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News round-up: ‘Kensal Town’ wraps production; ‘Clarice’ comes to UK’s Alibi; eOne takes global Alleycats rights
‘Kensal Town’ wraps production UK-based Edit 6 has wrapped production on Kensal Town, a new…
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STV Production & Take Two prep Nordic ‘Luther’, ‘The Office’ & ‘Doctor Foster’
BBC Studios’ Nordic production arm has struck deals with several outfits to produce local versions…
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Discovery hires Disney+ alum Kevin Mayer to consult on streaming
Discovery has added one of the key architects of Disney+ to its streaming team, ahead…
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BBC appoints C4 & Apple TV+ alums to new comedy commissioning team
BBC comedy chief Jon Petrie has unveiled his new-look commissioning team, appointing former Apple TV+…
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Nancy Glass & Marcus Lemonis form prodco, strike Sat.1 format deal
Nancy Glass, producer and CEO of US-based Glass Entertainment Group and Marcus Lemonis, entrepreneur, TV…
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Jago Lee & Antica Prods link for new ‘audio first’ factual prodco
Veteran producer Jago Lee and John Fothergill have launched a new factual outfit with the…
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Docustream launches in UK via IMDb TV
SPI/FilmBox has expanded the reach of its factual channel Docustream to IMDb TV in the…
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Netflix unveils first games, with ‘Stranger Things’ themed offering
Netflix has unveiled the first offerings from its new games division, themed around some of…
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A+E Studios hires exec trio in scripted boost
US-based A+E Studios has hired former Amazon Studios production exec Lucia Gervino as head of…
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Australian factual event AIDC goes hybrid & unveils speakers
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) is to make its first move into hybrid events…
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ITV seeks ‘An Audience With Adele’ from Fulwell 73
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned An Audience With Adele, a one-off special music event featuring…
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BBC, C4, ITV & Sky commit to COP26 climate content pledge
The CEOs of UK broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV and Sky, will…
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eOne alum John Morayniss & Endeavor launch acquisition-hungry outfit
John Morayniss and three of his former Entertainment One (eOne) colleagues have joined forces to…
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Korea’s Something Special & tech firm 4Dreplay link for ‘time slice video’ formats
Jin Woo Hwang’s format prodco Something Special has struck an innovative deal with a US-…
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Former RTL Group boss Bert Habets named Antenna Group CEO
Former RTL Group chief Bert Habets has been appointed as CEO of CEE-focused media firm…
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Netflix appoints Sphère Média’s Tara Woodbury as first Canadian content exec
Netflix has hired Tara Woodbury from Toronto’s Sphère Média as its first Canadian content exec….
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Showtime ups Jessie Dicovitsky to oversee original programming
ViacomCBS-owned Showtime has promoted Jessie Dicovitsky to the position of SVP of original programming. Based…
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HBO Max extends cooking spree with Dan Levy’s ‘Big Brunch’
HBO Max has expanded its culinary competition offerings with a brunch-focused show from Schitt’s Creek…
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Mercury Filmworks & Mukpuddy team to animate Spike Milligan’s ‘Badjelly’
Canadian indie Mercury Filmworks and New Zealand studio Mukpuddy have teamed to co-produce an animated…
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Apple TV+ orders Eugene Levy travelogue from ITVS’s Twofour
Apple TV+ has ordered ITV Studios-owned Twofour to produce a new travelogue show with Schitt’s…
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BBC unveils Attenborough’s Mammoth special & Asia wildlife series
The BBC in the UK has ordered four new natural history series, including a David…
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Sky Arts partners with Zinc & Adobe for first ad-funded series
Sky Arts in the UK is launching its first-ever ad-funded programme, My Greatest Shot, a…
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Belgium’s Be-Entertainment hires ITVS, Endemol alum to lead global push
Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment appointed a former ITV Studios (ITVS) executive to oversee its international expansion….
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Synchronicity Films options Scottish trans rights book
Synchronicity Films, the Scottish production company behind The Cry, has optioned the upcoming book The…
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Netflix partners with Nippon TV for Japanese content expansion
Netflix is expanding its offering of Japanese content by partnering with Nippon TV to bring…
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Spain’s Palma Pictures moves into scripted originals
Palma Pictures, the Spanish production services outfit whose credits include The Crown, The Night Manager…
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News round-up: NATPE confirms physical Miami event; Endemol Shine Boomdog names scripted chief; LADstudios names production head; FilmRise true crime order
NATPE confirms physical Miami event The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has confirmed…
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Walter Presents strikes C More deal in the Nordics
Non-English language drama streamer Walter Presents has inked a two-year deal that will see its…
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BBC Studios merges APAC & EMEA, with Nick Percy named president
BBC Studios (BBCS) is to consolidate its APAC and EMEA distribution regions into a single…
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IMDb TV orders Play-Doh format from Hasbro’s eOne
Amazon’s IMDb TV has continued its original programming push with the commission of family competition…