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CBBC exec boards Beano Studios
Beano Studios has appointed CBBC exec Tim Searle as its head of animation. In the…
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Sky Vision to coproduce Blood with Element 8
Sky Vision has set a deal to coproduce English-language crime thriller Blood, set in Amman, Jordan,…
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Fremantle ties up with Fuji TV on Little Presenter
Fremantle has agreed a deal with Fuji Television to represent Little Presenter, a comedic entertainment format which…
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Netflix reports record Q3 customer sign-ups
Netflix added a record number of new members in the third quarter, out-performing its own…
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Exclusive: Formats watchdog fires warning shot at MIPCOM organisers
International format protection group FRAPA has issued an open letter to Reed Midem putting pressure…
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BBC Studios sells Greats to Slovakia
BBC Studios has sold its Greats format to RTVS in Slovakia. The broadcaster will premiere The Greatest…
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Parrot to launch Global TV Demand Awards at NATPE Miami
Parrot Analytics is set to launch the first Annual Global TV Demand Awards at…
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HBO Europe acquires Studiocanal drama ZeroZeroZero
HBO Europe has acquired Studiocanal drama ZeroZeroZero for Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics….
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Facebook to launch three int’l formats, revives The Real World
Facebook is to launch three international show formats on its Watch platform, including The Real World via…
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Report: Walmart in talks over opening Vudu to streaming partners
Walmart is reportedly looking to take on Amazon by offering subscription services like HBO Now,…
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Exclusive: Netflix hires former Channel 4 commissioner
Netflix has hired former Channel 4 commissioner Lucy Leveugle for its London outpost, TBI has…
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Netflix takes bite out of BBC One’s Dracula
BBC One and Netflix are partnering on a three-part adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Sherlock…
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All3Media inks first-look deal with Field Day
All3Media International has signed a multi-year first-look deal with UK indie Field Day Productions. The…
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Fox orders Endemol Shine’s Big Bounce Battle
Fox has ordered physical format Big Bounce Battle from Endemol Shine. Endemol Shine North America…
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Tim Davie: BBC’s distribution is going through “radical change”
BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie said that the company’s distribution business is going through a…
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MIPCOM: Richard Gere says television has lost its stigma
Richard Gere kicked off this year’s MIPCOM in Cannes for the premiere of UK drama MotherFatherSon,…
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Content Innovation Awards 2018: CBS & Endemol Shine win big
The fourth annual Content Innovation Awards saw CBS Television Studios, AMC Networks International and Endemol…
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MIPCOM round-up: When Heroes Fly lands at Netflix, Broadchurch adapted
Netflix has picked up Keshet International’s When Heroes Fly, the first recipient of the Canneseries…
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Love Island US details emerge as ITV’s War of the Worlds sells globally
US broadcaster CBS is expected to stay loyal to ITV Studios’ hit format Love Island,…
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Red Arrow’s Pabst joins ProSiebenSat.1’s entertainment division
Red Arrow Studios International president Henrik Pabst has been promoted to a newly created senior…
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MIPCOM: AMC streamers Shudder & Sundance Now to launch in Oz
AMC Networks is set to launch its streaming services Shudder and Sundance Now in Australia…
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MIPJunior round-up: TeamTO strikes copro deal with China’s Uyoung, Taffy
TeamTO has struck a five-series output deal, which will span across a decade, with Chinese…
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MIPCOM: 9 Story rejigs int’l and creative affairs teams
9 Story Media Group has reshuffled its creative affairs and international distribution teams under the…
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Blue Ant acquires Canada’s Saloon Media
Blue Ant Media has acquired Toronto-based company Saloon Media, which specialises in factual projects. Saloon…
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Barcroft and TCB Media partner for Shake My Beauty
Factual indie Barcroft Media and TCB Media Rights have inked a co-pro deal for an…
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Sundance Now, DRG partner for true-crime series Oslo Killing
AMC Networks-owned SVOD Sundance Now is teaming with Modern Times Group-owned distributor DRG on six-part…
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France Televisions boards Federation’s Josephine and Napoleon
France Télévisions has boarded Federation Entertainment and Ecosse Films’ marquee period drama Josephine and Napoleon….
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ITV Studios launches label in the Netherlands
ITV Studios is expanding its international presence with a new production label in the Netherlands….
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MIPCOM: China absent from international trade alliance
A new creative alliance between international trade associations has launched to boost global collaboration, though…
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Story Lab, Youngest Media strike JV for formats
Game of Clones distributor The Story Lab has partnered with David Flynn and Lucas Church’s…