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Muse Entertainment hires Alex Jordan as SVP of production
Muse Entertainment, the Canadian indie behind Coroner, has hired veteran Mayor Of Kingstown producer Alex…
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Disney tops 100m US streaming subscriptions
Disney has reportedly surpassed 100 million streaming subscribers in the US. According to Ampere Analysis,…
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Banijay’s Kudos buys into podcasts with What’s The Story? investment
Banijay’s UK producer Kudos has taken a 25% stake in podcast company, What’s the Story?….
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BBC One returns to Richard Bacon’s ‘House’ format
BBC One has ordered a second season of entertainment format This is My House, the…
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Acorn TV returns to ‘Whitstable Pearl’, as first season sells globally
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV has ordered a second season of UK crime drama Whitstable…
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SF Studios & SVT partner to tell Raoul Wallenberg story
SF Studios and Sveriges Television (SVT) are co-producing a drama series around the true story…
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CBS Studios & Stampede Ventures take ‘Last Tango In Paris’ with fact-based drama
CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures have partnered to produce Tango, a limited drama series exploring…
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‘Around The World In 80 Days’ producers Slim Film & Federation prep second Verne drama
Around The World In 80 Days producers Slim Film + Television and Federation Entertainment are…
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Exclusive: Beyond names 20th Century Fox alum as CEO, with Kate Llewellyn-Jones exiting
Australia- and UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has appointed a former Twentieth Century Fox exec as…
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Russia investigates complaint that Netflix broke controversial ‘gay propaganda’ law
Russia is investigating a complaint made against Netflix over accusations that the streamer has violated…
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Antenna adds ViacomCBS’s former chief digital officer & Discovery alum to board
European media outfit Antenna Group has added the former chief digital officer at ViacomCBS and…
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UK’s C4, S4C in Wales & Sundance Now partner for Duchess Street drama
The UK’s Channel 4 has struck its first co-production deal with Welsh public broadcaster S4C…
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WarnerMedia Germany seeks satire with Ramadan & Gervais
WarnerMedia Germany has commissioned Greenlight: German Genius, a new comedy series set in the world…
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Off The Fence strikes Canadian finance & distribution deals
Amsterdam-based production and distribution firm Off The Fence has struck content deals with two Canadian…
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OCS turns up the heat with sci-fi original ‘Fahrenheit’
French pay-TV group OCS has ordered Fahrenheit, a new original sci-fi event series. Produced by…
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Amazon Prime Video revs its engines for MotoGP docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a docuseries about the MotoGP World Championship, the international motorbike…
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Tiger Aspect reveals ‘What The Ladybird Heard’
Banijay-owned UK prodco Tiger Aspect Kids & Family has acquired the rights to development children’s…
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UK’s BBC Three receives regulator approval for February linear return
BBC Three, the UK online network behind shows including Fleabag and Killing Eve, has been…
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Disney’s content spend to hit $33bn in 2022, doubling Netflix’s target
Disney plans to increase its overall content spend to around $33bn in 2022, marking an…
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Endemol Shine Israel unveils latest avatar-based format to hit market
Queens producer Endemol Shine Israel has unveiled a new dating format that uses avatars to…
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ABC in Oz orders Tommy Murphy missing person drama from Fremantle
The ABC in Australia has ordered a six-part drama written by Tommy Murphy (Devil’s Playground)…
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UK’s All4, Germany’s RTL & France’s Canal+ join Sweden’s ‘Threesome’
Broadcasters in the UK, Germany and France have picked up rights to Swedish drama series…
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Spain to force streamers to carry content in regional languages
The Spanish government has proposed a new law that will force streaming platforms operating in…
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Brazil’s ‘Boris & Rufus’ travel to Kartoon Channel! & China’s UYoung
Kartoon Channel! in North America and UYoung in China are among companies to have acquired…
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News round-up: Studio Hamburg meets ‘My Husband’s Wife’; Espresso brews German factual sales; ‘Expedition’ S2 goes global
Studio Hamburg meets ‘My Husband’s Wife’ German distributor Studio Hamburg Enterprises has acquired international rights…
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Kids round-up: YouTube Originals scores ‘Supa Strikas’ prequel; HBO Max & Discovery ink Jetpack deals; FilmRise licenses Scholastic shows
YouTube Originals scores ‘Supa Strikas’ prequel YouTube Originals has picked up Supa Strikas: Rookie Season,…
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Netflix most-watched led by South Korea’s ‘Hellbound’ & Colombian telenovela
South Korean drama Hellbound and a Colombian telenovela were the most-watched shows on Netflix last…
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Red Arrow Studios Int’l takes global rights to ‘My New Mystery Job’ reality format
Red Arrow Studios International has acquired global distribution rights to social experiment format My New…
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Sleeper Films launches in UK & Ireland, with MediaNet Partners & Sampsonic investment
Producers Lee Magiday (The Favourite, The Lobster) and Rory Gilmartin (Herself, Frank of Ireland) and screen industry…
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Sweden’s TV4 & C More remake Norwegian pregnancy drama ‘Heartbeats’
Sweden’s TV4 and C More have ordered a local version of Norwegian drama Heartbeats, after…