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‘Peaky Blinders’ outfit Caryn Mandabach Productions to adapt PD James’ Cordelia Gray novels
Peaky Blinders outfit Caryn Mandabach Productions (CMP) has optioned the TV rights to the two…
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Yellow Film & TV’s Irish prodco Newgrange hires Wild Atlantic’s Ali Doyle & Joan Lambe
Irish prodco Newgrange Pictures, part of Finland’s Yellow Film & TV, has hired Wild Atlantic…
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WGGB calls for “complete reset” as Diamond report records “significant drop” in UK women writers & directors
The number of women writers and directors contributing to British TV has declined over the…
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Warner Bros. International Television Production’s chief in Iberia steps down after seven years
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP)’s chief in Spain & Portugal, Sebastián Moguilevsky, is stepping…
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Satisfaction Group partners with Mediacrest alum Daniel Domenjó for Iberian label
French production firm Satisfaction Group has partnered with former Mediacrest executive director Daniel Domenjó to…
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ITV creates brand-funded unit BE Studio to create ‘entirely new formats’
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has launched a new ad-funded entertainment unit to create entirely new…
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Blue Ant Media sets top production & distribution team following Marblemedia deal
Blue Ant Media has set the management team that will oversee its yet-to-be named studio…
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Brinkworth Productions recruits BBCS & Vice alum Yonni Usiskin to head global unscripted
London-based factual indie Brinkworth Productions has hired BBC Studios and Vice alum Yonni Usiskin as…
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Amazon orders ‘Motorheads’ & ‘A Very Royal Scandal’, cancels ‘With Love’, ‘Shelter’ & ‘Dolores Roach’
Amazon streamer Prime Video has greenlit coming-of-age series Motorheads and fact-based drama A Very Royal…
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Finland’s MTV3 joins Endemol Shine Australia’s dating format ‘Love Triangle’
MTV3 in Finland has become the third company to remake Australian reality format Love Triangle….
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Alibi & France TV strike pre-sale deals for Irish drama ‘The Boy That Never Was’
UKTV’s Alibi channel and France Télévisions have struck pre-sale deals for upcoming Irish drama series…
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Blink49 Studios acquires ‘Wild Cards” & ‘Sight Unseen’ partner Front Street Pictures
Blink49 Studios, the Toronto-based firm headed by former Entertainment One exec John Morayniss, has taken…
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BBC to rest ‘Top Gear’ for “the foreseeable future” following Freddie Flintoff car crash
BBC motoring show Top Gear is to be rested “for the foreseeable future” following the…
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Sony Pictures Television & Matt Smith’s Circle Circle Films strike production & distribution deal
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck a far-reaching partnership with Circle Circle Films, the UK…
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News round-up: CreativeChaos to adapt ‘This Is War’; Showtime orders ‘The World According To Football’; Prime Video & NRK acquire ’44 Hours’
CreativeChaos to adapt ‘This Is War’ US prodco CreativeChaos has acquired the rights to adapt…
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CBS to end cop drama ‘Blue Bloods’ after 14th season
Paramount-owned CBS is bringing the curtain down on cop drama Blue Bloods after 14 seasons….
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Banijay Rights snags ‘Wolf Hall’ from BBC Studios, as BBC & PBS prepare finale ‘The Mirror And The Light’
Banijay Rights has picked up distribution of Wolf Hall from BBC Studios (BBCS), with the…
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Swedish ‘Headhunters’ prodco Yellow Bird hires FLX’s Elin Kvist as creative director
Swedish scripted prodco Yellow Bird has appointed FLX’s Elin Kvist as VP and creative director….
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LGBTQ+ streamer OUTtv orders dating format with Tiffany Pollard
US-Canadian LGBTQ+ streamer OUTtv has commissioned Looking For A Third, an original dating competition series…
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Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks recruits SPT’s Scott Landsman to head up TV
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions has hired Sony Pictures Television (SPT) exec…
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Banijay names Endemol Shine Poland MD & rejigs structure under German chief Fabian Tobias
Banijay has re-hired Małgorzata Perkowska-Czaja to become MD of Endemol Shine Poland, replacing the departing…
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Netflix & Max to share ‘Young Sheldon’ in US as Warner Bros. Discovery loosens rights grip
Netflix has picked up rights to former Max exclusive Young Sheldon in the US, underlining…
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Talpa Studios eyes streaming push with Signal.Stream pact & new SBS6 format ‘No Way Out’
John de Mol’s Talpa Studios is looking to tap into global streaming audiences by partnering…
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Amazon expands ‘Bosch’ franchise with greenlight for Renée Ballard spin-off
Amazon streamer Prime Video has given the greenlight to the previously announced spin-off from crime…
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Genie TV & Disney+ Japan to launch ‘Tell Me That You Love Me’ remake
South Korean streaming service Genie TV and Disney+ in Japan are launching a Korean remake…
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Paramount+ returns to ‘The Flatshare’ prodco 42 to adapt Beth O’Leary’s ‘The Road Trip’
Paramount+ UK has ordered its second scripted series from London- and LA-based producer 42, with…
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Mediatoon recruits Princess Sam’s Fréderic Gentet to head up sales
Paris based distributor Mediatoon has appointed Princess Sam Pictures exec Fréderic Gentet to the newly…
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Introducing TBI en Español!
TBI is excited to reveal it is expanding its deep-dive coverage of the global content…
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India’s JioCinema unveils kids & family offering with 3,000+ hours of shows
India’s JioCinema is launching a new ‘kids and family’ offering, which will be stocked with…
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TV2 in Norway to cut $37m from budget, with around 120 positions to be affected
TV2 in Norway has unveiled plans to cut around NOK400m ($37m) from its budget, with…