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Fremantle’s Joni Day exits after decade to join Apploff Entertainment

LA-based production company Apploff Entertainment has landed Fremantle exec Joni Day as its EVP of…

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Blue Ant Media buys Marblemedia as Canadian market consolidates

Blue Ant Media has snapped up fellow Canadian producer Marblemedia, as well as its sales…

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Zee Entertainment & Sony India’s $10bn merger back on after regulatory greenlight

The merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony’s Indian unit is back on after regulators…

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LGBTQ+ streamer OUTtv commissions first South African original

OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ television and streaming service, has commissioned its first South African original series….

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Netflix Japan expands unscripted as local strategy enters ‘new phase’

Netflix has unveiled a raft of unscripted commissions for its service in Japan as it…

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Warner Bros. Discovery names Andrew Georgiou as UK & Ireland chief

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is shuffling its exec deck in the UK and Ireland, following…

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Lionsgate postpones Starz split after eOne deal, prepares for Lat Am exit

Lionsgate, fresh from its acquisition of Entertainment One, has delayed plans to split from Starz…

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A+E reshuffles Lifetime as EVP & head of programming Amy Winter exits

A+E Networks has rejigged its senior programming team following the exit of Amy Winter. The…

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Disney+ outlines AVOD launch in Europe & explores future in ‘multiple’ markets

Disney CEO Bob Iger has admitted the Mouse House will cut investment in local programming…

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Parade Media & India’s Reliance Jio link to roll out FAST channel Biopic

UK and Singapore-based content distributor and FAST channel provider Parade Media Group’s tech incubator subsidiary,…

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The CW eyes Fox comparison as sports & unscripted focus stems losses

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook has admitted that The CW will look “increasingly like Fox” over…

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Endeavor expects US strikes to cause $25m monthly revenue hit

Endeavor expects the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes in the US to cost…

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Fremantle & Ukraine’s STB partner on first ever ‘Got Talent’ feature doc

Fremantle and Ukraine broadcaster STB have partnered on a new feature documentary that reveals the…

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Hallmark Media president & CEO Wonya Lucas to step down at year’s end

Hallmark Media president & CEO Wonya Lucas is to step down at the end of…

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ITVX takes Australian comedy ‘Fisk’ to UK following ABC Commercial deal

Australian hit comedy Fisk is heading to the UK following a deal with streamer ITVX….

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Warner Bros. Discovery’s EMEA chief Priya Dogra to step down

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD)’s president & MD for EMEA, Priya Dogra, is to leave the…

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RTL profits plummet 50% as advertising woes hit Germany, Fremantle target remains

European media giant RTL has seen its profits nose dive thanks to a moribund German…

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Altice chief Drahi expresses ‘shock’ at alleged corrupt practices

Altice boss Patrick Drahi used the Altice International first half debt investors call today to…

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France’s M6 & TVA in Quebec prep Céline Dion show, Amuz snags int’l sales rights

M6 Group in France and TVA in Quebec are preparing to air a tribute event…

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Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI & ex-Time president Ian Orefice launch EverWonder Studio

RedBird IMI, the investment platform launched by former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital…

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Paramount streaming losses narrow to $424m but advertising dives 10%

Paramount Global saw its streaming losses narrow slightly in the second quarter of the year,…

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The CW extends president Dennis Miller’s contract until 2027

US broadcast channel The CW has extended the contract of its president Dennis Miller until…

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Warner Bros. Discovery doubles down on linear in Japan with J:COM pact

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is expanding its linear networks in Japan after expanding a partnership…

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BBC Studios partners with Pinterest on shortform factual entertainment content

BBC Studios (BBCS) has partnered with Pinterest to commission shortform factual entertainment shows for the…

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News round-up: Foxtel extends ‘Colin From Accounts’; ZDF Studios goes global with ‘Hitler’s Power’

Foxtel extends Colin From Accounts Foxtel in Australia has ordered a second season of Colin…

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Johan Cruyff doc in works with ‘Drive To Survive’ prodco Box to Box & Lusus

Drive To Survive producer Box to Box Films has partnered with Lusus in the Netherlands…

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Canada’s TVA preps French-language ‘MasterChef’ with Pixcom

Canadian French-language network TVA has ordered a local version of culinary format MasterChef. The show…

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Pulse Films’s Bianca Gavin named chair at Production Guild of Great Britain, Alex Boden exits

The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) has named Pulse Films’s Bianca Gavin as its…

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UKTV names Sony, Discovery & Fremantle alum as factual & fact ent commissioner

UKTV has appointed former Sony, Discovery and Fremantle exec Tracy-Jean as commissioning executive across factual…

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Australia’s SBS picks up Korean dramas ‘Chimera’ & ‘Blind’ from CJ ENM

SBS in Australia has picked up two Korean dramas from CJ ENM for its on…