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HBO readies two-hour ‘Game Of Thrones’ documentary
HBO is readying a two-hour documentary that goes behind the scenes on the final series…
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MTV UK assembles Workerbee’s ‘Love Squad’
MTV UK has ordered a new dating show from Endemol Shine-owned prodco Workerbee in which…
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Amazon takes CBS All Access’ ‘Star Trek’ spin-off for global
Amazon Prime Video has picked up CBS All Access’ Star Trek spin-off on Captain Jean-Luc Picard…
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Viacom eyes global expansion for Pluto TV
Viacom boss Bob Bakish has said the business is to leverage its “global operating footprint…
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Black Friday cancellations: ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Murphy Brown’ axed
US broadcasters have pulled the plug on a number of shows as part of its…
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Crackit readies seven shock docs for 5Star, Channel 5
Crackit Productions has won commissions for seven stand-alone ‘shock docs’ from 5STAR and Channel 5. The…
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Quest Red checks into Full Fat’s ‘Bad Skin Clinic’
Discovery-owned free-to-air channel Quest Red has commissioned Full Fat TV to produce The Bad Skin Clinic….
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Sales round-up: Alfred Haber sells ‘bublé!’, Harbour Rights scores with Discovery
ITV, Nine Network buy’s NBC’s ‘bublé!’ UK broadcaster ITV and Australia’s Nine Network are among…
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Fremantle boards Spring Films’ ‘Cool Daddio’
Fremantle has taken international distribution rights to Spring Films’ new feature documentary Cool Daddio: The Second…
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Netflix buys second major drama from Youku
Netflix has picked up Youku series I Hear You. The streaming giant has acquired the…
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‘Killing Eve’ triumphs at BAFTAs
BBC America spy thriller Killing Eve was the big winner at last night’s BAFTA Television…
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TBI Weekly: Is Netflix killing off nuanced drama? (Column)
As SVODs increasingly rely on punchy dramas to draw eyeballs and differentiate their offerings, some…
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Exclusive: Sky Arts picks up Travis doc ‘Almost Fashionable’
Sky Arts has acquired an award-winning documentary on Scottish band Travis. The Comcast-owned pay-TV channel…
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Canada’s Rogers Media cancels June Upfront
Canada’s Rogers Media, owner of Citytv and Sportsnet, has cancelled its Upfront event next month…
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Freeview joins YouTube as headline sponsor for Edinburgh TV Festival
Freeview has joined YouTube as joint headline sponsor of August’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The year-long…
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Hungary’s TV2 signs on for ‘Fittest Family,’ ‘Catchpoint’
Hungarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 has signed on for local adaptations of formats from Magnify Media…
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Endemol Shine exits ‘Masked Singer’ as Fox goes in-house for unscripted
Fox is launching an in-house studio for alternative entertainment that will count the next series…
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BBC Four commissions Rare TV’s ‘The River’
BBC Four has commissioned Rare TV for a feature documentary on Scotland’s longest river. In The…
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Bob Iger: Disney “bullish” about Hulu potential
Disney is “bullish” about the potential of Hulu, including international expansion, but will have to…
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Kids bulletin: TVOkids commissions Bristow, Splash scores with R. L. Stine
TVOkids commissions Bristow Global Media for ‘Backyard Beats’ Canada’s TVOkids has commissioned Toronto-based producer Bristow…
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ITV banking on targeted programmable advertising after tough Q1
ITV is “making good progress” on delivering its strategy after turning in a Q1 performance…
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Sales round-up: All3Media Int’l, Studiocanal strike deals for ‘Baptiste’, ‘Years’
All3Media International scores in Spain The distributor has sold a slate of dramas into broadcasters…
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‘Les Mis’ producer Chris Carey boards Dancing Ledge
Les Misérables producer Chris Carey has joined Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions. The exec, who most recently…
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All3Media America’s Main Event Media launches podcast arm
All3Media America-owned Main Event Media is launching a podcast division. The United Shades Of America…
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Yesterday lines up Woodcut’s ‘Greatest Palaces’
UKTV has lined up Woodcut Media’s World’s Greatest Palaces for factual channel Yesterday. The multi-channel broadcaster…
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ITV enters wrestling arena with AEW partnership
ITV has partnered with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) to air a major wrestling event on…
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Natural history co-pros unlikely as genre evolves for SVODs
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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Pact UK unveils accelerator programmes alongside Leeds HQ
UK trade body Pact has unveiled two accelerator programmes for producers based outside London on…
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NBC exec to lead unscripted at Matchbox Pictures
NBC exec Dan Munday has been named head of unscripted at Australian prodco Matchbox Pictures….
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Former HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins lands at MTV
Former HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins has landed at MTV. The longtime president of HBO…