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Exclusive: BBC delivers ‘holy grail moment’ to Tern TV with 35-hour order
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned 35 hours of programming from Zinc Media Group’s factual label…
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UK’s ITV Studios and Japan’s Nippon TV form co-pro pact
UK producer and distributor ITV Studios and Japan-based multi-platform entertainment company Nippon TV have inked…
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BritBox debuts in Oz with ‘Blackadder’, ‘Dr Who’, ‘Poldark’
ITV-BBCS joint-venture SVOD BritBox has launched in Australia. The streamer offers viewers “the largest streaming…
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Show of the Week: The Weekly: Special Edition
This new, premium eight-part documentary collection is the latest production from the team behind the…
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UK drama drives record-breaking export figure to $2bn
UK dramas such as Chernobyl, His Dark Materials and The Feed have powered the country’s TV…
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US’ Bron Studios invests in UK ‘Small Axe’ prodco Turbine Studios
US-based prodco Bron Studios is investing in Turbine Studios, the UK outfit behind the Amazon…
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Join us for the Content Innovation Awards 2020
TV viewing has soared during 2020, with broadcasters, streamers, producers and distributors around the world…
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Sky, Acorn TV & Seven snag Abacus & Revelation docuseries ‘The Real Manhunter’
Sky Crime in the UK, AMC-owned streamer Acorn TV in the US and Seven Network in…
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Warner Bros. signs overall deal with activist Kimberly Latrice Jones
Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) has signed an overall deal with filmmaker, author and human…
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Portugal’s TVI gets ‘All Together Now’ with local version of singing format
Portuguese broadcaster TVI has commissioned Banijay-owned Shine Iberia Portugal to produce a local version of…
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Insight TV enters Australia after expanding AVOD deal with Samsung
High-definition broadcaster and producer Insight TV has struck its first distribution deal in Australia, with…
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WarnerMedia restructures senior team in India, Southeast Asia & Korea
WarnerMedia International has revealed its new consolidated leadership team across India, Southeast Asia and Korea,…
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NENT Studios UK to be sold to fuel Nordic streamer Viaplay’s growth plans
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is selling its UK-based development, production and distribution business, which…
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Cineflix Rights CEO Chris Bonney to retire in 2021
Cineflix Rights CEO and industry veteran Chris Bonney is to step down from the company…
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Kids round-up: Serious Lunch says ‘Welcome To Earth’; ‘Chuggington’ steams into Europe; ZDF boards ‘Grisú’
Serious Lunch says ‘Welcome To Earth’ UK distributor Serious Lunch has acquired global distribution rights…
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News round-up: Keshet closes factual sales; Fox prepares ‘Game Of Talents’; CNN to air US VP doc
Keshet closes factual sales Broadcasters across Europe, Asia and Australia have picked up a range…
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Latinx-focused Fuse Media taken over in management buyout
US-based entertainment brand Fuse Media has been acquired by a Latinx-led management group headed by…
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HBO Max to adapt DC comic ‘DMZ’ with Ava DuVernay
WarnerMedia-owned streamer HBO Max has ordered an adaptation of DC comic series DMZ from Ava…
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Primitives takes distribution rights to cooking/interview format ‘This Is Your Fridge’
Belgium-based entertainment, reality and factual format distributor Primitives has acquired all rights to cooking/celebrity interview…
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Banijay ups Cris Abrego to head Americas; Bunim/Murray CEO Gil Goldschein to exit
Production and distribution giant Banijay has promoted Endemol Shine exec Cris Abrego to lead its…
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Power Entertainment’s Steve Turney dies from Covid-19, aged 59
Steve Turney, Power Entertainment’s SVP for sales & acquisitions, has passed away after contracting Covid-19,…
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Exclusive: UK financier & distributor Drive reveals record-breaking 2020
UK-based distributor and financier Drive has revealed it is lining up a record-breaking 2020 after…
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NBCU takes Hayu to Germany with Amazon Channels
NBCUniversal’s reality streamer Hayu has launched in Germany and Austria, where it is available on…
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News round-up: Insight TV lands on Pluto TV; SPI channels head to Germany & Russia; Love Nature expands in Lat Am
Insight TV heads to Pluto TV UHD broadcaster Insight TV has launched three of its…
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AMC Networks to cut 10% of US staff as streaming restructure revealed
AMC Networks is cutting around 10% of its US staff, as it become the latest…
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‘Succession’ and ‘Chernobyl’ named best shows at Edinburgh TV Awards
HBO series Succession won the accolade for best international drama at this year’s annual UK-based…
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Good Caper Content preps factual human trafficking series with survivor Toni Rivera
ITV America’s true crime prodco Good Caper Content has partnered with actor Tisha Campbell to…
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‘Night Manager’ prodco Character 7 to adapt Casey Benedict thrillers
Stephen Garrett’s London-based production outfit Character 7 has won the rights to adapt novelist Holly…
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Series Mania confirms dates & details for physical event in Lille
European drama festival Series Mania has unveiled new dates for its 2021 edition and revealed…
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Stan, Amazon & others buy C4 & HBO Max AIDS drama ‘It’s A Sin’
Broadcasters and platforms in Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Australasia have signed pre-sale…