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Sharon Horgan to develop Amazon drama with Peaky Blinders producer
Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan is to develop a new ‘gritty’ drama for Amazon with Peaky…
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Netflix’s Sarandos: “We don’t have a China strategy”
Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that the streamer is unlikely to look to expand…
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Amazon Prime preps first Tamil series
Amazon Prime is set to launch its first Tamil-language series Vella Raja worldwide this week (7 December)….
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WCSFP: Competing forces coming to a head in the factual world
Icon Films’ head of factual Stephen McQuillan reflects on his week at the World Congress…
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Amazon reveals most-binged Prime series of 2018
Amazon has revealed that Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Homecoming are its two most-binged Prime…
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Sky takes expanded CBS slate, brings FBI to the UK
Sky UK and CBS Studios International have prepared an expanded licensing agreement for CBS programming,…
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Fox to adapt French detective drama from France 2
Fox Network is set to adapt French detective drama Witnesses, created by Hervé Hadmar and…
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Narcos producer Gaumont adds to distribution and co-pro teams
Gaumont, the producer of Netflix hit Narcos, has added a list of executives to its…
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Nine reveals exec structure for post-Fairfax merger, preps redundancies
Nine Network has revealed the executive structure that will be in place after its merger…
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Virgin Media customers with Netflix ‘happier and more loyal’
Virgin Media customers who adopt Netflix via the Virgin Media platform are happier and more…
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E4 teams with Thames & Motion for BAEwatch
Channel 4’s E4 is set to launch BAEwatch a new relationship series by Thames and…
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Kids round-up: CAKE sells Pablo to China’s Tencent, Bomanbridge to localise Dutch content from StoryZoo
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has sold a string of its titles in Asia, including the…
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Kew lands global rights for Nick Broomfield’s Leonard Cohen doc
Kew Media Distribution has acquired worldwide sales rights for Nick Broomfield’s Sundance-selected doc Marianne &…
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C4 ups Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions
Channel 4 has promoted acquisitions manager Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions. Lee will…
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WarnerMedia’s “Netflix killer” service to offer three tiers
WarnerMedia owner AT&T has revealed that the company’s upcoming SVOD service will include three separate…
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Ofcom: UK PSBs should form single digital platform
Ofcom chief executive Sharon White (pictured) has called on the UK public service broadcasters (PSBs)…
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BBC scripted boss to step down
BBC Studios scripted MD Nick Betts is to step down from his role over the…
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Nat Geo greenlights The Bible From Space from All3’s Caravan
National Geographic has commissioned two-part documentary special The Bible From Space, from UK indie Caravan….
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Kyle MacLachlan: Trump’s America has disturbing “staying power”
Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan said that Trump’s America has a disturbing “staying power” after introducing…
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Channel 4’s Horan: bring me “bigger, fewer” and international ideas
Channel 4’s newly installed factual boss Danny Horan is keen to do away with “pragmatic…
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Netflix to increase European production by a third in 2019
Netflix is set to increase the number of European titles it produces by a…
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Netflix to launch crime procedural set in four different countries
Netflix is set to launch Criminal, a new format-bending procedural series that comprises of 12…
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Fremantle to develop South African drama with Multichoice
Fremantle is set to join forces with African pay TV operator Multichoice to develop an…
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Critical Content acquires T Group Productions
Global content studio Critical Content has acquired Jenny Daly’s T Group Productions. T Group, which…
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Exclusive: True crime podcast Teacher’s Pet to get drama treatment
Hit true crime podcast The Teacher’s Pet is to be adapted into a multi-part drama….
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Exclusive: Channel 4, Discovery partner on Ice Age doc
Warner Bros-owned producer Renegade is making a 90-minute doc on an expansive discovery of Ice…
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YouTube to wind down Premium offering
YouTube is planning to put its original content ahead of its paywall in what marks…
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Netflix strikes major deal with Roald Dahl estate
Netflix has struck a major deal with the estate of well-loved British children’s author Roald…
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Hands-on distributors, ad partnerships boost factual co-pros
The world of international factual co-production continues to be rife with delays and competing priorities,…
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Facebook expands ‘Watch Parties’ function
Facebook has expanded its ‘Watch Party’ function – which allows multiple users to watch a…