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Endeavor Content & Korea’s Bon Factory strike content pact

Endeavor Content, the distribution and finance arm of US-based Endeavor, has inked a multi-year deal with CJ ENM-backed South Korean prodco Bon Factory. The deal will see the two companies develop TV projects in both English and Korean languages for the global market, as well as adapt formats for each for each other’s markets. Bon […]

Endemol Shine Boomdog hires Teleset alum to head operations

Javier Perez Teuffer Lopez has been appointed as SVP of operations and business affairs for Endemol Shine Boomdog. Based in Mexico City, Perez Teuffer will report directly to CEO Alejandro Rincon and in his new role will oversee Endemol Shine Boomdog’s physical production efforts, business affairs, facilities, IT and general services. Perez Teuffer joins from […]

Unscripted streamer Discovery+ launches in the US

Discovery has become the latest broadcaster to enter the increasingly crowded US streaming market with the launch of Discovery+. The factual giant, which formally launched the service in the US on Monday, said it wanted the streamer to become “the definitive product for unscripted storytelling” and would offer the most content of any new OTT […]

UK production to continue despite lockdown

TV and film production in the UK can continue despite the country’s latest nationwide lockdown, it has been confirmed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night announced that England would join Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in lockdown as Covid-19 infections continue to spiral in the country and millions have now been told to stay at […]

Netflix, Lionsgate extend LA production pause as Covid spreads

Netflix and Lionsgate have become the latest companies to expand the production pause in LA as the pandemic spreads across California. US studios including CBS, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Universal TV and Disney’s 20th Television have all paused production over recent weeks as Covid cases spiked across LA. Netflix has now delayed production on […]

Studio Lambert boosts unscripted team with senior hires

All3Media-owned UK-and-US-based prodco Studio Lambert has appointed Toni Ireland and Stephen Yemoh as staff executive producers for its unscripted team, and hired Jenny Spearing as its new head of legal and business affairs for unscripted. Ireland and Yemoh have both worked in senior roles on the company’s returning Channel 4 reality series The Circle, with Ireland […]

ViacomCBS expands Hulu deal to include Comedy Central & Paramount Network

ViacomCBS has struck an expanded deal with US-based streamer Hulu that will see channels such as Comedy Central, Paramount Network and Nickelodeon become available via the Disney-owned service. The multi-year deal means Showtime, CBS’s broadcast stations, CBS Sports Network, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel and The CW will remain available via subscription streaming service Hulu+ Live […]

WarnerMedia snags Danish drama ‘The Investigation’ for HBO Max & HBO

WarnerMedia has picked up North American rights to six-part Scandinavian drama The Investigation, which will become available via streamer HBO Max and cablenet HBO. The show explores the death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall after she boarded a submarine built by a Danish inventor. It has been produced by Fremantle’s Scandinavian outfit Miso Film, with Tobias Lindholm […]

Africa to exceed 50 million pay-TV subs by 2026

The African pay-TV market is set to reach 51 million subscribers by 2026. According to UK-based analysts Digital TV Research, nearly 17 million pay-TV subscribers will be added between 2020-26 to take the total to more than 50 million. Nigeria will be the largest single country with 11 million subscribers, followed by South Africa, which […]