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BBC Studios Eniela Bella joins PBS Int’l for copros & sales
US-based PBS International has hired BBC Studios exec Eniela Bella to work across its coproductions…
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Canal+ makes $1.8bn bid for MultiChoice in South Africa
French media giant Canal+ has made an improved offer that would see it take full…
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Fox to share Prime Video show & snags ‘Baywatch’ remake
Fox has struck an innovative deal with Amazon Prime Video to secure rights to the…
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Netflix orders pair of Dick Wolf true crime shows & extends Viaplay’s ‘Pørni’
Netflix has partnered with Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf on a pair of…
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STV boss Simon Pitts to step down, while production arm trebles revenue
Simon Pitts, CEO of Scottish broadcaster & producer STV, is stepping down after six years…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where Nordic TV trends are going next
The Nordic quartet of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have for decades tended to be…
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Netflix sets date for HBO’s ‘Sex And The City’, cancels ‘The Brother’s Sun’
Netflix has set a date for its US premiere of HBO’s Sex And The City,…
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News round-up: Fox renews ‘Food Stars’; Nippon TV launches format trio
Fox renews ‘Food Stars’ Fox in the US has renewed culinary series Gordon Ramsay’s Food…
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Great Point Media founder Jim Reeve dies, aged 64
Great Point Media founder and chairman Jim Reeve has died suddenly, aged 64. Reeve produced…
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Spain’s Antena 3 lands Talpa’s ‘Quiz With Balls’
Antena 3 in Spain has become the latest broadcaster to land Talpa Studios format The…
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BBC writers to get 10% payrise & improved residuals as WGGB negotiates new deal
Writers working on shows commissioned by UK public broadcaster the BBC and for its commercial…
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Leonine & ex-Constantin MD Koestler launch documentary prodco
Leonine Studios in Germany is bolstering its factual division by launching a new label to…
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The TV Collective opens fourth annual Breakthrough Leaders programme
The TV Collective – the network of UK TV professionals of colour – has partnered…
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BBC Studios Factual Productions promotes Nicola Pinn to new COO position
BBC Studios Factual Productions has elevated Nicola Pinn to the newly created position of chief…
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What’s next for London TV Screenings?
As buyers enter the final furlong at London TV Screenings, TBI reflects on a busy…
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Aardman recruits BBC Studios’ Emma Hardie, co-founder Peter Lord steps down from board in rejig
UK animation house Aardman has hired BBC Studios exec Emma Hardie to the newly created…
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Showtime & Paramount+ push for transgender visibility with ‘Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later’ launch
Documentary feature Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later, will make its streaming debut on Showtime…
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Data firm PlumResearch hires EBU’s Broughton
Data insight firm PlumResearch has appointed former European Broadcasting Union head of strategy Jonathan Broughton…
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South Korea’s KBS buys Wildbear’s ‘Wild Winter’
KBS in South Korea has picked up rights to Wildbear Entertainment’s Wild Winter. The four-part…
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Amazon Prime Video launching Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood docuseries
Amazon streamer Prime Video is launching Friends In Low Places next week, a new docuseries…
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Netflix orders first medical procedural ‘Pulse’ from Zoe Robyn & Carlton Cuse
Netflix has commissioned Pulse, its first procedural medical drama series, which will follow the staff…
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BBC Studios buys ITV’s BritBox stake for $322m
BBC Studios (BBCS) is taking full ownership of streamer BritBox International, acquiring ITV’s 50% share…
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Kino Lorber merges MHz Choice & Topic, acquires ‘Babylon Berlin’
US distributor Kino Lorber is merging its streaming services MHz Choice and Topic to create…
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eOne restructures Canadian content teams under Boat Rocker’s Kerry Appleyard
Entertainment One (eOne) Canada has restructured its scripted and unscripted leadership, following its acquisition by…
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Fremantle names CEO’s at The Apartment & Wildside, unveils Gianani & Mieli deal
Fremantle has named new CEO’s at Italian prodcos Wildside and The Apartment following the exits…
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Paramount eyes $1bn restructuring cost, expands NCIS & orders Guy Ritchie project
Paramount Global revenues declined by 6% in Q4 despite a reduction in streaming losses, with…
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Scripted round-up: Apple TV+ to adapt ‘Neuromancer’; NBC orders ‘The Hunting Party’
Apple TV+ to adapt ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ has announced an adaptation of William Gibson’s science…
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London TV Screenings deals round-up
Movistar Plus+ acquires ‘Tattooist Of Auschwitz’ Movistar Plus+ in Spain has acquired Sky and Peacock…
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HBO alums Johnathan Young & Ioanina Pavel launch May One
Former HBO Europe duo Johnathan Young and Ioanina Pavel have launched a new Romanian production…
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Former Jax Media president Brooke Posch launches comedy label Good&Done
Former Jax Media president Brooke Posch has launched Good&Done, a new production company focused on…