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Amazon Studios Canada hires Our House Media, Cineflix alum to unscripted team
Amazon Studios Canada has appointed former Our House Media exec Samantha De France as production…
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UK business accelerator Indielab calls for 2022 applications
The Indielab Accelerator, which helps UK production companies to grow their business, is calling for…
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Spirit Studios hires former Maverick TV boss Alexandra Fraser as advisor
Channel 4-backed UK indie Spirit Studios has appointed Alexandra Fraser, former joint CEO of Maverick…
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Peacock doubles kids animation slate, with ‘Abominable’ & ‘Megamind’ spin-offs
NBCUniversal-owned OTT service Peacock has doubled its animated kids programming slate, announcing several new and…
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Germany’s ZDF Enterprises to rebrand as ZDF Studios
Germany’s ZDF Enterprises is rebranding as ZDF Studios. The Mainz-based firm, which was launched in…
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Sales round-up: BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’; ITV makes double reorder for ‘The Masked Singer’; Now TV & Discovery+ in slew of ‘Anti-Vax’ doc deals
BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’ UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired CNN Original travelogue series…
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Exclusive: ARD orders Gebrueder Beetz & Studio Hamburg’s true crime doc
German ARD Network pubcasters NDR, SWR, WDR and RBB have commissioned Reeperbahn Special Unit 65,…
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44 Blue Productions & Kevin Costner team for Indigenous docuseries
Red Arrow Studios-owned 44 Blue Productions has partnered with Hollywood star Kevin Costner for Onward,…
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Irwin Entertainment appoints Rogue Atlas boss Eli Frankel to head production & development
LA-based Irwin Entertainment has appointed former Rogue Atlas exec Eli Frankel as president of production…
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Banijay partners with ‘La Vie en Rose’ producer Alain Goldman
European production and distribution giant Banijay has inked an overall deal with French filmmaker Alain…
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Red Arrow Studios Int’l exec Shirley Bowers lands at Fremantle US
Shirley Bowers has been appointed as SVP of distribution at Fremantle US, following her announced…
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Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment launches new format firm
ProSiebenSat.1 subsidiary Seven.One Entertainment Group is launching a new entertainment format focused Red Arrow production…
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ITV Entertainment appoints new president & SVP development in formats push
ITV America has promoted veteran unscripted producer Simon Thomas to president of ITV Entertainment and…
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BBC Three expands ‘MasterChef’ universe with new ‘young’ version
BBC Three, fresh from its return to linear TV, has commissioned a local version of…
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Keshet Studios hires NBC, Warner Bros. alum as EVP of television
La Brea and The Missing producer Keshet Studios has appointed NBC’s SVP of drama development to work…
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Disney surges on streamer growth, as content spending to rise by $1bn
Disney has quietened concerns over a faltering end to 2021 by returning to form in…
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Round-up: NATPE unveils 2022 calendar; BBC orders Tom Daley challenge for Comic Relief; ScreenSkills launches UK apprenticeships
NATPE unveils 2022 calendar The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has revealed its…
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BritBox doubles spending, with more Agatha Christie adaptations & All3 co-pros planned
BBC Studios (BBCS) and ITV’s streamer BritBox is doubling its programming spend, with three more…
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Hit + Run ups Becca Mondshein to director of development
US factual outfit Hit + Run has promoted Becca Mondshein to director of development. Mondshein, who will now…
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Amazon orders ‘Bake Off’ in Japan from Vesuvius & Beach House Pictures
Amazon Prime Video in Japan has acquired rights to BBC Studios (BBCS)’s well-travelled cookery format…
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BGM hires Cineflix Productions alum to head up development
Canadian factual prodco BGM has appointed former Cineflix Productions exec Kim Bondi as SVP of…
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Mark Fennessy’s Helium appoints former Seven boss as CEO
Recently launched Australian indie Helium has appointed former Seven Studios Group boss Therese Hegarty as CEO….
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WarnerMedia & Discovery merger clears major US regulatory hurdle
The $43bn merger between AT&T-owned WarnerMedia and Discovery has cleared US antitrust legislation, paving the…
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Hulu revives US adult animation hit ‘Futurama’
Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has revived animated sci-fi comedy Futurama, with an order for a…
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HBO Max expands Sony deal, snagging ‘Venom’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
WarnerMedia has expanded its content deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) across CEE, with the…
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All3’s Aurora Media hires Nutopia producer as creative director
All3Media-owned UK producer Aurora Media Worldwide has appointed a series producer from Jane Root’s Nutopia…
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Amazon strikes major UK studio deal with Shepperton
Amazon Prime Video has struck a major deal with Pinewood Group’s Shepperton Studios, securing it…
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Unscripted round-up: Hulu meets ‘Peckham’s Finest’; Be-Entertainment lands ‘Dream Job In Paradise’; More4 & 6ter take on ‘Space Invaders’
Hulu meets ‘Peckham’s Finest’ Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has acquired UK reality show Peckham’s Finest,…
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Netflix’s ‘Skyline’ prodco joins European drama group The Creative
Recently launched European production alliance The Creatives is expanding, with the addition of the German…
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Serious Kids takes global rights to UK-Italy co-pro kids show ‘The Sound Collector’
UK distributor Serious Kids has acquired The Sound Collector, the first production from local indie…