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New Lat Am vendor to shop Gaumont shows

A new Latin America-focused distribution company has landed regional rights to Gaumont’s scripted drama and…

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Netflix breaking into China with iQiyi deal

Netflix has inked a deal with Chinese SVOD service iQiyi, which will carry its originals…

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CBS names Europe copro chief

The international studios arm of US broadcaster CBS has named a new coproductions chief in…

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Viceland plans to Brexit Stage Left

Youth-focused network Viceland has ordered a topical comedy series exploring whether Europeans care if the…

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Sky-Fox inquiry extended until after UK election

UK culture secretary Karen Bradley has extended the investigation deadline for 21st Century Fox’s planned…

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Laetitia Recayte leaving France Télévisions

Laetitia Recayte is exiting France Télévisions this summer. The former Newen Group exec joined the…

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Netflix plans to raise €1bn

Netflix has announced plans to raise €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) by selling senior notes, with…

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Eccho Rights recruits in Seoul

Eccho Rights has added to its Asian team with the recruitment of Deborah Youn, who will…

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Fox, Tencent team for financial drama series

A new high end drama set in Hong Kong’s financial district has been greenlit and…

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Netflix, E4 prep for The End of the F***ing World

Streaming service Netflix and UK youth-skewed network E4 have co-commissioned a dark comedy-drama about a…

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Channel 5 buys Walt Disney biopic

Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Walt: The Man Behind the Myth, a doc…

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TV One orders true crime original

US cable net TV One has greenlit Evidence of Innocence, a true crime series in…

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Turner taps Nick for Boomerang SVOD chief

Turner has poached Sundance Feniger from Nickelodeon to run its new Boomerang subscription VOD service….

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New Zealand gets Married at First Sight

New Zealand network Three is getting its own version of Red Arrow International format Married…

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BBC celebrates Gay Britannia

UK pubcaster the BBC is to run a season of programmes celebrating gay culture in…

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Aussie SVOD net orders eOne comedy

Australian subscription VOD service Stan sent a comedy-drama from North America’s Entertainment One Television into…

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Ex-VH1 exec takes CBS alternative spot

Former VH1 reality chief Susan Levison has joined US broadcaster CBS in a senior alternative…

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Record sales for MTG despite digital spend

MTG reported record sales and a 15% growth in operating income – despite making investments…

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Endemol Shine France names programming chiefs

Endemol Shine France has revealed the shape of Vincent Panozzo’s programming unit, with content centred…

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Dogan names new deputy CEO

Turkey’s Dogan TV has named Ozge Bulut Marasli as deputy CEO, putting her in charge…

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Lifetime to tell Berlanti’s ‘twisted love story’

US cable channel Lifetime is going straight-to-series on “the most twisted love story ever”, which…

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Viaplay orders first Icelandic original

Scandinavian SVOD player Viaplay’s latest original is an Icelandic drama. The commission of Stella Blómkvist…

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Hulu adapts horror-fantasy comic for TV

US streaming service Hulu has greenlit a one-hour pilot of comic property Locke and Key….

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Lionsgate names TV COO

Laura Kennedy has been upped to COO of Lionsgate’s television division, putting her in charge…

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All3Media Int’l to plough more cash into drama

The international arm of All3Media will double its investment in drama this year, putting more…

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Hierro marks Franco-Spanish drama first

Paris-based prodco Atlantique and its Coruña-based counterpart Portocabo are joining forces to make drama series…

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Working Title UK hires ex-BBC comedy chief

Working Title Television UK has hired former BBC comedy chief Mark Freeland to run its…

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Football costs weigh on Sky profits

Sky saw its operating profit fall by 11% to £1.013 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the…

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Global pubcasters prep online distribution platform

A group of public broadcasters from Europe, Asia and North America are joining forces to…

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Nat Geo teams with Jay Z, ups scripted commitment

National Geographic is teaming up with rapper Jay Z and The Weinstein Company to make…