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Clerkenwell to make series based on entrepreneur Jamal Edwards
Indie producer Clerkenwell Films is developing a scripted series based on the life of British…
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Planet Nemo secures new deals for Czech animated feature
Planet Nemo has secured several new agreements for the children’s CGI/3D animated feature Harvie &…
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Temple Street comedy Cavendish greenlit by CBC
Cavendish is a new half-hour primetime original comedy series set to premiere on Canada’s public…
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Propagate sets up La Niña at FX networks for adaptation
Propagate has reached an agreement with FX to develop hit Colombian format La Niña for…
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Remedy Productions appoints CCO
Remedy Productions, whose recent productions include BBC1’s Saturday night, family game show Ready or Not, and a…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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Turner Int’l invests in UK kids edutainment distributor
Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation (DV&I) group has made an equity investment in Bright…
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Warner Bros. signs $400m mega-deal with Greg Berlanti
Riverdale producer Greg Berlanti has signed a $400 million deal with Warner Bros. Television Group,…
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Apple to develop best-selling novel Shantaram
Apple is set to develop Gregory David Robert’s best-selling novel Shantaram, with American Hustle’s Warren…
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The Nordics take on ITV’s Love Island
ITV Studios (ITVS) has sold its record-breaking format Love Island across the Nordics in Denmark, Finland…
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TBI Weekly: Instagram will not host the next Game of Thrones
This week, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Instagram may allow video uploads up to…
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A&E Network unveils launch date for David Cassidy doc
A&E Network is to premiere its original ‘Biography’ documentary special David Cassidy: The Last Session…
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Wonderbly partners Sixteen South for Lost My Name series
Wonderbly, a global publisher of personalised books for children, has unveiled a partnership with Belfast-based…
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RMC Découverte acquires Endemol Shine’s Hunted
Endemol Shine Group has licensed hit factual format Hunted to French broadcaster RMC Découverte. Under…
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Banijay to reboot Temptation Island as it strikes Twitter deal
Banijay Group is set for a revival of its dating format Temptation Island, which last…
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UK’s Twickenham Studios opens £50m extension in Liverpool
The UK’s city of Liverpool is set to gain a new film and TV studio…
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Apple orders J.J. Abrams music dramedy
Apple has ordered a J.J. Abrams musical dramedy named Little Voices, which will star Waitress…
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BBC Two picks up Showtime’s New York Times doc
BBC Two has picked up Showtime’s The New York Times: The Fourth Estate, due to…
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Instagram to launch “video entertainment hub”
Instagram is reportedly planning to allow video uploads of up to an hour and is…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Christof Wahl set for departure
ProSiebenSat.1 chief operating officer Christof Wahl is to leave the group “by mutual consent” at…
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UK gov’t sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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Stan & Lionsgate strike multi-year content deal
Australian streamer Stan and Lionsgate have a new licensing agreement that will bring a robust…
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France 4 axed on linear TV despite strong animation numbers
On the heels of the announcement on Monday by French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen…
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Foz Allan’s Bryncoed makes first senior hire
Bryncoed Productions, the recently launched scripted content company launched by producer Foz Allan (Riviera, pictured),…
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Wonderhood builds unscripted team with BBC’s Anstiss leading
Wonderhood Studios, the business created by ex-Channel 4 chief David Abraham, is set to establish…
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Leftfield taps Scripps vet for development
ITV America-owned Leftfield Pictures has hired veteran development executive Andrew Schechter as senior vice president…
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UKTV & RTÉ board Sharon Horgan drama
UKTV has partnered with RTÉ to bring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) drama Women on the Verge…
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Vodafone UK to offer Amazon Prime services
Vodafone UK has teamed up with Amazon to become the first UK mobile company to…
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Nick Group’s Zarghami steps down after 30-year tenure
Cyma Zarghami is stepping down as president of Nickelodeon Group after more than thirty years…
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Toonz Media joins Yellow in kids’ content partnership
India-based Toonz Media Group and Australian-based Yellow Entertainment have inked a deal for a co-development…