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Viaplay cooks up culinary show with ‘Food & Fire’ docuseries
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is expanding its unscripted offering with a six-part English-language docuseries…
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Quibi renovates true crime genre for latest commission
Soon-to-launch short-form streamer Quibi is combining the true crime genre with a home makeover twist…
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Exclusive: Danny Gabai details Vice Studios’ Jane Roe abortion doc
Vice Studios’ US chief and exec VP Danny Gabai has unveiled further details of its…
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Commissioning round-up: Yes TV flies back to ‘Magpie’; HBO Asia, Viu return to ‘The Bridge’; HBO extends sketch show
Yes TV takes in more Magpie Israeli network Yes TV has ordered a second season…
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Sky expands Irish comedy slate with stand-up order
UK-based pay TV operator Sky 1 has ordered a five-part stand-up comedy show from the…
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Documentary SVOD DocuBay confirms global launch
India-based documentary SVOD DocuBay has officially launched worldwide, offering subscribers in more than 180 countries…
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TBI Distributor Survey 2019
Are you part of a leading international distribution company? We want to hear your views…
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Netflix greenlights Australia-produced thriller ‘Clickbait’
Global streamer Netflix has ordered an eight-part thriller entitled Clickbait from Australia-based producers Matchbox Pictures and Tony…
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Steve Harvey to produce African versions of ‘Family Feud’
Steve Harvey, who hosts the US version of Fremantle-owned gameshow format Family Feud, has secured…
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Asian streamer Viu to remake ‘Pretty Little Liars’ in Bahasa
Pan-Asian streaming platform Viu has unveiled plans to remake ABC Family/Freeform cult YA series Pretty…
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Discovery LatAm picks up slate of ESI non-scripted shows
Endemol Shine International (ESI) has licensed a raft of factual entertainment shows to Discovery Latin…
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Looking Glass rebrands as LGI Media, appoints new MD
Australia-based distribution company Looking Glass International has rebranded as LGI Media. The company, which specialises…
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The Sacred Riana to star in Fremantle scripted horror series
Fremantle has joined forces with Indonesia’s Wahana Kreator Nusantara on a scripted horror anthology called…
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Chinese Film & TV Exhibition hails global participation
Jianing Shen, EVP of CITVC (China International Television Corporation), has unveiled the exhibitor line-up and…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix finds its ‘Love Island’ amid unscripted drive
A year on since forming its UK outpost and months out from launching Paris and…
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Exclusive: BBC ‘bullying and immoral’ in iPlayer rights demands
The BBC has been employing “bullying and immoral” tactics against production companies as it looks…
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BBC Three commissions Youngest Media for ‘House Share’
BBC Three has commissioned six-part docu-reality series House Share from Youngest Media. The 6 x…
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Deals round-up: ZDF returns to ‘Ku’damm’; ITV meets Tyson Fury; SBS boards Prince Albert doc
ZDF returns to Ku’damm German broadcaster ZDF has linked up with UFA Fiction for the…
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Quibi rejigs partnerships with Hulu alum Tim Connolly departing
Soon-to-launch short-form streamer Quibi has rejigged its partnerships and distribution team with former Hulu executive…
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AMC launches AcornTV, UMC streamers on YouTube TV
AMC Networks is launching its UK drama-skewing streamer Acorn TV as well as its black…
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Exclusive: Nordic streamer Viaplay makes first move into medical drama
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has ordered its first medical drama for regional streamer Viaplay,…
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Hasbro buys eOne in shock $4bn all-cash deal
My Little Pony owner Hasbro has acquired indie studio Entertainment One (eOne) in a surprise…
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Reddit dips toe into live broadcasting with ‘Reddit Public Access Network’
Social forum site Reddit has launched its first broadcasting tool. The site, which is the…
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Channel 4’s Katz deems Hulu co-pro “very unrelatable to British audiences”
Channel 4’s Ian Katz has called middling ratings for the UK broadcaster’s Hulu co-production The…
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C4’s Dorothy Byrne hits out at ‘sexist bastards’, Netflix in MacTaggart
Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has said the TV industry…
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Channel 5’s Frow: Savings from ‘Big Brother’ cancellation didn’t go the distance
Channel 5 director of programmes Ben Frow has called the cancellation of Big Brother a…
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BBC’s Charlotte Moore defends iPlayer windowing, reveals dramas
BBC director of content Charlotte Moore has said that the controversial move to put shows…
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BBC Two commissions Dolly Parton doc, boards Lena Dunham’s HBO thriller
The BBC has revealed a slate of new projects, including HBO drama Industry, which it…
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Amazon reveals Studios structure in Europe, decries “gobbling up” rights
Amazon Studios’ director of European originals Georgia Brown has outlined the company’s rapidly growing commissioning…
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YouTube Originals on the hunt for education-focused programming
YouTube is taking an education-focused approach to originals and leaning into “self-motivated learning” on the…