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MGM acquires Live PD producer Big Fish
MGM has acquired the producer of A&E’s Live PD, Big Fish Entertainment. The company will…
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Amazon inks first-look deal with Game of Thrones producer
Game of Thrones co-executive producer Vince Gerardis has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios….
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SVOD platforms drive £902m in UK TV export sales
Streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix accounted for a quarter (£225 million) of UK…
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Hulu chief discusses keeping up with Netflix
Hulu is unlikely to try and keep up with Netflix’s huge commitment to original content,…
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UK accepts 21CF-Sky terms after Disney sweetens Sky News pledge
The UK government has accepted deal terms between 21st Century Fox and Sky, following an…
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Netflix picks up Emporium’s World’s Toughest Prisons
Netflix has ordered Emporium Productions Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, due to premiere this month….
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Apple orders immigration anthology series from Big Sick duo
Apple has ordered immigrant anthology series Little America from The Big Sick’s Lee Eisenberg and Alan…
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Endemol Shine hires banks for possible $4bn sale
Endemol Shine Group, the production company co-owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management,…
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BBC Comedy commissions place emphasis on new voices and diversity
Shane Allen, controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, has unveiled a broad slate of new comedy…
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HBO Nordic partners Turner on OTT kids service Toonix
Premium streaming service HBO Nordic, home of series such as Game of Thrones, Westworld and…
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Netflix seals overall series deal with German creators of Dark
Netflix has sealed an exclusive multi-year overall series deal with the creative minds behind Dark,…
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Studio 100 and m4e secure global digital rights to Turkish kids brand
German media companies Studio 100 Media and m4e have signed a distribution contract with Turkish…
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SPT makes first streaming move in Western Europe
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is expanding into OTT in Western Europe for the first…
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Altice abandons acquisition of Portuguese broadcaster Media Capital
Atlice has abandoned its attempt to acquire the leading Portuguese broadcaster and production group Media…
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Acorn TV & All3Media team for Aussie drama
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) has partnered with All3Media International to distribute ABC Australia six-part drama…
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Objective promotes Pound, gains first commercial director
Objective Media Group (OMG) has promoted Roz Pound to act as its director of production…
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UKTV & Foxtel order Jack Stein’s food adventure series
UKTV’s Good Food and Foxtel Lifestyle Channel are set to partner with distributor Parade Media…
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House producer signs with Sony Pictures TV
Liz Friedman, the senior producer of top medical drama House, has signed a multi-year deal…
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YouTube Premium launches across 17 territories
YouTube Premium, the rebranded YouTube Red service, will now be available in 17 countries including…
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Spanish drama El Accidente sells across Lat Am
Eccho Rights and DirecTV have completed a deal to offer Spanish drama, El Accidente, on DirecTV’s…
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RTÉ & Irish Film Board pick up four comedy pilots
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board today announced the four projects that have progressed to…
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‘You get a show!’: Apple signs Oprah to multiyear deal
Apple has signed a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programming on its…
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Sky independent committee welcomes EC Comcast approval
Sky’s independent committee has welcomed the European Commission’s decision at the end of last week…
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Turner CEO to depart amid AT&T merger
Turner CEO John Martin is to depart the company as AT&T completes its $85bn acquisition…
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HBO greenlights diversity doc from Whitney prodco
HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, the winning project from the Feature Documentary Initiative created…
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Amazon inks first look TV deal with Nicole Kidman
Amazon Studios has signed a first look deal with Oscar winner, Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) and…
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Netflix original series director exits
Netflix director of original programming Tara Duncan has departed the company, according to reports. The…
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AT&T finalises $85bn acquisition of Time Warner
AT&T has finalised an $85 (£60.34bn) billion acquisition of Time Warner, after a US federal…
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TV4 Entertainment launch indie TV & Film Studio
TV4 Entertainment, the Warner Bros. and Sky-invested OTT producer, has launched Concrete Club, an independent…
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French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…