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Netflix to adapt ‘Las Muertas’ & ‘Celda 211’ as streamer expands Mexican scripted slate
Netflix is expanding its slate of Mexican originals with five new series and four films…
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Lionsgate’s TV production revenues fall by 59% as US strikes impact studio
Lionsgate has felt the impact of the US strikes in its Q3 results, with television…
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Factual round-up: BBC orders space doc; Nat Geo boosts slate; TVF Int’l strikes Iberia deals
BBC orders space doc BBC Factual has commissioned Once Upon A Time In Space, a…
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Fremantle’s former FAST exec Valerio Motti lands at Zixi as MD of Europe
Fremantle’s former VP of FAST channels, Valerio Motti, has joined video delivery company Zixi. Motti…
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Fremantle ups US exec Kimblerly Kleid to EVP of current programming
Global producer & distributor Fremantle has promoted LA-based Kimberly Kleid to EVP of current programming…
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Endeavor’s Asylum Entertainment buys into Ian Lamarra’s Soho Studios
Endeavor-owned Asylum Entertainment Group has made an undisclosed investment in Ian Lamarra’s Soho Studios Entertainment…
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Protagonist Pictures restructures sales & marketing leadership
London-based production, distribution and finance outfit Protagonist Pictures has reorganised its sales and marketing leadership,…
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Canada’s Bell Media cuts jobs & TV output blaming ‘unsupportive’ government
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) is slashing almost 10% of its workforce, with TV output and…
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Buyer’s Profile: Antonio Augusto Valente, head of content strategy, Globoplay
In this ongoing series, TBI speaks to key buyers about the shows they want and…
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BBC Studios Productions CEO Ralph Lee to step down after six years
BBC Studios Productions’ CEO, Ralph Lee, is leaving the BBC’s commercial arm in April after…
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Sky restructures Sky Studios & Content teams under Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Sky is overhauling its Sky Content and Sky Studios teams in the UK under a…
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Keshet Int’l picks up Orlando Bloom docuseries ‘Earthbound’ for distribution
Keshet International has picked up Earthbound, the docuseries from impact studio Ritual Arts and Orlando…
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Disney cuts streaming losses, reveals $1.5bn investment in ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
Disney shares have soared 7% after it revealed a $1.5bn investment in Fortnite maker Epic…
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Netflix sets two doc projects about US Red Sox baseball team
Netflix has commissioned two new documentary projects following US Major League Baseball (MLB) team the…
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US-based 3 Ball Productions lands Fly on the Wall exec Patrick Agans as president
US-based 3 Ball Productions has hired veteran Fly on the Wall Entertainment exec Patrick Agans…
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Amazon gives new Nordic home to nine Viaplay dramas, orders Coben & Brocklehurst thriller
Amazon streamer Prime Video in the Nordics has acquired nine series originally destined for regional…
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‘Mary & George’ prodco Hera Pictures hires Mammoth Screen & Channel 4 execs
Mary & George producer Hera Pictures is bolstering its senior ranks with the hires of…
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Fremantle buys Beach House Pictures from Blue Ant Media
Fremantle has taken a majority stake in Beach House Pictures after buying the company from…
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AMC Networks reboots horror anthology ‘The Terror’ after five-year hiatus
AMC Networks is returning to its horror anthology series, The Terror, after a five-year hiatus….
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Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery & Fox join forces to launch US sports streamer
Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Fox have joined forces to launch a new…
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News round-up: Sandberg hosts Hamas sexual violence doc; Fox extends ‘Animal Control’; Acorn TV & C5 order ‘Ellis’
Sandberg hosts Hamas sexual violence doc Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta and founder of…
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Sesame Workshop CEO steps down, as ‘Sesame Street’ Max deal nears end
Steve Youngwood is stepping down as CEO and board member of Sesame Workshop, the non-profit…
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Globo names streaming & international chief to replace veteran Erick Brêtas
Brazilian media giant Globo is restructuring its streaming and international operations with the appointment of…
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A+E Media, Stockholm Syndrome & Endor to adapt Tony Parsons thriller ‘Your Neighbour’s Wife’
A+E Media Group has partnered with Stockholm Syndrome and Endor Productions to produce returnable drama…
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Banijay taps Disney’s Jessica Kam-Engle to head new CreAsia Studio in SEA expansion
Banijay Asia is expanding into Southeast Asia with the launched of a new production company,…
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Paramount rejigs in UK with Sarah Rose named president of C5
Paramount Global’s Sarah Rose has been promoted to become president of Channel 5 in the…
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New Regency recruits Netflix’s Laura Delahaye as head of domestic TV
New Regency Pictures, the producer of recently launched Prime Video series Mr & Mrs Smith,…
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British TV ‘alive and well’, says former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey
British TV content is “alive and well” according to former BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey,…
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Federation, Ananey & Benoît Bringer prep doc exploring 7 October attack on Israel
Investigative journalist Benoît Bringer (The Rise Of Wagner) has joined Federation Studios and Ananey Studios…
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Arrested Industries & Helena Spring to adapt ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star’s memoir
Anthony Kimble’s Arrested Industries has partnered with Helena Spring Films to create a film based…