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Kew Media to handle select Participant titles
Roma and Green Book producer Participant has signed a multi-year distribution deal with Kew Media…
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Endemol Shine scores sales for VR format ‘Your Home Made Perfect’
Endemol Shine Group has struck its first international deals for VR property makeover series Your Home…
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Murdoch, Snider and Featherstone team to launch Sister
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone have teamed up to launch Sister, a global…
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Jan Koeppen handed Disney DTC reins for EMEA
Jan Koeppen has been promoted to president of The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East…
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Channel 5 to pair commissioners with nine BAME prodcos
Channel 5 is teaming up with an ennead of BAME prodcos in a bid to…
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WarnerMedia names Otter Media CEO to oversee HBO Max design
WarnerMedia has outlined the leadership team that will develop the non-content side of its forthcoming…
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ITV Studios kickstarts major distribution restructure as Talpa’s John de Mol exits
ITV Studios has kickstarted a major restructure of its distribution business that sees the catalogues…
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Bill Nighy boards Channel 5’s ‘World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys’
Channel 5 in the UK has ordered a trio of shows from Argonon Group’s BriteSpark…
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Autentic ups Sky Vision alum after sales and production rejig
Beta Film’s non-fiction producer and distributor Autentic is rejigging the senior management team at its…
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FirstLook TV reveals advisory panel for true crime
Nurses Who Kill producer FirstLook TV has appointed a raft of law enforcement, criminology and…
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Sky Vision formally shuttered after NBCUniversal transfer
Distributor and producer Sky Vision has formally ended operations following its parent company’s acquisition by…
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ITV Studios international boss Maria Kyriacou boards Viacom
ITV Studios’ Maria Kyriacou is joining Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). The exec – who…
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Netflix inks overall deal with ‘Stranger Things’ creators, greenlights season four
Netflix has renewed Stranger Things for a fourth season, while striking a film and series…
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Putting a fragmented audience back together (Column)
Carlotta Rossi Spencer, Banijay Group’s SVP of format acquisitions, argues for a return to family…
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Wisebuddah creatives exit to launch audio production venture Listen
The creative team behind audio outfit Wisebuddah have departed to launch a new audio-focused production…
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HBO Max remakes UK format with Ellen DeGeneres as part of new slate
HBO Max has struck a far-reaching deal with talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres that will see…
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Noah Media Group launches global sales arm with Amazon sale for ‘The Edge’
Noah Media Group, producers of sports docs such as Netflix’s Bobby Robson: More Than A…
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Fizz’s Neale Simpson handed reins to entertainment label
Fizz creative director Neale Simpson is stepping up to head the RDF-backed entertainment label. Simpson…
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NBCUniversal’s SVOD Hayu lands in Southeast Asia
NBCUniversal International (NBCUI) has launched its reality-skewing SVOD service Hayu in the Philippines, Hong Kong…
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A+E Networks International picks up JTBC dating format ‘Solo Wars’
A+E Networks International has partnered with Korean broadcaster JTBC to distribute unscripted format Solo Wars….
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Amazon Prime Video France picks up Newen’s ‘Inside Game’
Amazon Prime Video France has scored first-window SVOD rights to thriller The Inside Game from…
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Freeform ends ‘Pretty Little Liars’ spin-off after single season
Disney-backed US network Freeform has brought the curtain down on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists…
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CBS welcomes Armoza’s scripted format ‘La Famiglia’ into the US
US broadcaster CBS has started development on a US version of Israeli scripted format La…
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Kinetic Content picks out Taboo content from Lineup
Red Arrow Studios-owned US prodco Kinetic Content has acquired local rights to unscripted show Taboo…
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Globo takes NBCUniversal format into Brazil
Brazilian broadcaster Globo has ordered a local version of My Kid Would Never Do That,…
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TBI Weekly: Why the future is Sound for TV producers
The long-heralded age of audio is finally coming of age, and if you’re a savvy…
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Netflix, BBC team up with David Attenborough on ‘Life In Colour’
Natural history icon David Attenborough has teamed up again with Netflix on a three-part series…
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DAZN hires Stewart Walker for global rights partnerships
Sports streamer DAZN has announced the hire of Stewart Walker EVP global rights partnerships. In…
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NEM Zagreb unveils TV Writing Contest details
New Europe Market (NEM) has revealed further details of its forthcoming TV Writing Contest that…
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‘Masked Singer’ marks triumphant return to Fox
Fox’s The Masked Singer has enjoyed a triumphant return to air, pulling in strong ratings…