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Peacock partners with Orlando Bloom for adventure docuseries
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has ordered Orlando Bloom: To The Edge, an adventure docuseries featuring the…
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Paramount+ adds ’80s rock doc & UK original murder drama
Paramount+ has ordered music docuseries I Wanna Rock: The ‘80s Metal Dream, as well as…
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Viaplay Group restructures leadership & switches to country-based operations
Viaplay Group in the Nordics is restructuring its operating model, implementing a country-based system alongside…
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eOne, Keshet Int’l & Beta talk crime & procedural demand from buyers seeking ‘safe’ options
The squeeze on spending is pushing buyers to commission “safer” scripted series with crime and…
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TBI Kids: Lupus Films on unwrapping a “rich world” for ‘Mog’s Christmas’
London-based animation studio Lupus Films is diving back into the works of Judith Kerr for…
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EBU members eye Nordic 12 expansion & highlight ‘pre-buy network’ as streamers face squeeze
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members have urged producers to consider the organisation’s ‘pre-buy network’ when…
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Exclusive: TikTok, YouTube & Twitch beat Netflix as Spain’s most popular video service for Gen Z
Netflix popularity among under-25s in Spain lies behind TikTok, YouTube and Twitch, according to new…
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ITV revives ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ gameshow, with Graham Norton
UK broadcaster ITV is reviving the local version of gameshow format Wheel Of Fortune after…
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Global sales for ‘Secrets In…’ formats as Boat Rocker shops Shark Teeth shows
A slew of global broadcasters have picked up unscripted shows Secrets In The Ice and…
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‘The Only Way Is Essex’ prodco Lime Pictures snags VIS UK alum Joe McLusky
Lime Pictures, the All3Media-owned UK producer behind The Only Way Is Essex, has rehired Joe…
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Banijay takes stake in James Norton’s ‘Rogue Agent’ prodco Rabbit Track Pictures
Banijay has taken a stake in James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track Pictures, the…
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Opinion: The case for kids’ linear in the streaming age
In a rapidly evolving media landscape, it is common to hear claims that linear TV…
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Veteran The CW scheduling & acquisitions exec Kevin Levy to depart
The CW veteran Kevin Levy is stepping down as EVP of program planning, scheduling and…
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‘Fauda’ firm Yes Studios aims for “next global hit” with drama ‘Night Therapy’
Yes Studios in Israel has entered production on Night Therapy, a new 10-part psychological drama…
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Big Little Fish TV hires BBCS’ Ros Attille to grow kids’ slate
Big Little Fish Television has appointed Ros Attille, the former head of pre-school development at…
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RTVE Play offering “flexibility” as streaming opens up international drama
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is using its streaming service RTVE Play to provide more flexibility…
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Kids round-up: RTBF acquires ‘Runes’; Panda Kids picks up ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens’
RTBF acquires ‘Runes’ RTBF, the French-speaking Belgian pubcaster, has acquired kids’ series Runes, following a…
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RTÉ director-general Dee Forbes resigns over undisclosed payments
Dee Forbes, director-general of Irish broadcaster RTÉ, has announced her resignation following the controversy over…
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Exclusive: What’s powering Spanish scripted’s new wave?
Spain’s scripted industry will launch more than 80 new shows this year, but what’s driving…
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News round-up: S4C & Ryan Reynolds’ Welsh partnership; CreativeChaos & Above The Clouds team; FilmRise orders ‘Statute Of Limitations’
S4C & Ryan Reynolds strike Welsh language partnership S4C has signed a commercial output deal…
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Warner Bros. Discovery orders first Max show in Spain with ‘When Nobody Sees Us’ adaptation
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has greenlit the first show from Spain for its rebranded Max…
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Disney+ UK orders adaptation of Alex Dahl’s ‘Playdate’ from Quay Street & Brightstar
Disney+ has ordered Playdate, a new UK original from Nolly firm Quay Street Productions and…
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Netflix strikes partnership with ‘Scoop’ creator Hansal Mehta
Netflix has struck a creative partnership with Indian filmmaker Hansal Mehta, following the launch of…
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‘This England’ firm Passenger & ‘Shrink’s Caledonia Productions strike first-look co-pro agreement
Passenger, the scripted firm led by True Detective producer Richard Brown, has signed a first-look…
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NPO1 in Netherlands orders ‘Elixer’, scripted co-pro from Topkapi, NTR & BNNVARRA
Dutch broadcaster NPO1 has commissioned Elixer, a new scripted drama about the pharmaceutical industry, from…
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BBC & ZDF to co-pro ‘The Famous Five’ adaptation, TF1 strikes pre-sale deal
The BBC in the UK and ZDF in Germany are to co-produce a new series…
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Slovakia’s TV JOJ to adapt ‘Too Much Love’ amid slew of CEE deals for Keshet International
A slew of CEE broadcasters have picked up scripted formats and finished tape in multiple…
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SkyShowtime hires Disney, HBO Max & Netflix execs as streamer’s management roster expands
SkyShowtime’s senior exec team is expanding after the Comcast and Paramount-backed European streamer landed execs…
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NBC to end ‘Magnum P.I.’, with axe falling once again on former CBS show
Magnum P.I. has been cancelled by NBC, marking a short-lived reprieve for the series, which…
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Vice Media Group set for $350m sale to Fortress, Soros & Monroe
Vice Media Group is to be sold to Fortress Investment Group, the company’s largest debtholder,…