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Amazon Studios & BBCS summon ‘Good Omens’ for second season
Amazon Studios and BBC Studios have greenlit a second season of fantasy drama Good Omens,…
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Sales round-up: ‘Departure’ takes off around world; BBC Select boosts doc offering; Autentic strikes factual sales
‘Departure’ takes off around world Broadcasters around the world have acquired Canadian conspiracy thriller Departure,…
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HBO Max orders Sofia Helin-starring Swedish sex comedy
HBO Max has ordered a new Swedish comedy starring The Bridge’s Sofia Helin from Fremantle-backed Miso…
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Studiocanal taps Antonio Banderas for ‘Monster Of Florence’
France’s Studiocanal is remaking bestselling novel The Monster Of Florence, with Antonio Banderas set to…
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Sky Documentaries to explore rise and fall of the European Super League
Sky-owned British pay-TV channel Sky Documentaries has commissioned a football-focused feature length documentary about the…
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‘Cuckoo’ producer Roughcut TV expands team for drama push
UK-based production company Roughcut TV has hired Sophia Rashid and Aisling Kiely as drama development…
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Walter Presents expands into Latin America via CiND!E
Global drama streaming brand Walter Presents is expanding into Latin America with an upcoming launch…
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YouTube TV launches 4K viewing & offline downloads
YouTube TV, the cord-cutting OTT service from Google’s video platform of the same name, has…
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John de Mol’s Talpa strikes format JV with France’s Satisfaction
John de Mol’s prodco Talpa has struck a deal that hands exclusive rights to produce…
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‘Senna’ scribe Manish Pandey drives Bernie Ecclestone F1 docuseries
Senna writer and producer Manish Pandey has partnered with Formula 1 and its former CEO…
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HGTV orders Pamela Anderson-led home renovation series
HGTV Canada has commissioned a new docuseries following actor Pamela Anderson as she renovates her…
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NATPE Budapest cancelled until 2022 as Delta variant hits plans
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has cancelled its Budapest-based event until 2022,…
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BBCS rejigs Docs Unit as Amy Flanagan steps down
BBC Studios (BBCS) Factual Productions has appointed Alan Holland to lead its Documentary Unit, replacing…
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Round up: BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’; Rocket launches Firecrest obs-docs; Prime scores twice for Olympic doc
BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’ UK pubcaster the BBC is reviving gameshow format Weakest Link. BBC…
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WarnerMedia bolsters kids by hiring Disney, Playmobil execs
WarnerMedia has appointed former Disney and Playmobil execs to its recently formed kids team in…
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NBC cancels ‘Good Girls’ as potential Netflix deal scuppered
US broadcaster NBC has cancelled Christina Hendricks-starring drama Good Girls after moves to save the…
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Disney leads global content spend amid 2020 boom
The gross cash spend on the global production and licensing of new content for streaming…
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CBS comedy head Julie Pernworth exits after two decades
CBS’s head of comedy development Julie Pernworth is stepping down after more than two decades with…
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AMCNI extends channels pact with M7 in CEE
Luxembourg-based M7 Group has struck a multi-year extension to its distribution deal with AMC Networks…
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DDEG & Jay+Otis partner to form KRAKNAnimation studio
Canada’s Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG) and US-based animation studio Lex+Otis have launched a joint venture, KRAKNAnimation, based in…
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Fremantle-owner RTL Group sells Belgian arm for $300m
European broadcaster RTL Group has sold its Belgian division, including three channels and streamer RTL…
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‘Dabangg’ studio Cosmos-Maya acquired by private equity firm NewQuest
Hong Kong private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired majority ownership of Singapore and…
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Spain’s Movistar+ restructures as entertainment director exits
Cristina Burzako, the recently appointed CEO of Telefónica-owned pay TV operator Movistar+, has restructured the…
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Round-up: ITV America & Blumhouse TV set unscripted pact; Small World steers ‘My Perfect Supercar’; Kanal D’s ‘Hekimoglu’ travels
ITV America & Blumhouse TV set unscripted pact US-based Blumhouse Television has struck a multi-year,…
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Fremantle appoints C4, BBC Studios alum to lead UK talent
Fremantle has hired Victoria Roye from UK broadcaster Channel 4 as head of its talent division….
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TikTok & Fox’s Tubi link up for millennial reunion show
Fox-owned AVOD streamer Tubi has linked ups with TikTok on a live ‘reunion special’ trivia…
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Exclusive: CuriosityStream snags raft of shows from Insight TV
US-based factual outfit CuriosityStream has picked up more than 80 hours of programming from millennial-focused…
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Apple TV+ orders first Anglo-French drama from ‘Spiral’ scribe
Apple TV+ has expanded its European originals with its first Anglo-French drama, which has been…
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A+E buys into Newen’s Canadian prodco Reel One
A+E Networks has taken a 35% stake in Reel One Entertainment, the Canadian producer-distributor owned by…
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Exclusive: Screen rights acquired to Caroline Norton biography
The screen rights to British author Antonia Fraser’s latest biography, The Case Of The Married…