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AMC’s Sundance Now picks up Red Arrow crime drama Stella Blómkvist
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now has picked up Red Arrow Studios International’s neo-noir crime drama Stella…
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Friends voted TV favourite among UK youngsters, says report
Friends, the hit sitcom that first ran on television between 1994-2004, has been voted as…
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Discovery: Scripps merger has “completely changed” the business
Discovery factual boss Nancy Daniels has said that the Scripps merger has “completely changed” the…
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Ofcom: TV ‘of lessening importance’ as kids spend more time online
Children in the UK aged five to 15 now spend around 20 minutes more online,…
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Studio 100 chief Ulli Stoef steps down
Ulli Stoef, CEO of Studio 100 Media AG and m4e Ag, will step down from…
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Icon Films rejigs senior management
UK indie Icon Films has rejigged its senior team with newly defined roles for co-founders…
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Barcroft rebrands and restructures
Barcroft is set for a rebrand as it forms a new operational structure to accommodate…
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Report: Amazon to scale back Channels
Amazon is looking to scale back its à la carte Channels offering as new competitors…
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Realscreen: NBC, Bravo and Facebook execs reveal pitching tips
The Realscreen Summit kicked off in its new home of New Orleans on Monday (28…
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Realscreen: Podcasts can “translate to ratings” for unscripted buyers
Built-in communities and tangible data points around successful podcasts can prove to be invaluable for…
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BBCS exec Damon Pattison heads to Seven Studios UK
BBC Studios’ head of entertainment (North) Damon Pattison is to depart the pubcaster and oversee…
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VOD subscriptions in MENA will more than double by 2024
Subscription video-on-demand use will more than double in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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Beta Film & Deutsche Telekom strike strategic partnership
Beta Film and Deustche Telekom are launching a strategic partnership to boost European series on…
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India’s Essel launches US prodco as it looks for Zee stake sale
India’s Essel Group has formed a new Los Angeles-based production company Z Productions, making it…
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Synchronicity appoints IMG alum Mark Young as chairman
Synchroncity Films has appointed industry veteran Mark Young as its first chairman. Effective immediately, Young,…
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ZDF Enterprises takes majority stake in Nadcon Film
ZDF Enterprises has acquired shares in Peter Nadermann’s Nadcon Film, gaining a majority stake in…
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ZDF, Off The Fence alum Ralf Blasius dies at 51
Ralf Blasius, former commissioning editor at ZDF and producer at Off The Fence, has died…
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Never mind the blockchain, fund public media
Jon Ossoff, CEO and MD of Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with ISIS producer Insight TWI…
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Realscreen: Cineflix Rights scoops Windfall, Brown Bob titles
Cineflix Rights has acquired a slate of factual programmes from Windfall Films and Brown Bob…
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Op-ed: Growing the grassroots of creativity
Banijay’s head of factual Emily Elisha on why supporting the UK’s production community is essential….
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Kids round-up: Lighthouse Studios names new MD; Guru Studio signs Chinese partner
Lighthouse Studios, the joint venture formed in February 2017 by Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Ireland’s…
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YouTube TV launches nationwide in the US
YouTube’s subscription over-the-top offering, YouTube TV, is now available nationwide in the US. The expansion…
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Kew Media takes stake in Two Rivers
Kew Media has purchased a stake in a newly formed Scottish prodco, Two Rivers Media….
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Fremantle elevates Suzanne Lopez to COO in a senior team reshuffle
Fremantle has promoted its legal affairs boss Suzanne Lopez as COO for North America as…
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Report: Sony looks to India as it eyes Zee Entertainment stake
Sony Corporation is in the running to pick up a stake in Zee Entertainment after…
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Federation & Picture Perfect form new prodco
Patrick Wachsberger and his Picture Perfect Entertainment have entered into a joint venture with Pascal…
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Comcast to leverage Sky tech for upcoming NBCU streamer
NBCUniversal will tap Sky’s Now TV tech for its upcoming SVOD launch, which focuses on…
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BARB: SVOD use rises 22% year-on-year in the UK
The number of UK homes with at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or…
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Cineflix hires ITV Studios alum to head up acquisitions
Cineflix Rights has hired former ITV Studios GE exec Richard Life to head up acquisitions….
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Op-ed: Culturally diverse stories lead to unique content
Diverse, localised stories lead to the unique content most craved by audiences today, says Leonardo…