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Off The Fence hires Leila Monks as head of commissioning
ZDF Enterprises-backed Off The Fence has hired Leila Monks in the newly created role of…
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BT eyes Disney+ for “super aggregation”-focused TV service
UK telco BT is courting the Mouse House around plans to bring fledgling streaming platform…
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NBCUniversal strikes first-look deal with ‘Masked Singer’ creator Park Won Woo
The Masked Singer creator Park Won Woo has struck a first-look deal with NBCUniversal-owned Universal…
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France’s Tetra Media Fiction snaps up rights to ‘Les Espions de la Terreur’
France’s Tetra Media Fiction has snapped up the rights to author Matthieu Suc’s spy thriller…
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Amazon follows Australian men’s cricket team following ball-tampering scandal
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a docuseries following the Australian men’s cricket team in the…
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TBI Weekly: Why companion podcasts are the new switchover programmes
Never mind cranking TV shows out of podcast IP, the real sweet spot in the…
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CBS All Access expands original content team with Harpo Films hire
CBS has expanded the original content team at its streaming service All Access. Danny Feldheim…
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Sky Deutschland names new CEO
Sky Deutschland’s Carsten Schmidt has announced his resignation from the role of CEO and will…
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Directors UK launches new intimacy guidelines
Directors UK, the professional association for screen directors, has launched new guidelines for creating a…
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Amazon extends animated series ‘Undone’, strikes overall deal with co-creator
Amazon has extended its adult animated series Undone into a second season and secured an…
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Channel 4 swoops for ‘Taskmaster’
Channel 4 has swooped for Avalon format Taskmaster, as first revealed by TBI earlier this month. …
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NATPE unveils Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award winners for 2020
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has unveiled the recipients of the 17th…
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MGM hires Channel 4 alum to head new UK-based unscripted arm
MGM Television is setting up an unscripted arm in the UK and has appointed former…
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Canada’s Channel Zero opens scripted studio division
Canadian channel operator Channel Zero is launching a scripted studio division headed up by Jennifer…
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Netflix eyes stake in Korea’s Studio Dragon as part of expanded content pact
Netflix has struck a three-year content pact with CJ ENM, including an option that could…
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Endemol Shine North America appoints exec director of licensing
Endemol Shine North America has appointed consumer products exec Scott Shillet as executive director of…
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Viacom exec Louise Holmes boards Facebook
Former Viacom exec Louise Holmes is joining Facebook as director of entertainment partnerships for EMEA….
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Former BBC exec Sohail Shah targets northern talent with new prodco
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Sohail Shah has set up a Manchester-based prodco that will target…
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Viacom appoints International Studios & OTT chief, names Americas president
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has restructured its OTT and studio businesses, handing new roles…
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Hasbro’s $4bn Entertainment One deal to be investigated by UK competition regulator
US toy giant Hasbro’s $4bn deal for Entertainment One (eOne) is to be investigated by…
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Sales round-up: Chinese streamers strike TVF deals; Primitives takes ‘The Battle’ into Lat Am; Sky orders ‘Domina’
Chinese SVOD trio strike TVF deals Chinese online platforms iQiyi, Bili Bili and BesTV have…
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Facebook launches first event special out of UK with Elton John
Facebook Watch is readying the launch of a sit-down interview with Sir Elton John –…
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The Film and TV Charity redevelops Soho HQ, joined by NFTS, BIFA
The UK’s Film and TV Charity is redeveloping its Soho headquarters into an accessible hub…
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Epix prepares docuseries based on ‘Slow Burn’ podcast about Watergate
US cabler Epix is preparing to air a six-episode docuseries based on hit podcast Slow…
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Netflix adapts Stephanie Land’s novel ‘Maid’ with Margot Robbie’s prodco attached
Netflix has ordered an adaptation of Stephanie Land’s best-selling novel Maid, which chronicles the life…
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Viacom launches personalised MTV channel in Switzerland
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MyMTV Music in Switzerland on Swisscom. As opposed…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest rounds out creative team for 2020
Sheffield Doc/Fest has rounded out its programming team with the appointment of Vancouver International Film…
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Fremantle scores with five renewals as ABC extends summer gameshows
US broadcaster ABC has extended an array of its gameshows as part of its ‘Summer…
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Globosat’s children’s channels boost content and programming investment
Globosat’s kids channels Gloob and Gloobinho have launched two new departments for content and programming. …
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Sky Sports edges out BBC for Masters golf coverage
Sky Sports has won the exclusive UK rights to the Masters, the first major golf…