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Sky and Movistar buy Beta’s 1993
Sky Deutschland and Spain’s Movistar+ are among several buyers of political thriller 1993. The Sky…
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Star China format gets new distributors after ITV deal ends
Star China format Sing My Song will now go out through Small World IFT and…
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Purge producer sets up ITV-backed TV prodco
Jason Blum has set up a new TV studio, Blumhouse Television, with the backing of…
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Raw double development appointments
Gold Rush prodco Raw has named two heads of development, bringing in Oliver Calleja in the US…
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New Bake Off format deals
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of the popular Bake Off format. The…
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Victoria reigns in Europe, Israel
ITV period drama Victoria has found new homes in Italy, Russia and Israel. The Mammoth…
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MBC and Image Nation strike production pact
O3 Productions, the production arm of MBC Group, and Abu Dhabi prodco Image Nation have…
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Young Pope anointed in CEE
Central and Eastern Europe paycaster SPI International / Filmbox has bought The Young Pope and…
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Mongol TV will Come Dine with Me
Mongol TV has acquired local remake rights to Come Dine with Me. The network has…
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Ex-WME television chief joins TV4
Former William Morris Endeavor television co-chief Mark Itkin has joined emerging digital content business TV4 Entertainment as…
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Amazon: ‘multi-local’ originals key to subs
Amazon Prime Video will increasingly focus on original international content with market-specific appeal to drive…
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Vivendi eyes US Studio+ launch this year
Vivendi aims to take its mobile content platform Studio+ to the US this year and…
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Lagardere launches light entertainment arm
Lagardère Studios, the production and distribution arm of Lagardère Group, is about to strengthen into…
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Ex-Gaumont sales exec joins Hat Trick
Former Gaumont International sales VP Hana Zidek has joined Hat Trick International, TBI has learned….
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International scripted festival named Cannes Series
The upcoming international scripted festival is to be named Cannes Series. At a press conference…
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DRG launches Atrium with Howard Stringer
Distributor DRG yesterday launched TV’s latest high-end drama house, Atrium TV, with former Sony chief…
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Go90 revamps mobile TV channels
US OTT TV service Go90 has revamped the way it organises its channels and has…
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Eurodata unveils four-screen viewing figures
Eurodata TV Worldwide has used the MIPTV event in France to reveal some of the…
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Molotov OTT passes one million
Live TV steaming and replay OTT platform Molotov has passed the one million users, six months…
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ITV and CJ E&M agree UK-Korea format pact
The content arm of UK broadcaster ITV and Korean programmer and channel operator CJ E&M…
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All the Kids Entertainment launches in Cannes
A new kids production business, All the Kids Entertainment, has launched here in Cannes. Veteran…
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Paramount poaches Disney exec for TV sales role
Paramount Pictures has hired the long-serving Walt Disney Company exec Dan Cohen. He will be…
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Traditional US networks top Europe demand
Demand for programming from broadcasters is outweighing cable and SVOD players in Europe, exclusive new…
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Fremantle buys into Bend It TV
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in scripted prodco Bend It Television. This is the…
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Keshet buys German prodco Tresor
Keshet International has made its first company acquisition, buying German producer Tresor TV Produktions. The…
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CBS calls for Ambulance
Broadcaster CBS has commissioned a US remake of Dragonfly’s UK format Ambulance. The one-hour alternative…
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Private Eyes appeals to buyers
Canadian procedural Private Eyes will become available in 110 territories worldwide after distributor Entertainment One…
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Italian mafia drama goes to M-Net, Tata
Beta Film-sold Italian mafia drama Gomorrah has been shopped into South Africa and India. South…
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Disney, ABC will Find Me in Paris
Two European Disney channels and the ABC in Australia are among the buyers of teen…
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CBS alternative chief to exit
CBS’s executive VP of alternative programming, Chris Castallo, is leaving the Eye Network after ten…