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Disney shutters ‘Ice Age’ creators Blue Sky Studios
Disney is closing down US-based Blue Sky Studios, the former 20th Century Fox animation house…
UK’s ScreenSkills establishes virtual production training standards
Screen industry-led UK skills body ScreenSkills is to develop national training standards for virtual production…
Banijay’s ‘Lego Masters’ builds new versions in Denmark, Finland
Denmark’s TV2 and MTV3 in Finland have ordered local versions of Banijay-owned format Lego Masters. Banijay’s…
National Geographic unveils spring factual premiere slate
National Geographic has unveiled a raft of factual premieres across its spring schedule, including science,…
Walter Presents strikes ZDFE deal to bolster Aussie streamer Stan’s offering
Drama streamer Walter Presents has picked up a raft of shows from Germany’s ZDF Enterprises…
Entertainment One rejigs EMEA sales, with Dan Gopal departing
Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) has rejigged its sales team in Europe, the Middle East and…
200 million in US ‘using free AVOD services each month’
Almost 200 million Americans are using AVOD services on a monthly basis, a new report…
News round-up: All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’; UKTV tunes in to ‘Whose Line…’; Federation Ent’ expands doc slate
All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’ All3Media International has acquired distribution rights to factual series Extraordinary Escapes…
Fox greenlights Ancient Greek adult animation from ‘Rick & Morty’ creator Dan Harmon
Fox has given a straight-to-series order to a new adult animated comedy from Rick & Morty…
NBC reinvents ‘The Wheel’ for the US
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of UK format The Wheel. The 10-part…