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UK’s Channel 4 & TVNZ board Oz obs-doc ‘Police Rescue Australia’
Channel 4-owned FTA-channel More 4 in the UK and TVNZ in New Zealand have struck…
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UK’s ITV explores Australian food scene with MGM Alternative, John Torode & Lisa Faulkner
ITV in the UK has lined up an MGM Alternative-produced food show that will follow…
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BBC & CBC partner with Idris & Sabrina Elba & Supercollider for docuseries co-commission
UK and Canadian pubcasters, the BBC and CBC, have co-commissioned Paid In Full: The Battle…
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Blink49 hires former BBC Studios & Fifth Season exec to lead global scripted push
Blink49 Studios, the Toronto-based firm headed by former Entertainment One exec John Morayniss, has hired…
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Disney to cut dozens of shows from Disney+ and Hulu around world, as strategy shift hits
Disney has revealed dozens of shows are set to be removed from its streaming services…
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The CW orders ‘The Librarians’ spin-off & boards ITVX drama ‘Joan’
The CW Network has picked up a slew of shows, across both scripted and unscripted,…
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Fremantle’s Undeniable making Ruth Wilson-led performance doc ‘The Second Woman’
Fremantle-owned UK factual label Undeniable is working on The Second Woman (working title) a feature…
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WBD’s Max to explore company history with four-part ‘100 Years Of Warner Bros.’ docuseries
Soon-to-launch Warner Bros. Discovery streamer Max has commissioned four documentary specials to commemorate, and titled,…
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Pact’s global strategy & business development MD Dawn McCarthy-Simpson to retire
Dawn McCarthy-Simpson, the MD of business development & global strategy at Pact, is retiring at…
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ICS Nordic developing ‘Vampira’ doc around 1950s icon Maila Nurmi
Finland-based ICS (Ilkkas’ Creative Studio) Nordic is working on Vampira, a documentary project about Maila…
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Netflix explores ‘Unknown’ with docuseries event
Netflix has commissioned Unknown, a four-part docuseries “event” that tells different stories of adventure and…
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BBCS hires Paramount Global exec Lawrence Szabo to oversee US distribution
BBC Studios (BBCS) has landed Paramount Global exec Lawrence Szabo to oversee distribution in the…
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US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA to hold strike authorisation vote
US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA plans to hold a strike authorisation vote ahead of its negotiations…
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Mediaset España partners with Cuarzo for reality show ‘¡Vaya Vacaciones!’
Mediaset España has partnered with Banijay-owned Cuarzo Producciones to co-develop reality show, ¡Vaya Vacaciones!. Details…
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Netflix’s ad plan subscriber numbers near five million as details of customers emerge
Netflix has pulled back the curtain on its advertising-supported subscription plan during its Upfront in…
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News round-up: Fremantle to shop ‘Bardot’; Sheffield DocFest line-up: OUTtv double order
Fremantle to shop ‘Bardot’ Fremantle has acquired global distribution rights for Bardot, a documentary feature about…
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WBD’s Max streamer orders Conan O’Brien travelogue & details launch slate
Warner Bros. Discovery’s combined streaming service Max has commissioned a new unscripted travel series with…
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Cineflix Rights moves into FAST with disaster, crime & property channels
Cineflix Rights is moving into FAST with the launch of three channels featuring shows including…
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Story Collective invests in ‘Murder In Successville’ duo’s prodco Mighty Pebble
Fifth Season-backed production and investment firm The Story Collective has taken a stake in Mighty…
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MGM+ adapts Bernard Cornwell’s Arthurian epic ‘Warlord Chronicles’ with Bad Wolf
Amazon-owned streamer and linear channel MGM+ has ordered The Winter King, a “revisionist” take on…
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Peter Chernin’s North Road invests in Peyton Manning’s ‘King Of Collectibles’ label Omaha Productions
Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company has acquired a minority stake in Omaha Productions, the…
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Asacha Media Group developing Ibn Battuta drama with Assaad Bouab
European production house Asacha Media Group is in development on The Voyager (working title), a…
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NATPE Global names Miami dates & location as Brunico event returns for 2024
NATPE Global will return to Miami in 2024 under the stewardship of new owners Brunico,…
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News round-up: Telefe returns ‘Survivor’ to Argentina; Wheelhouse DNA & Frederator team with Adam W; C5 seeks ‘The Hunted’
Telefe returns ‘Survivor’ to Argentina Argentinian broadcaster Telefe has returned Banijay adventure reality format Survivor…
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Exclusive: France TV & M6 fuel unscripted format surge, with key suppliers revealed
France Télévisions and M6 have propelled the country’s unscripted format business to new heights over…
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ABC lines up new and returning comedy & unscripted for fall schedule
US network ABC has moved forward with a US remake of French-Belgian dramedy HIP (High Intellectual…
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Welsh indie Wildflame moves into true crime with S4C & snags BBC double commission
Wales-based factual indie Wildflame Productions is moving into true crime with regional broadcaster S4C and…
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ACF Investment Bank to handle sales of Wilbur Smith novel rights
Book rights to the works of British-South African novelist Wilbur Smith have gone on sale,…
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UK’s Tern rejigs production & development with BBC Studios hire & double promotion
UK-based factual producer Tern has rejigged its development and production team, hiring from BBC Studios…
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Comcast “more likely than not” to sell Hulu stake to Disney, says CEO Roberts
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts has said that the NBCUniversal parent will “more likely than not”…