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CBS won’t “flick the switch” on global streaming service, says CBS boss

Armando Nuñez, president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group, received Variety‘s International Achievement in TV Award yesterday at…

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BBC America renews ‘Killing Eve’ for third season

BBC America has renewed the critically acclaimed Sid Gentle Films series Killing Eve for a…

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Viacom’s Pluto TV inks content deal with BBC Studios

Viacom-owned AVOD service Pluto TV has struck a deal with BBC Studios to place a…

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Formats round-up: Talpa, Banijay Asia link up; Fremantle’s ‘Match Fit’ heads to Denmark

Talpa Global has inked an exclusive production deal with Banijay Asia to bring its format…

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BBC commissions Werner Herzog doc on travel icon

BBC Arts has commissioned a new Werner Herzog documentary Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce…

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Banijay bosses discuss drive for scale, Endemol sale

Banijay Group’s top brass have spoken out about the business’s drive to achieve scale as…

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AMC Networks Summit: BBC America’s new nature block, a third ‘Walking Dead’ spin-off

BBC America is launching a ‘micro-net’ within its channel that focuses on nature programming to…

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Endemol Shine China, Hunan TV set for first co-pro format

Endemol Shine China and Hunan TV have partnered for Acting Up, the first show to…

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Telefonica’s Movistar+ unveils response to Netflix Spain expansion

Telefonica’s Spanish premium PayTV service Movistar+ has unveiled a strategic alliance at MIPTV with Germany-based…

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Talesmith, Cineflix to co-produce ‘Takaya: Lone Wolf’

Talesmith has partnered up with Cineflix and Wild Wolf Media to co-produce Takaya: Lone Wolf…

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David Lyle Foundation launches to aid young in TV

The David Lyle Foundation launched this weekend (6 April), a not-for-profit organisation designed to help…

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ITVS GE, NHK tie up for blue chip doc ‘Wild Tokyo’

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has partnered up with Japanese pubcaster NHK on the production of…

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Sales round-up: Cineflix takes ‘Ordinary Woman’ down under; More4 acquires Drive’s ‘Lost Worlds’

Cineflix Rights has struck deals at MIPTV to take Russian drama An Ordinary Woman to…

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Exclusive: Global Agency’s ‘Legend’ optioned in US

Lionsgate-affiliated Revenge Body producer Rogue Atlas has optioned Global Agency’s The Legend, billed as a musical game of…

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‘Beat Shazam’ creator launches interactive games platform

Jeff Apploff, creator of music competition format Beat Shazam and exec producer on Fox’s most recent…

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Starzplay joins revamped Vodafone TV following Spanish debut

Subscription video-on-demand streaming service Starzplay is making its content available on a revamped Vodafone España…

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Cineflix acquires Critical Content’s ‘JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette: A Camelot Wedding’

Cineflix Rights has acquired the blue-chip feature doc JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette: A Camelot…

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Endemol Shine’s Boomdog & Televisa take ‘Masked Singer’ to Mexico

Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine’s Boomdog are set to co-produce an adaptation of The Masked…

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A+E takes ‘UnReal’ format to India

India’s Applause Entertainment has acquired A+E Network’s UnReal format for adaptation. The agreement marks the…

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BBC Studios appoints Lisa Opie as MD of UK production

BBC Studios has appointed Lisa Opie, its former factual production MD, as managing director of…

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NBCU Int’l makes structural changes, folds Sky Vision sales ops

NBCUniversal International (NBCUI) is set for a restructure after Comcast’s acquisition of Sky, which will…

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Snap unveils new slate of originals

Snap held its first-ever Partner Summit on Thursday (4 April) to unveil a list of…

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Katzenberg’s 20-year journey to short-form domination

Jeffrey Katzenberg is the superstar Disney alum who has built a 30-year reputation for the…

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Wild Money: The new rules of play in distribution

Distributors are under greater pressure than ever, needing to be nimble, innovative and cash-rich –…

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Why content execs are winning in Hollywood

Hollywood is facing some of the most drastic executive restructuring it has ever encountered, with…

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Aftercare or afterthought?: Unpacking duty of care on youth-skewing formats

With TV’s biggest entertainment format facing backlash over its aftercare practices, do casting directors and…

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Making a physical gameshow for Netflix

Kieran Doherty joint-MD of Stellify Media, producers of Blind Date and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,…

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The big business of dubbing

Quality dubbing will be the key to the continued growth of international drama consumption, and…

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BBC Studios eyes Dutch relocation for channels ahead of ‘no-deal’ Brexit

BBC Studios is looking to migrate a chunk of its broadcast licenses to the Netherlands…

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Kids round-up: Cyber Group, Future Today tie up for kids’ app; Happy Films takes ‘Bookaboo’ to Russia

Cyber Group Studios has entered a partnership with multi-platform distribution company Future Today to launch…