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Amazon greenlights Will Ferrell/Adam McKay docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an untitled docuseries from Adam McKay (The Big Short), Will…
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Obamas enter the TV business via partnership with Netflix
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have unveiled plans to make…
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FremantleMedia hooks Hasler to run Original Productions
LA-based unscripted specialist Original Productions (OP) has hired Jeff Hasler to serve as president of…
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Amazon Studios appoints Vernon Sanders as co-head of TV
TV industry veteran Vernon Sanders has been drafted in as co-head of television at Amazon…
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Twentieth Century Fox TV Distribution promotes LatAm exec Rubini
Ricardo Rubini has been named SVP of sales, Latin America & Caribbean, by Evan Scheffel,…
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ITV Studios’ Shiver hires Love Productions’ Hansell as head of development
ITV Studios factual arm Shiver has named Love Productions exec Aidan Hansell as head of…
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BBC breaks online records with royal wedding
The BBC reported record-breaking online stats on Saturday thanks to high audience figures for the…
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Banijay unveils alliance with Bollywood legend Salman Khan
Independent producer/distributor Banijay Group has unveiled a new partnership with SK TV, the production company…
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AMC’s Sundance joins The Name Of The Rose co-production
Germany’s Tele München Group has announced that AMC Networks’ SundanceTV and Sundance Now are coming…
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Turner’s Adult Swim acquires game developer Big Pixel
Turner-owned Adult Swim has acquired UK-based game developer Big Pixel Studios. This deal is part of the network’s…
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FremantleMedia and Hulu unveil Michelangelo scripted series
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has announced a first-look deal with Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment. Under…
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Dynamic joins forces with Hasak on US adaptation of Tempel
Independent producer/distributor Dynamic Television has teamed up with Adi Hasak (right) (Shades of Blue, Eyewitness)…
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Channel 5 series charts Michael Palin visit to North Korea
Channel 5 UK has greenlit a landmark travel series from ITN Productions, which follows comedian-turned-traveller…
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Atrium TV reveals new drama slate at LA Screenings
Atrium TV, the innovative drama ‘commissioning club’, has this week presented its members with a…
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Production begins on SBS Australia’s female boxing drama
The Ropes, a four-part drama for Australian broadcaster SBS, has gone into production today (May…
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Spanish broadcasters team up for new joint platform
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and commercial broadcasters Mediaset España have confirmedthat they have teamed up…
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ITV greenlights fourth season of Corfu-based drama The Durrells
Following the success of the first three series, ITV has ordered a fourth installment of…
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Showtime picks up Affleck/Damon drama
Showtime has made a series order for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drama City On…
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Ray Winstone visits Sicily in factual TV debut
British actor Ray Winstone is to front his first ever factual TV series Ray Winstone’s…
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Boat Rocker acquires majority stake in Insight
Boat Rocker Media has acquired a majority stake in Insight Productions, a Canadian TV production…
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Hulu and Vice strike content deal for 15 Viceland titles
Hulu and Vice Media have reached their first-ever content licensing agreement, with 15 Viceland…
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Amazon gives Maradona original the greenlight
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a new Prime Original series based on the life of…
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Pat Llewellyn fund created for women in TV
The UK body Women in Film and Television has launched a new bursary to find,…
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Banijay to represent ZDFE’s classic Wanna Bet? format
ZDF Enterprises and Banijay Group have agreed a worldwide format deal for classic Saturday night…
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Sky and HBO order true crime series from Working Title TV
Sky and HBO have greenlit The Case Against Adnan Syed, a four-hour documentary series directed…
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MTV sets up ‘Re-Freshers Week’ reality series with Strongbow Cider
Strongbow and MTV have commissioned a reality show that will transport participants back to the…
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VIMN Americas unveils distribution and copro deals
Viacom International Media Networks Americas has revealed a number of distribution deals for its original…
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Amazon Channels dominates D2C subscriptions, says TDG
Amazon Prime Channels accounts for 55% of all direct-to-consumer subscriptions in the US, according to…
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MGM to up originals for Epix to promote growth
MGM is planning to “reposition and expand” its underperforming premium subscription service Epix one year…
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Endemol Shine Germany appoints Turtle’s Kastner as CEO
Turtle Entertainment’s Magnus Kastner has been appointed as chief executive officer for Endemol Shine Germany….