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HBO Max orders Mark Burnett business format ‘The Big Shot’
HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of The Big Shot with Bethenny (wt), a new business reality competition…
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Discovery picks up ‘Crash Test World’ for North America
Escapade Media has sold non-profit organisation ProjectExplorer’s 6 X 30-minute series, Crash Test World, produced by…
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Exclusive: Germany’s RTL orders local version of hit Israeli dramedy ‘Stockholm’
German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local adaptation of Israeli black comedy Stockholm for its…
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NENT adds short form ‘Delete Me’ to Viaplay drama line-up
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has added Norwegian young adult drama series Delete Me to…
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Channel 4 orders 30 episodes of daytime show ‘Beat the Chef’
Channel 4 has ordered a 30 x 30-minute run of daytime series Beat the Chef presented by Andi…
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Sky Studios partners with Fremantle’s Italian label The Apartment
Sky Studios has struck a development and partnership deal with Fremantle’s newly formed Italian label…
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Kids Round-Up: ‘Miraculous’ travels to China; Studio 100 racks up ‘Ella Bella Bingo’ sales; Splash to release kids content on German streamer KiXi
Studio 100 racks up Ella Bella Bingo sales Studio 100 Film has sold Scandinavian animation…
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Andy Harries TBI Masterclass: TV industry becoming even more like film
The TV industry is increasingly becoming like the film industry, according to Left Bank Pictures…
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News in Brief: NENT UK CEO steps down; Monkey promotes Ollie Brack; Dynamic Television ups trio of execs
Jakob Mejlhede Andersen has stepped down as CEO of Nordic Entertainment Group’s UK division. Andersen…
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Netflix orders opioid crisis drama ‘Painkiller’
Netflix has greenlit Painkiller, a new scripted drama about the origins of the opioid crisis,…
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Sundance Now takes US rights to DCD’s ‘The Secrets She Keeps’
AMC Networks’ US streaming service Sundance Now has acquired US rights to Australian domestic noir thriller The…
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Discovery UK orders lifestyle and entertainment trio of shows
Discovery UK has greenlit three new lifestyle and entertainment shows for its free to air…
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GRB Studios hires Woodle to lead sales
US producer-distributor GRB Studios has appointed former Scripps exec Hud Woodle to lead its international…
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Blackhall Studios plans major TV and film production facility in UK
Atlanta-based Blackhall Studios has unveiled plans to build a major studio complex for film and…
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Endeavor Content buys into ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ prodco The Ink Factory
Endeavor Content is taking a minority stake in The Ink Factory, the London and LA-based…
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Exclusive: ZED preps Iraq docuseries for France Télévisions, ZDF & NRK
France Télévisions has ordered a four-part docuseries that will delve into the past 40 years…
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SPT buys into The Whisper Group, Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund exits
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken an undisclosed stake in UK-based non-scripted and sports-skewing production…
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UK’s BT preps flexible pay-TV packages to compete with streamers
UK telco BT has launched a range of new ‘flexible’ TV packages in a bid…
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Viu originals drives Asian streamer to 41 million monthly active users
Viu, the Hong Kong-based OTT video service, has secured over 40 million monthly active users….
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A+E alum Sean Cohan departs Wheelhouse Entertainment after just over a year in role
Former A+E Networks veteran Sean Cohan has emerged in a new role at data measurement…
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News round-up: Series Mania adds ‘Homecoming’ creator Eli Horowitz to line-up; Insight TV expands with fuboTV
Series Mania adds Homecoming’s Eli Horowitz to line-up Eli Horowitz, the creator and showrunner of…
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MGM hires Two Halves co-founder to bolster UK-based unscripted division
MGM Television has further expanded its unscripted interests by appointing the co-founder of All3Media-backed Two…
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ITV defends itself in wake of Caroline Flack death, as ‘Love Island’ returns
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has defended itself against growing criticism that it did not do…
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TBI Masterclass prepares to welcome Left Bank Pictures’ CEO Andy Harries
Join us tomorrow for our second TBI Masterclass, this time with Left Bank Pictures’ CEO…
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BBC faces mounting pressure as British government looks to downsize broadcaster
The UK’s BBC is facing further doubts over its future after reports emerged that the…
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Deals round-up: Amazon snags Russian drama for Europe; Drive to sell Aussie bushfire doc
Amazon snags Russian drama Amazon has picked up Moscow-based drama Russian Affairs for it service…
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Viaplay strikes extended content deal with Disney in Nordics
Disney has struck an extended content deal with Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), providing the…
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ZDF Enterprises launches drama joint venture with German prodco NDF
ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has linked up with Germany’s Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF) to launch a…
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TV4’s Maria Mowbray & Cem Yeter launch prodco with private equity backing
Swedish exec duo Maria Mowbray and Cem Yeter, head of development and deputy head of…
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ITV preps for ‘Love Island’ return after host Caroline Flack’s death, aged 40
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is preparing to return Love Island to screens with an episode…