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Lionsgate’s Pilgrim & Sean Perry’s 2500 Media strike unscripted partnership
Lionsgate-owned production firm Pilgrim Media Group has inked an exclusive unscripted deal with Sean Perry’s…
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BBC Studios hires Drum Studios exec Elanor Lee to lead production at new specialist factual unit
BBC Studios (BBCS) has landed Drum Studios exec Elanor Lee as its head of production…
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Apple TV+ taps UFA Fiction for ‘Where’s Wanda?’, streamer’s first German-language commission
Apple TV+ has made its first German-language commission with a UFA Fiction dark comedy titled…
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Sky orders comedy-drama about Hollywood production in small town Ireland, from Chris O’Dowd
European pay-TV giant Sky has commissioned Small Town, Big Story, a new original comedy-drama for…
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Keshet Int’l recruits Paramount & Armoza execs as sales team expands
Keshet International (KI) has bolstered its distribution arm with the appointment of Paramount’s Elena Antonini…
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Exclusive: Private equity & trade buyers circle Asacha Media as potential sale explored
Private equity companies and a clutch of trade buyers are understood to be circling Asacha…
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News round-up: MIA 2023 registration open; Paramount+ extends ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’; OnlyFans streamer OFTV goes ‘Off The Hook’
MIA 2023 registration open Registration is now open for the 2023 MIA International Audiovisual Market…
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Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas exits Greek production unit
Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas is leaving the company, two years after setting up the…
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Roku to cut 300 staff & pull programming as rising costs continue to bite
Streaming operator and smart TV manufacturer Roku is making further staff cuts, with plans to…
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Disney & Comcast set Hulu talks for 30 September with $27.5bn valuation set to rise
Hulu’s future could be decided sooner than had been previously thought, after Comcast CEO Brian…
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APAC OTT revenues to climb $15bn by 2029, despite China SVOD maturity
Asia Pacific OTT revenues are predicted to reach $49bn by 2029, according to a report…
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UK indie Middlechild adds ‘Coastguard’ producer Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual
UK unscripted indie Middlechild Productions has appointed Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual. He…
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Warner Bros. suspends top overall deals, with Berlanti, Abrams & Bill Lawrence among those affected
Having recently admitted that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes will cost it up to $500m,…
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‘Ginny & Georgia’ outfit Critical Content lands Dorsey exec amid development rejig
Critical Content, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia and MTV’s Catfish, has hired…
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European Writers Club hires Danish Film Institute alum Noemi Ferrer
The European Writers Club (EWC) has hired Noemi Ferrer, the former head of international at…
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Viaplay’s head of scripted in Norway becomes latest exec to depart Nordic streamer
Viaplay’s head of scripted content in Norway, Tanya Nanette Yildiz Badendyck, has become the latest…
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News round-up: OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’; Banijay Kids & Family strikes digital deal; Nexstar & Fox extend affiliation deals
OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’ LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service OUTtv has renewed competition series Sew…
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Steve Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategy Capital buys 5.5% stake in Lionsgate
Liberty Strategy Capital, a Washington DC-based private equity firm set up by former US treasury…
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Showmax CEO Yolisa Phahle exits African streamer
Yolisa Phahle, CEO of African streamer Showmax, is stepping down from the company after almost…
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Canada’s Super Channel ups comms chief Kim Ball to content boss, replacing retiring Jackie Pardy
Super Channel in Canada has named its chief communications officer Kimberley Ball to replace chief…
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Paramount+ takes streaming rights to ‘South Park’ in Canada
Paramount+ has become the exclusive home of long-running adult animated comedy series South Park in…
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CBS drafts ‘NCIS Sydney’ to plug scheduling gap amid impact of US strikes
CBS has lined up NCIS Sydney to plug one of its primetime gaps, as the…
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Warner Bros. Discovery braced for $500m hit due to strikes
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is bracing itself for a financial hit up to $500m as…
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Israel’s Reshet13 strikes co-pro & co-financing pact with ‘Devil’s Confession’ firm Sipur
Israeli broadcaster Reshet13 and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur have struck a multi-year co-financing and co-production…
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French scripted deals fuel record $231m int’l sales, as streamer deals power growth
French programming enjoyed strong sales last year driven by scripted although pre-sales and international coproductions…
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec; ‘Great Songwriters’ sales; History Channel Iberia buys museum doc
Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec Martijn Plaizier Belgian format distributor Be-Entertainment has hired ITV Studios Global…
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Disney & Charter Communications dispute raises questions over pay TV future in US
A major carriage deal battle has broken out in the US between content/channel provider Disney…
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Saudi Arabia’s MBC Group extends kids pact with Paramount’s Nickelodeon
Saudi Arabia-based MBC Group has extended its programming deal with Paramount Global Content Distribution, with…
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ITV gives romance a second chance with reality spin-off ‘Love Island: All Stars’
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned an ‘all stars’ spin-off from the hit Love Island reality…
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Beyond’s Michael Murphy departs to relaunch consultancy Rockabill Media
Beyond Distribution’s former manager Michael Murphy is leaving the business to relaunch consultancy firm Rockabill…