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Shaftesbury grows creative team with Temple Street producer
Frankie Drake Mysteries producer Shaftesbury has appointed Lesley Grant as creative producer. She will be responsible…
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BBC Studios, Lionsgate hire former DreamWorks exec to head US partnership
BBC Studios and Lionsgate have appointed former Fox and DreamWorks exec Dan McDermott as the…
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Hat Trick exec boards Beano Studios
Hat Trick Productions exec Mark Talbot has joined Beano Studios as chief creative officer. In…
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Netflix orders seven-part true crime original ‘Killer Ratings’
Netflix has commissioned Caravan Productions and Quicksilver Media for a seven-part series on a Brazilian…
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Imagine Entertainment hires Netflix exec to drive global expansion
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment has hired a top Netflix exec to lead…
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Channel 4, HBO partner for ‘Jihadi John’ doc
Months following the success of Michael Jackson two-parter Leaving Neverland, Channel 4 and HBO are…
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ITVS GE sends ‘Bodyguard’ to China
Bodyguard is heading to China. ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold mainland Chinese…
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DHX Media launches children’s SVOD service
Canada’s DHX Media is to launch a children’s SVOD service. The streaming platform, titled Kids…
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TBI Weekly: Formats thrive in purple patch post-MIPTV
The formats market has struck a purple patch a month on from MIPTV, with the…
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ABC Australia installs MD months after Guthrie fall-out
ABC Australia has permanently appointed David Anderson as managing director. Anderson, who has been given…
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Discovery sees 17% rise in revenues in Q1
Discovery saw a 17% year-on-year rise in revenues across Q1, reporting $2.7bn for the period…
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BBC Three commissions Banijay’s Wonder for fact ent formats
BBC Three has commissioned Banijay Group-owned prodco Wonder for a pair of fact ent series…
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YouTube confirms “karate-chopping” of Premium paywall
YouTube has confirmed that its premium content will be available for free as the business…
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History Play launches in UK and Germany on Amazon Channels
Amazon has added the A+E Networks’ History Play streaming service to its line-up of Prime Video Channels…
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CBS ‘Love Island’ reboot heads to Canada
Canadian broadcaster CTV has picked up rights to the US reboot of Love Island. The…
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Lionsgate’s O’Connell lands at WarnerMedia
Lionsgate’s Jennifer O’Connell has landed at WarnerMedia, where she will serve as EVP of original…
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NBCU’s ‘Hollywood Game Night’ scores Russian remake
NBCUniversal International Formats has struck a deal with Russian broadcaster CTC for a local version…
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Hulu’s subscriber base balloons to 28m
Disney and Comcast-backed streaming service Hulu has grown its total customer base to over 28m,…
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Don’t throw away your shot at quiet markets
Briege Whitehead, head of Australia’s White Spark Pictures, reflects on MIPTV and shares her tips…
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Armoza’s ‘Conflict’ heads to Poland
Polish producer Rochstar has acquired the local rights to Israeli formats firm Armoza’s fact ent…
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Smithsonian commissions Plimsoll for doc duo on heels of Brazil launch
Smithsonian Channel has commissioned a pair of programmes from Plimsoll Productions focused on South American…
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Jennifer O’Connell exits Lionsgate, replaced by Starz exec
Jennifer O’Connell has departed Lionsgate after less than four years. The EVP of alternative programming…
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Fremantle picks up int’l rights to Notre Dame doc
Fremantle has picked up international rights to one-off doc Notre-Dame: In Flames, which features exclusive…
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Obamas unveil first Netflix slate
Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has…
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Televisia orders Mexican version of ‘Family Food Fight’
Endemol Shine Boomdog has been commissioned to produce Family Food Fight for Televisia in Mexico….
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Marchisio to lead co-pros for France Télévisions
France Télévisions has promoted Benoît Marchisio to head up international co-productions following the departure of…
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Discovery promotes Food Network’s Todd Weiser
Discovery has promoted Todd Weiser to senior vice president, programming and development at Food Network…
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BBC Studios makes key entertainment hire
BBC Studios Productions has hired Lisa McCormack as director of production for its Entertainment &…
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Zaslav, Darroch to headline RTS Cambridge Convention
Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav (left) and Sky group chief executive Jeremy Darroch have…
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Sony strikes deal with Phil Lord and Chris Miller for ‘Spider-Man’ TV series
Oscar-winning producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have signed a five year deal with Sony…