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ITV Studios links with Spain’s Atresmedia for ‘Trust Me I’m A Six-Year-Old’
ITV Studios and Spain’s Atresmedia Studios have struck a co-development deal for gameshow format Trust…
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Blue Ant scores Japanese sales with NHK, FNG Japan
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has swooped for Blue Ant International’s blue chip natural history doc…
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China’s Youku boards ‘Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten’
Chinese streaming giant Youku has boarded Genius Brands International’s animated series Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten. …
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Exclusive: Sky Studios’ Jane Millichip urges plastics and ‘corporate tat’ ban at markets
Sky Studios chief commercial officer Jane Millichip has urged the TV industry to rapidly improve…
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Bear Grylls partners with Banijay for new production outfit
Running Wild‘s Bear Grylls has launched a new production outfit focusing on unscripted and scripted…
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Naked Television’s ‘Secret Admirer’ scores third European remake
Naked Television’s dating format Secret Admirer is heading to Denmark in what is the show’s…
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China’s Hunan TV, Endemol Shine partner on ‘Sing Or Spin’
Endemol Shine Group is co-developing primetime entertainment format Sing Or Spin with Chinese producer-broadcaster Hunan…
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Story Lab’s ‘You Are Not A Loan’ optioned in Denmark, Netherlands
Renowned Films and The Story Lab’s social experiment format You Are Not A Loan has…
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Endemol Shine, Kew, Sky among Content Innovation Award winners
Endemol Shine Group and Kew Media were among the stand-out winners at the fifth Content…
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Insight TV expands Stateside with third-party studios operation
Ultra high-definition broadcaster Insight TV is expanding production and sales operations to the US with…
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‘All Together Now’ heads to Finland
Endemol Shine format All Together Now has cracked its 14th market with a sale into Finland. Finnish…
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Apple strikes overall deal with ‘Roma’ director Alfonso Cuarón
Roma writer and director Alfonso Cuarón has struck an overall deal with Apple that will…
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RTÉ, Acorn partner with ZDFE and TV2 Norway on dramedy
Irish pubcaster RTÉ and AMC Networks-backed Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) have partnered to commission a…
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‘The Crown’ scribe attached to adapt Allison Pataki’s ‘Sisi’ novels
Amy Jenkins (This Life, The Crown) has signed up to adapt Allison Pataki’s bestselling Sisi…
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Damian Lewis-fronted ‘Spy Wars’ secures global sales
Broadcasters including History and Blaze in the UK and Spain’s Atresmedia are among numerous buyers…
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‘No rules’ and a new chapter for Sky Studios
With the backing of Comcast and knock-out collaborations such as Chernobyl, pay-TV operator Sky and…
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Crazy cash and snackable shorts: The future of entertainment on SVODs
As the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Quibi begin to get their unscripted affairs in…
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Amazon Prime Video’s global playbook
Amazon might be an SVOD of sorts but its evolution reflects a rapidly changing sector…
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NENT Group appoints DRG’s Halliwell as MD of UK studios operation
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has appointed DRG boss Richard Halliwell as MD of the…
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Exclusive: NENT Group’s content, co-productions and acquisitions team revealed
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group’s recently appointed chief content officer Filippa Wallestam has named a six-pronged…
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Inside the Endemol Shine sale saga
The ongoing saga of the Endemol Shine sale could be nearing an end, with a…
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Endeavor Content buys ‘The Wall’ producer Glassman Media
Endeavor Content has acquired The Wall producer Glassman Media. According to Deadline, the business has struck an…
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Canada’s CTV, Netflix mark inaugural unscripted collaboration with ‘I Do, Redo’
Netflix has teamed with Canadian terrestrial broadcaster CTV on their first unscripted project, partnering on…
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Fremantle’s Levina Negi lands at Hoplite
Fremantle’s Levina Negi has landed at Hollywood-based film and TV producer Hoplite Entertainment. The former…
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Wheelhouse Entertainment acquires events prodco Den Of Thieves
Wheelhouse Entertainment has acquired events prodco Den of Thieves, taking a majority stake in the…
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TBI Well-being: How to survive MIPCOM
In this month’s Well-being column, former BBC Studios exec and corporate wellness coach Tracy Forsyth…
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Exclusive: Cathy Payne to leave Endemol Shine International
Endemol Shine International’s CEO Cathy Payne is to step down in early 2020, TBI has…
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Breaking the taboo: How do we navigate mental health in TV?
Mental ill-health in the TV sector is an unspoken reality for many working in the…
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Exclusive: Entertainment One’s Tess Charman boards MGM
Long-time Entertainment One exec Tess Charman has boarded MGM Worldwide Television, TBI understands. Charman has…
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Kids bulletin: Gaumont launches ‘Pirate Mouse’; Cake boards ‘Woozle & Pip’; Cosmos-Maya sets up sales arm
Gaumont, Amsterdam team for ‘Pol The Pirate Mouse’ Gaumont and Amsterdam-based Submarine are partnering on…