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Spain’s Movistar+ links with Telemundo in US for ‘Dime Quién Soy’
Banijay Group-owned Spanish prodco DLO Producciones, Telefónica-owned SVOD service Movistar+ and NBCUniversal’s broadcaster Telemundo are…
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Red Arrow hires A+E alum Joel Denton to head int’l distribution
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) has appointed former A+E Networks exec Joel Denton as acting president…
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Hollywood’s Schwarzenegger becomes “significant” investor in Genius Brands
Hollywood actor and former governor of the US state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has become…
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ViacomCBS ends relationship with ‘Live PD’ producer Big Fish Entertainment
ViacomCBS has “ended its relationship” with Big Fish Entertainment, the MGM-owned producer behind shows such…
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Gaumont UK options Vogue wartime editor Audrey Withers bio for drama series
The UK division of French studio Gaumont has optioned a biography about former Vogue magazine…
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China’s iQiyi goes global with A+E Network’s first Korean drama
A+E Networks has unveiled its first foray into Korean drama with an adaptation of a…
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WarnerMedia to shutter HBO Go as HBO Max takes centre stage
WarnerMedia is to shut down its HBO Go mobile app in the US as it…
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Asian streamer Iflix up for sale as debt crisis looms
Malaysia-based pan-Asian video streaming outfit Iflix is in sale talks and has appointed two executives…
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Netflix extends Spanish drama ‘Valeria’ for second season
Netflix has renewed Spanish drama Valeria for a second season. Produced by Spanish prodco Plano…
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AMC joins BBC on Ben Whishaw-starring ‘This Is Going To Hurt’
AMC in the US has joined the UK’s BBC on an adaptation of Adam Kay’s…
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ViacomCBS’ Channel 5 commissions three UK prodcos for century-spanning history series
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned three British indie prodcos – Middlechild, Raise the Roof…
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Love Nature launches on Les Bouquets Canal+ in Africa
Online and linear wildlife and nature channel Love Nature has launched in more than 25…
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C4 alum Gill Wilson joins Avalon as factual director
Gill Wilson has been appointed as UK and US-based prodco Avalon’s creative director of factual….
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Virgin Media takes Scottish streamer STV nationwide and adds All 4
Virgin Media has extended the reach of STV Player, the TV app from Scottish commercial…
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BBC facing $82m shortfall as BBC Studios dividend ‘not going to happen’
The UK’s BBC is looking at a £65m ($82m) budget black hole after it emerged…
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Snap unveils new slate of originals and renewals
Snap, the US social media company behind the popular Snapchat app, has unveiled a new…
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LA officials hand out 10-page document as TV production permitted again
LA-based producers have been handed a 10-page document detailing how they can safely resume TV…
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Hulu orders ‘The Other Typist’ adaptation with Keira Knightley to star and EP
Disney-owned SVOD service Hulu has commissioned Searchlight Television and 20th Century Fox Television to produce…
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YouTube unveils $100m content fund ‘to amplify black voices’
YouTube has revealed the first project to emerge from a new $100m content fund designed…
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PopTV chief becomes latest ViacomCBS departure, headed for Audible
Amazon has hired the president of ViacomCBS’s US cable network PopTV as chief content officer…
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HBO Max launch hit ‘Love Life’ renewed
Newly launched streamer HBO Max has renewed its first scripted original series, Love Life, for…
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ViacomCBS promotes Bruce Gillmer to new president of music post
ViacomCBS has promoted veteran exec Bruce Gillmer to the newly created position of president of…
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News round-up: ‘Black Widows’ heads to India; SundanceNow gets ‘Upright’; Hulu scraps ‘Harlots’; SeriesFest update; W4free latest
India’s Zee5 adapts Black Widows Indian streamer Zee5 has struck a deal with NENT Studios…
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Exclusive: Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep ‘accelerates’ move into docuseries & animation
Erik Barmack, the former Netflix exec who drove the streamer’s much-vaunted international content strategy, has…
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Jane Marlow, Virginia Orr launch Donut Films, strike OUTtv deal in Canada
UK-based scriptwriter and TBI journalist Jane Marlow has linked up with producer Virginia Orr to…
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ViacomCBS’s Maria Kyriacou named chair of Creative Diversity Network
The UK’s Creative Diversity Network (CDN) has appointed ViacomCBS exec Maria Kyriacou as its new…
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LA County confirms TV & film production return from 12 June
LA-based film and TV production has been given the greenlight to recommence from 12 June,…
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A&E pulls hit cop show ‘Live PD’ in wake of George Floyd killing
US cabler A&E has cancelled its hit unscripted police series Live PD, a week after…
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Disney+ becomes third-largest SVOD in the UK, report claims
Disney+ has already emerged as the third-largest subscription streaming service in the UK. According to…
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EOne confirms HBO alum Michael Lombardo as global TV president
Hasbro-owned producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has confirmed that former HBO programming president Michael…