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Entertainment One rejigs EMEA sales, with Dan Gopal departing
Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) has rejigged its sales team in Europe, the Middle East and…
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200 million in US ‘using free AVOD services each month’
Almost 200 million Americans are using AVOD services on a monthly basis, a new report…
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News round-up: All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’; UKTV tunes in to ‘Whose Line…’; Federation Ent’ expands doc slate
All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’ All3Media International has acquired distribution rights to factual series Extraordinary Escapes…
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Fox greenlights Ancient Greek adult animation from ‘Rick & Morty’ creator Dan Harmon
Fox has given a straight-to-series order to a new adult animated comedy from Rick & Morty…
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NBC reinvents ‘The Wheel’ for the US
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of UK format The Wheel. The 10-part…
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Apple TV+ orders Jane Goodall-inspired kids show
Apple TV+ has give a straight-to-series order to a hybrid live-action and CGI kids series…
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HBO Max preps surfing docuseries from ‘Love Fraud’ prodco
US cablenet and streaming sibling HBO Max are preparing to launch a docuseries from the prodco…
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France’s ‘Mystery Duets’ snagged by ITVS for US, UK, Oz & Nordics
ITV Studios (ITVS) has picked up remake rights to French singing format Mystery Duets in…
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Japan’s Fuji TV enters format partnership with The Story Lab
Japanese comcaster Fuji Television Network and global production and distribution studio The Story Lab have…
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Amazon to adapt ‘Summer’ trilogy; original author Jenny Han to helm
Amazon Studios has ordered an adaptation of Jenny’s Han’s young adult novel trilogy The Summer…
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Pluto TV launches in France with ‘iCarly’ & ‘Star Trek’ among offering
ViacomCBS’s ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV has launched in France, with shows including Star Trek…
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Sales round-up: MagellanTV, TVF & Furnace co-pro science show; Viaplay picks up first-ever Faroese drama; ZDFE shops Nazi slave doc
MagellanTV, TVF & Furnace co-pro science show Global SVOD service MagellanTV has ordered a new…
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Disney TV Studios forms new ‘creative acquisitions’ unit for IP adaptations
Disney Television Studios has launched a ‘creative acquisitions’ division that will secure rights to books,…
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ViacomCBS strikes huge deal with ‘Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan to fuel Paramount+
ViacomCBS has struck a huge new deal with the co-creator of Yellowstone and ordered a spin-off…
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HBO orders Woody Allen child abuse scandal doc; feature-length GameStop drama
WarnerMedia-owned HBO has ordered a new four-part documentary series exploring the decade-spanning child sexual abuse…
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Syfy hangs up ‘Wynonna Earp’s’ guns
US-based NBCUniversal-owned cable channel Syfy has cancelled supernatural western Wynonna Earp, with the show to…
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Germany’s Palatin invests in Frank’s Rocket Rights & Benmore’s Rights Booster
German firm Palatin Media has invested in David and Matthew Frank’s recently launched TV distribution firm…
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Netflix reveals multi-genre slate from Obama’s Higher Ground
Netflix has announced an upcoming slate of multi-genre programming from US-based Higher Ground Productions, the…
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Germany’s SWR travels ‘Down The Road’ with local order for Belgian factual format
German broadcaster SWR has commissioned a local adaptation of Down The Road, the factual format…
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Saudi’s SBC orders reboot of Korean format ‘Drive Thru OKE’ with NBCU
Dubai-based producer Ogmented has struck a deal to produce a local version of NBCUniversal Formats-owned…
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News round-up: Legendary merges int’l & US TV; WarnerMedia signs ‘Impractical Jokers’; Skydance, Impact eye emerging talent; CNN’s Zucker to exit
Legendary merges TV businesses Legendary is consolidating its international and domestic TV businesses under the…
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Banijay rejigs NL Film execs after Kaja Wolffers moves to Amazon Prime
Banijay’s Dutch production outfit NL Film has appointed a new senior management team, following creative…
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Endemol Shine Boomdog preps Bear Grylls for Lat Am ‘Into The Wild’
Endemol Shine North America (ESNA)’s Mexico-based production firm Endemol Shine Boomdog is developing a Latin…
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Sky Studios promotes Jupiter execs in bid to ‘turbocharge’ US operations
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has brought its various US production entities under the control of Jupiter…
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“Strong signs of recovery” for UK film and high-end TV production
The UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production sector is showing “strong signs of economic…
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CBC unveils comedy & drama chiefs for new-look scripted division
Canadian broadcaster CBC has hired two new execs and promoted two others to the key…
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BBC partners with Magic Light again for ‘Superworm’ Christmas special
The UK’s BBC has re-teamed with Magic Light Pictures, commissioning an animated adaptation of Superworm,…
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Starz crowns Catherine De Medici series ‘The Serpent Queen’
US network Starz has commissioned The Serpent Queen, an adaptation of Leonie Frieda’s book Catherine…
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Jonathan & Simon Chinn’s Lightbox exits C4’s Indie Growth Fund
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s London and LA-based production company Lightbox is to exit Channel 4’s…
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BBC reveals $556m cuts to content & services during 2021/22
The BBC expects to slash more than £400m ($540m) from its programming and services budget…