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Apple TV+ unveils kids originals & renewals in fall slate
Apple TV+ has announced its upcoming fall kids & family slate, including new original series,…
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ITV Studios strikes exclusive production pact in Poland
ITV Studios (ITVS) has struck an extended deal with Jake Vision that will hand the…
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Netflix & Nippon TV strike multi-title anime deal
Netflix has further expanded its partnership with Japan’s Nippon TV, picking up a range of…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Denmark embarks on Grand Canyon adventure
Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered Grand Canyon – The Greatest Adventure, a new reality series…
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Enter the TBI Distributor Survey 2022 today!
TBI’s annual Distributor Survey is back and set to be bigger than ever but be…
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Asia’s richest man paves way to acquire India’s NDTV
Indian news media company New Delhi Television saw its shares jump to a 14-year high…
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TBI issues final deadline for Content Innovation Awards 2022 entries
TBI has issued a final call to enter the Content Innovation Awards 2022, with producers,…
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Paramount hires Apple TV+ & SPT alum to lead current programming
Paramount Television Studios has appointed a former Apple TV+ and Sony Pictures Television exec as…
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Sky eyes extended HBO pact, unveils raft of comedy shorts
Sky expects to continue to work with HBO despite owner Warner Bros. Discovery’s planned roll-out of…
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Acorn TV adapts BBC Radio drama, snags worldwide rights
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has ordered an adaptation of BBC Radio 4 mystery Mrs…
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Netflix to end ‘Umbrella Academy’, strikes expanded deal with Steve Blackman
Netflix is bringing the curtain down on superhero drams The Umbrella Academy, with a fourth…
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BBC lands Synchronicity’s adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s novel ‘Mayflies’
The BBC has ordered a two-part miniseries based on Andrew O’Hagan’s novel Mayflies from The Cry…
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WBD cuts almost 30 HBO Max roles in Europe, including key commissioners
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to cut almost 30 staff from its HBO Max operation…
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Netflix UK talks up spending despite cost of living crisis & subs squeeze
Netflix in the UK has joined Amazon Prime Video in claiming it will not be…
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Disney+ Hotstar snags Korean, Turkish & Spanish shows from Gary Pudney’s O4 Media
Disney+ Hotstar has struck a deal with Gary Pudney’s O4 Media for a raft of…
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Viaplay develops Norwegian politician Abid Raja’s ‘My Fault’ as drama
Viaplay has started development on the bestselling autobiography by Norwegian politician and former minister Abid…
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BBC lines up MGM format ‘Gladiator’ for UK, confirms ‘Blue Planet III’
MGM sports entertainment format Gladiators is returning to the UK, after the BBC confirmed an…
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BBC tweaks factual commissioning team under Kate Phillips
The BBC has unveiled the latest tweaks to its senior factual team, working under unscripted…
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NBCU’s ‘Top Chef’ returns to Thailand via Channel 7
Thailand’s Channel 7 has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal Formats’ Top Chef. The show…
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Scripted TV in ‘corrective’ mode amid soaring costs, says Paramount’s David Nevins
Spending on TV drama is in “corrective mode” according to Paramount+ chief David Nevins, who…
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Emily Maitlis uses MacTaggart to highlight populism & shift from “cellophane-wrapped formality”
Emily Maitlis, the UK journalist who conducted the interview that saw Prince Andrew discuss his…
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ZDF Studios & Three Tables Productions link for Chris Cornwell’s heist drama
ZDF Studios has joined forces with UK indie Three Tables Productions to develop A Theft…
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France’s TF1 & M6 offer concessions in move to secure merger approval
TF1 and M6 have offered to keep their advertising businesses separate for three years after…
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Lithuania’s LRT snags ‘Dream Duets’ deal with John de Mol’s Talpa
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has picked up music entertainment show Dream Duets from John de…
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Paramount+ snags streaming & broadcast deal for Globo’s ‘Pantanal’
Paramount has struck a deal with Brazilian giant that will see its telenovela Pantanal become available…
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Disney+ unveils ‘epic’ UK period drama from Steven Knight & Stephen Graham
Disney+ is expanding its UK originals after pairing up with Peaky Blinders‘ creator Steven Knight on…
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Universal Pictures & Beyond alum joins Australia’s Totem Global
Former Universal Pictures Australia acquisitions exec Jason Behan has joined social video monetisation outfit, Totem…
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Netflix adapts Korea’s ‘Parasyte’ & confirms Studio Lambert, Raw TV reality format
Netflix is ramping up its Korean output with a new horror series and has confirmed…
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Amazon Studios restructures unscripted, unveils UK originals
Amazon Studios has restructured the unscripted operations of its Prime Video and Freevee teams in…
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News round-up: HBO Max starts ‘Playing Dirty’ in Spain; SBS in Oz makes ‘Sick’ move; Topic taps Israeli banker drama
HBO Max starts Playing Dirty in Spain Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max has started production…