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Kids’ streamer Hopster launches in Bulgaria
Early learning educational service Hopster has announced its latest expansion to Bulgaria. Platform operator Sandbox…
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Netflix shares drop 9% as COVID surge stalls, with subs growth among lowest on record
Netflix’s global subscriber growth stalled dramatically in the first quarter of 2021, prompting a sell-off…
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Drama round-up: Starz brings ‘Death And Nightingales’ to US; Sky renews ‘Romulus’; Amazon boards BBC thriller ‘Chloe’
Starz brings ‘Death And Nightingales’ to US Lionsgate-owned Starz has acquired UK period drama Death…
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A+E promotes Christopher Barry to EVP of financial & business planning
A+E Networks has rejigged its senior channel distribution and content sales team by promoting Christopher Barry….
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TV3 to adapt Banijay’s ‘Onliners And Old Timers’ format
Spanish broadcaster TV3 has commissioned a local adaptation of Banijay social experiment format Onliners And…
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Turkey’s Acun Medya takes ‘I Can See Your Voice’ from CJENM’s Eccho Rights
Turkey’s Acun Medya has taken domestic remake rights to hit Korean singing format I Can…
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US Hispanic AVOD streamer Canela.TV expands into Mexico
US Hispanics-focused AVOD streamer Canela.TV is expanding its reach by launching in Mexico. The service…
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UK-Canada factual co-pro explores ‘match of the century’ with tennis ace Navratilova
Three factual production companies have teamed up for a feature documentary about the famous ‘match…
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Germany’s UFA unveils docs arm as parent Fremantle extends factual push
German production house UFA is launching a new documentary division, as part of parent Fremantle’s…
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Zinc Media launches new factual label, Supercollider, headed by Mike Christie
UK-based factual production outfit Zinc Media Group is launching a new production label, Supercollider, led by…
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Starz streamer Lionsgate Play launches in Indonesia
US-based Starz has launched its DTC OTT app Lionsgate Play in Indonesia, further expanding the…
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Fremantle’s Roast Beef preps Nazi hunter doc
UK factual indie Roast Beef Productions is producing a feature-length documentary about a married couple…
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Red Arrow’s Half Yard makes trio of appointments
US non-scripted prodco Half Yard Productions has hired Ed Crick as head of development and…
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Twofour appoints Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis to lead development
ITV Studios(ITVS)-owned Twofour has hired Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis as director of development. Curtis…
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Round-up: Amazon adapts Coben novel & visits Veleno; ABC in Oz take new ‘Viewpoint’; Truly Original explores shopping
Amazon claims Coben & visits Veleno Amazon is expanding its scripted output with an adaptation of…
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Kids round-up: ‘Elinor Wonders Why’ travels world; BulbKIDZ launches with ‘Gopher It!’; One Animation strikes global deals
‘Elinor Wonders Why’ travels world Knowledge Network in Canada, Discovery Latin America, YLE in Finland,…
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Apple TV+ orders Miami-based bilingual drama from ‘Cable Girls’ team
Apple TV+ has ordered a Spanish- and English-language thriller from the producers and creative team…
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Wag Entertainment hires Bridget Boseley as first creative director
UK factual production and distribution company Wag Entertainment has hired former Spun Gold exec Bridget…
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ViacomCBS & Rakuten join forces to take kids’ streamer Nick+ to Japan
US-based ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has signed a long-term agreement with Japan’s Rakuten Group to…
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Cineflix joins Charles Tremayne on launch of real life-focused First Story Productions
Marcella and Tehran firm Cineflix Media has linked up with veteran TV executive Charles Tremayne…
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WarnerMedia hires Talpa Network exec to lead HBO Max unscripted commissioning in EMEA
WarnerMedia has hired the head of Talpa Network’s Dutch channel Net 5 to lead its…
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PBS, ARTE France & Channel 4 co-commission 9/11 anniversary doc from Arrow Pictures
PBS in the US, ARTE in France and Channel 4 in the UK have jointly…
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Banijay strikes deal with ITVS-owned Tetra Media to buy ‘Hello Kitty’ prodco Monello
Banijay has substantially expanded its children’s catalogue after striking a deal to acquire Monello Productions…
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C More takes Nordics & Baltics VOD rights for Finnish Nokia drama
Nordic streamer C More has acquired the first-window VOD rights for the Nordics and Baltics…
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‘European Super League’ plans pose array of TV questions
Media analysts and politicians have been reacting to plans from 12 top European football clubs,…
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Unpicking AVOD, FAST & natural history’s potential
Carlyn Staudt, global general manager at Love Nature, discusses the opportunities presented by increasingly competitive FAST channels and…
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Finland’s Elisa Viihde adapts BBC drama ‘The Replacement’
Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde has started production on a local adaptation of BBC drama The Replacement,…
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Russia’s Riki Group scores slew of global animated sales
Russian animation house Riki Group has announced a slew of global sales for several of…
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Starz orders Sharon Horgan & Jeff Astrof paranormal comedy, Starzplay takes int’l rights
US cablenet Starz has greenlit a paranormal comedy from Trial & Error’s Jeff Astrof and…
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Scotland’s Synchronicity Films to adapt Graeme Armstrong’s ‘The Young Team’
The Cry producer Synchronicity Films has optioned the rights to author Graeme Armstrong’s 2020 debut…