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The North Road Company hires Netflix, HBO alum to head business affairs
Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company has landed a former Netflix exec as its head…
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Fremantle’s Q1 revenue drops 9%, advertising & streaming growth fuels RTL Group
Fremantle made a stuttering start to 2024 with revenues declining almost 10%, but parent company…
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Canadian writers’ strike avoided as WGC & CMPA reach agreement
A Canadian writers’ strike has been averted, with the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and…
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‘100 Foot Wave’ prodco Amplify develops ‘Clone High’ scribe’s Native comedy
100 Foot Wave producer Amplify Pictures has started development on a comedy series from Siena…
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NBC returns to ‘Deal Or No Deal Island’ for second season
NBC in the US has renewed competition format Deal Or No Deal Island for a…
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A&E greenlights lifestyle show ‘New House No Debt’ from Critical Content
A&E in the US has ordered New House No Debt, a new lifestyle series from…
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Prime Video returns to Woodcut for true crime doc on ‘London Underground Killer’
Amazon has ordered true crime documentary The London Underground Killer for streamer Prime Video in…
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Max links with Canal+ & Prime Video for France launch in June
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to launch its combined streaming service Max in France and…
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Fremantle UK hires BBC Studios exec Joanna Rwama as COO & CFO
Fremantle UK has hired BBC Studios exec Joanna Rwama to the newly created role of…
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Discovery+ extends ‘Vs’ format with Taylor Swift & Scooter Braun installment
Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland is to explore the feud between Taylor Swift and…
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SeriesFest unveils ‘Potluck Ladies’ & ‘Breakthrough’ among Awards winners
Canadian scripted show Potluck Ladies and a documentary exploring what happens when elite athletes are…
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Netflix orders Dutch comedy ‘Roosters’ from Hollands Licht
Netflix has greenlit Roosters, a new Dutch comedy series about four friends trying to survive…
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Paramount+ spins off ‘The Neighbourhood’ with Tracy Morgan-led sitcom ‘Crutch’
Paramount+ has ordered Crutch, a spin-off from CBS sitcom The Neighbourhood. Produced by CBS Studios,…
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Warner Bros. Animation veteran Ed Adams to retire; Matt Matzkin expands remit
Veteran Warner Bros. Animation exec Ed Adams is retiring after 15 years with the company….
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RTL Deutschland ups former Netflix exec to become chief content officer
Former Netflix exec Inga Leschek is to become chief content officer at RTL Deutschland from…
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Paramount opens M&A talks with Sony & Apollo, Skydance deal remains on table
Paramount Global opened M&A negotiations with Sony and Apollo over the weekend, after Skydance Media’s…
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Max commissions Polish original spy thriller ‘The Easterngate’
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer Max has commissioned The Easterngate, a Polish original spy thriller Directed…
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News round-up: BBC’s ‘Gavin & Stacey’ set for finale; DocuBay orders identity doc; ‘Split’ returns to BBC
BBC’s Gavin & Stacey set for finale BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey is to air…
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Prime Video adapts novel ‘The Girlfriend’ with Robin Wright to star & direct
Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered an adaptation of Michelle Frances’ The Girlfriend, with Robin Wright…
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Sony Pictures TV hires Paramount alum Kate Gill to head up comedy development
Sony Pictures Television has appointed former Paramount Television Studios exec Kate Gill as SVP of…
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Sony & Apollo table $26bn offer for Paramount, shares surge 13%
Paramount shares have surged more than 10% after Sony Pictures Entertainment and private equity outfit…
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CBS greenlights ‘Fire Country’ spin-off ‘Sheriff Country’
Paramount-owned CBS in the US is continuing to refresh its scripted slate, with an order…
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Thunderbird president & CCO, Matthew Berkowitz, steps down, sparking leadership shakeup
Matthew Berkowitz is stepping down as president and chief content officer at Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment…
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S4C in Wales orders local-language version of ‘The Voice’
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has struck a deal for a local version of ITV Studios format,…
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ITV orders Double Jeopardy drama based on Ann Ming memoir
ITV has ordered an adaptation of Ann Ming’s memoir about the UK’s Double Jeopardy law,…
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Asylum Entertainment & Tyler Perry launch unscripted venture
Asylum Entertainment Group has struck a new joint venture with Tyler Perry Studios, which has…
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Prime Video & ITVS’s Tomorrow Studios land Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks thriller
Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a Jessica Biel- and Elizabeth Banks-starring thriller from ITV Studios-backed…
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Stampede Ventures hires UTA’s Jim Meenaghan as COO
Former UTA partner Jim Meenaghan is to join US-based prodco Stampede Ventures in the newly…
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ProSiebenSat.1 defeats MFE proposal to split up company
ProSiebenSat.1 has fought off a proposal from shareholders Media For Europe (MFE) and PFF to…
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James Norton & Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track hires Raw TV’s head of development
James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Banijay-backed prodco Rabbit Track Pictures has hired Raw TV’s Louisa…