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CBC podcasts score TV adaptations from 3 Arts, Sienna Films
Producers including Lionsgate’s 3 Arts Entertainment and Sienna Films are among the businesses set to…
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Don Cheadle sets up prodco Radicle Act
Actor-producer Don Cheadle has set a production outfit targeting diverse film and TV projects from…
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Rabbit Films hires ITVSGE’s Ferguson for international sales
Finnish producer-distributor Rabbit Films has appointed an ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec to join its…
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Exclusive: Netflix drives into European drama with hires for Paris, Berlin
Netflix is expanding its scripted might in Europe, building out offices in Paris and Berlin…
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Industry mourns Zig Zag, PactUS exec Matt Gould
Former Discovery, Zig Zag Productions and PactUS executive Matt Gould has passed away, aged 48….
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Telemundo Enterprises acquires Argentina’s Underground Producciones
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has acquired Underground Producciones, the Argentinean outfit headed up by Sebastian Ortega…
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Charter deals with Disney to offer access to streamers
US telco giant Charter has struck a carriage deal with Disney offering access to Mouse…
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Kids bulletin: Cinekids selects in-development slate; DQE’s ‘Psammy Show’ heads to China
Cinekid has selected a slate of in-development projects for the October festival. Around 19 children’s…
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Smithsonian fires up volcano documentary duo
Smithsonian Channel in the US has lined up two hour-long documentaries that explore volcano eruptions…
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Channel 5 readies IWC’s ‘Greatest Warships’
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from Banijay Group-owned IWC that explores famous war…
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AMC Entertainment Networks Group brings Studios operation in-house
AMC Networks is bringing its Studios operation in-house in a restructure that sees the departure…
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Disney hires Sky UK exec to lead SVOD in Europe, Africa
Disney has hired a Sky exec to lead its streaming drive in Europe and Africa….
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Is France’s answer to Netflix too little too late?
France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, may have received the greenlight from the competition watchdog,…
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ViacomCBS eyes further acquisitions after merger
Discovery and Sony Entertainment have been mooted as potential targets for ViacomCBS as it looks…
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Exclusive: TF1 lines up for ITV thriller ‘Deep Water’
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has picked up ITV drama Deep Water, marking the UK thriller’s…
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Lionsgate ups Scott Herbst and Jocelyn Sabo for TV roles
US studio Lionsgate has promoted Scott Herbst and Jocelyn Sabo to new roles overseeing the…
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Netflix boards second season of ‘I Am A Killer’
Netflix has boarded a second season of Znak & Co.’s I Am A Killer, days…
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History boards Air Force One doc exploring 9/11
US cablenet History is preparing to air a new two-hour documentary that takes viewers aboard…
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Netflix India exec lands at ABC Entertainment
Netflix India’s Simran Sethi has landed at ABC Entertainment. The exec, who most recently served…
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CBS, Viacom conclude long-awaited merger
CBS and Viacom have agreed a long-awaited merger deal that will see the two businesses…
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Exclusive: Fremantle global acquisitions exec Levina Negi departs
Levina Negi, VP of global acquisitions and development at Fremantle, is departing the business after…
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EOne hires BBC Studios distribution exec for Lat Am sales
Entertainment One (eOne) has hired BBC Studios sales exec David Hanono to grow the business’s…
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Deals round-up: ‘Spiky Gold Hunters’ go global; ID returns to Arrow trio; YES orders Endemol Shine comedy
Pango’s Spiky Gold Hunters go global A+E Networks UK is among companies to have struck…
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Plimsoll to bolster natural history, docs with private equity investment
Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions has struck a deal that will see private equity firm…
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AMC promotes Connolly for programming and marketing role
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has promoted Patrick Connolly to become its senior VP of programming…
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French regulators give broadcasters’ joint SVOD the greenlight
French regulators have cleared Salto – also referred to as the ‘French Netflix’ – to…
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Exclusive: Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships departs
Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships Gill Hay has left after four years, leaving a…
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Viacom, CBS enter final stretch of merger talks
CBS and Viacom are nearing a deal for a merged company, with the final stumbling…
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CNN Films, BBC Arts team for Jackie Collins doc from Passion Pictures
CNN Films, AGC Studios and BBC Arts have teamed up to co-produce Passion Pictures’ feature…
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Endemol Shine sells into children’s AVOD Kidoodle.TV
Endemol Shine Group has struck a distribution pact with children’s AVOD Kidoodle TV. The platform…