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Endeavor invests in first UK scripted prodco
Endeavor Content is backing a new scripted production business helmed by Channel 4 drama boss…
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Exclusive: Banijay eyes joint bid for Endemol
Banijay Group is looking to make a joint bid for Black Mirror producer Endemol Shine Group,…
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Studiocanal’s La Porta Rossa gets Russian remake
Studiocanal and TV-3 Russia have inked a deal to give the studio’s crime thriller La…
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US arts network Ovation buys Frankie Drake Mysteries
Kew Media Distribution has sold CBC drama Frankie Drake Mysteries into US arts network Ovation….
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Robert Kirkman’s Skybound & SPT launch scripted venture
Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Skybound Galactic, a new venture formed…
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BBC warns its £800m cost-cutting target could impact services
The BBC said it has completed nearly a third of its current £800 million cost…
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AMC Networks hires first international president
AMC Networks has promoted Eduardo Zulueta to the newly-created position of president of AMC Networks…
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AT&T to launch streamer that builds on HBO content
AT&T plans to launch a new streaming service that builds on HBO and WarnerMedia content…
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Propagate, Antenna Group link for formats
US indie studio Propagate and Greek broadcaster Antenna Group are teaming up for original formats…
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Scandi nets team for series based on murdered journalist Kim Wall
Denmark’s TV 2 and Sweden’s TV4 and C More have partnered with Miso Film to…
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A+E promotes Heather Jones for EMEA
A+E Networks has upped general manager for A+E Networks UK, Heather Jones, to senior VP…
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Snap launches first full slate of originals
Two years after launching its first original series Good Luck America, Snap has launched its…
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TNT greenlights live medical crowdsourcing show from Lionsgate
Turner-owned pay-TV channel TNT has greenlit medical crowdsourcing series M.D. Live from Lionsgate Television. The…
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Blue Ant restructures North American operations to boost production
Blue Ant Media has restructured its North American division in a bid to strengthen its…
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BBC Studios reports 20% gender pay gap as union calls for “urgent” discussion
BBC Studios has revealed that its gender pay gap has risen to nearly 20% in…
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High-end tax credits elevate record levels of UK production
High-end tax credits for the UK’s television sector generated a record £896.7m ($1.2bn) in 2016,…
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Endemol Shine stages Heist in the Netherlands
Endemol Shine Group’s factual thriller The Heist, has been commissioned in the Netherlands by Dutch…
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NBCU acquires Cineflix procedural Coroner
NBCUniversal International Networks has acquired female-driven procedural Coroner from Canada’s CBC. Inspired by M.R. Hall novels,…
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Epic Story Media secures funds from Bron
Epic Story Media, recently formed by kids TV veteran Ken Faier (pictured), has secured investment…
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ITV and Amazon’s Strangers heads to Asia
Fox Asia has picked up ITV and Amazon co-production Strangers from All3Media International. The channel…
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Comcast closes Sky purchase with a majority share
Comcast has closed its purchase of 21st Century Fox’s holding in Sky, with a 75%…
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Disney, Fox execs reshuffle ahead of merger
Disney has confirmed the Fox TV execs set to transition into the business after its…
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NBCU launches rewards-based streamer WatchBack
NBCUniversal has launched a streaming app that gives consumers perks for watching shows on its…
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Drama round-up: eOne, Fremantle strike deals for Rookie, Butterfly
Entertainment One (eOne) has sold its Nathan Fillion-fronted drama The Rookie into the UK’s Sky Witness,…
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GRB Entertainment rebrands, promotes Cru to president
Intervention producer GRB Entertainment has rebranded as GRB Studios and promoted Scot Cru to president…
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Kew Media Distribution appoints business development VP
Kew Media Distribution has hired Graham Begg to oversee business development and producer relations. The…
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Woodcut taps A+E’s Anastasi for strategy role
Kate Beal’s Woodcut Media has hired former A+E Networks UK channel director Koulla Anastasi as…
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BBC Studios adds development duo for entertainment
BBC Studios has appointed Joe Evans (pictured, right) as creative director of development and Eddie…
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Netflix unveils US production hub in New Mexico
Netflix is to open a major US production hub in the southwestern state of New…
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Netflix swoops for Channel 4’s The Circle
Netflix has snapped up Channel 4 format The Circle. The streaming giant is to adapt the…