Day docuseries on MIPTV slate
Warner Bros. International Television Production has unveiled a slate of new scripted and unscripted programming…
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Warner Bros. Discovery board directors resign following DOJ antitrust investigation
Steven A. Miron and Steven O. Newhouse have both stepped down from the Warner Bros….
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Fox Nation teams with ‘Alex Cross’ author James Patterson for true crime docuseries
American novelist James Patterson is the latest famous name to partner with streaming service Fox…
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Germany’s NTV & US-based Big Media set ‘Fatal Engineering’ under output deal
RTL Germany’s free-to-air-channel NTV has commissioned Fatal Engineering, a new docuseries produced as the second…
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Viaplay completes UK business sale & strikes Talpa linear partnership
Viaplay Group will complete the sale of its UK direct-to-consumer business to SSBL Limited, which…
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Fox Nation links with Martin Scorsese for religious docudrama
Fox Nation has partnered with Martin Scorsese for an eight-part religious docuseries that will explore…
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India’s Amazon miniTV strikes Turkish drama deal with Eccho Rights
Indian AVOD service Amazon miniTV has acquired a package of Turkish dramas following a deal…
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Spain’s RTVE name Concepción Cascajosa Virino as interim president
Spain’s RTVE has named author and academic Concepción Cascajosa Virino as its new interim president…
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Lionsgate TV inks first-look deal with ‘The Boys’ firm Point Grey Pictures
Lionsgate Television has extended its partnership and inked a first-look deal with Point Grey Pictures,…
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Zeppotron strikes development pact with Earl & Wilkinson’s Big Oval Plate
Banijay’s UK prodco Zeppotron has struck an exclusive development deal with David Earl and Joe…
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Rainmaker to shop Embankment dwarfism & UK miner’s strike docs
UK-based distributor Rainmaker Content has acquired the sales rights to two documentaries from Embankment Films…
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BBC buys ex-HBO Europe Cold War thriller ‘Spy/Master’
The BBC has acquired former HBO Europe thriller Spy/Master following a deal with Warner Bros….
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Rob Wade restructures Fox Entertainment, with new roles for Fernando Szew & Michael Thorn
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has restructured the company into three divisions: Fox Entertainment Studios,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 rejects MediaForEurope’s call to split up business
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has rejected MediaForEurope’s (MFE) call for the company to be split up, which…
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BBCS calls on global prodcos for ideas to expand brands incl ‘Bluey’ & ‘Top Gear’
BBC Studios is calling on production companies from across the globe to pitch ideas that…
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Insight TV & China’s CGTN unveil ‘Sweet Planet’ co-production
Channel operator Insight TV has partnered with Netherlands-based production company JOIIN and China Global Television…