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Lionsgate’s Blackfin hires Discovery+, Nat Geo alum Igal Svet to head up documentaries
Lionsgate-owned Blackfin, the US firm behind Netflix’s Killer Inside: The Mind Of Aaron Hernandez, has…
Paramount+ lands Lollapalooza music docuseries from MTV, FunMeter & C3 Presents
Paramount+ has picked up a docuseries exploring the history and impact of the Lollapalooza music…
Wheelhouse partners with theme park operator Merlin on attractions-focused unscripted slate
Brent Montgomery’s production firm Wheelhouse has partnered with UK-based theme park and attractions operator Merlin…
UK’s Zinc Media bucks market with 34% revenue rise & highest profits in 13 years
UK-based Zinc Media Group is looking at “strategic acquisitions” after reporting a 34% rise in…
News round-up: Netflix faces ‘Toughest Forces On Earth’; Roku orders ‘Tracee Travels’; Paramount+ renews ‘Dora’
Netflix faces ‘Toughest Forces On Earth’ Netflix has ordered Toughest Forces On Earth, an eight-part…
BBC expands natural history slate with insect & killer whale docs
UK public broadcaster the BBC has commissioned three new natural history shows and a chess…
Mattel TV Studios hires Amazon, Jim Henson & Bad Robot alums
Barbie and Hot Wheels owner Mattel has made three senior appointments to its TV studio….
Asylum Entertainment strikes Lamont Pete & John H. Kelleher first-look pacts
LA-based Asylum Entertainment Group has bagged a first-look deal with filmmakers Lamont Pete and his…
Wheelhouse snags Alignment investment, eyes ‘strategic acquisitions’
Brent Montgomery’s production firm Wheelhouse has received an undisclosed investment from US-based private equity firm…
Switzerland’s RTS becomes first int’l buyer of Panenka’s ‘We’ve Got To Walk’
RTS in Switzerland has become the first international buyer of Lineup Industries’ format We’ve Got…