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WBD UK & Ireland orders slew of new & returning unscripted titles

Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland has ordered nearly 100 hours of new and returning series that will debut across its linear channels, before heading to Discovery+, in the second half of 2024 and early 2025. The French Antiques River Cruise is a new 8 x 60-minute series, produced by True North for Quest, coming […]

TBI Tech & Analysis: Underlining the value of Netflix’s non-English content

Omdia’s senior analyst Daoud Jackson delves into Netflix’s global viewership data and explores what it tells us about global consumption patterns. Netflix is both a supplier and a producer of content at a global level, and its viewership data allows us to see where substantial asymmetries exist between where shows are produced and where they […]

Rodolphe Saadé agrees $1.68bn deal to buy RMC Découverte owner Altice Group

RMC Découverte owner Altice Group has struck a €1.55bn ($1.68bn) deal to sell its media division to Rodolphe Saadé. The agreement will see Saadé’s logistics company CMA CGM acquiring the media outfit, which also operates RMC Story and news channel BFM. CMA CGM already owns newspapers including La Tribune and regional titles such as La […]

PBS Int’l targets Lat Am with Sabrina Hall Aguirre promotion

PBS International is looking to expand its activity in Lat Am and has upped Sabrina Hall Aguirre to become sales manager for the region. Aguirre, who has been tasked with building partnerships and driving sales in Lat Am, will be focused on selling factual and children’s programming to buyers across the region. Joe Barrett, VP […]

Netflix adds Steven Knight, Guy Ritchie & Bear Grylls projects to UK slate

Netflix has commissioned a slew of new UK originals, across scripted and unscripted, including an adaptation of the Marian Keyes novel Grown Ups and new projects from Guy Ritchie, Steven Knight and Bear Grylls. The orders come just a day after Netflix revealed its slate of new German shows in the works, with the streamer […]

Prime Video adapts Anne Holt’s ‘1222’ in Nordics with Nordic Drama Queens

Prime Video has ordered an adaptation of Anne Holt’s crime novel 1222 from Fifth Season-backed Nordic Drama Queens and Amazon MGM Studios. Blind Spot is being written by Sara Heldt (Sandhamn Murders) and Erik Skjoldberg (Occupied), with Prime Video taking rights in the Nordics. The four-parter will debut on the streamer in early 2025, with Fifth […]

Nutopia hires BBC alum Steve Condie as exec producer on Tom Hanks-led WW2 docuseries

Nutopia, the UK prodco behind Limitless With  Chris Hemsworth,  has hired former BBC exec Steve Condie as exec producer on a new World War Two docuseries. He will work on the series alongside Nutopia’s Ben Goold, with the currently untitled project set to be an epic 20-part exploration of the conflict, hosted and narrated by […]

Paramount & Reliance agree $517m deal for Viacom18 stake

Paramount Global has sold its 13% stake in Indian media venture Viacom18 to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries for $517m. Reliance already holds the majority stake in the business, which counts the JioCinema streaming service and producer-distributor Viacom18 Studios among its assets. Confirmation of the sale comes a week after news first broke that Paramount was […]

Ex-Endemol Shine North America exec DJ Nurre refutes misconduct allegations

DJ Nurre’s exit from Endemol Shine North America (ESNA) earlier this week came following an investigation into alleged misconduct, according to US reports. Nurre, who had overseen unscripted at the Banijay-owned company for the past six years, exited several days ago, with Deadline now reporting that his departure came after an outside firm was hired […]

Fremantle eyes US revival to reverse revenue decline as €3bn target looms

Fremantle’s revenues fell 3.4% in 2023, leaving the company requiring 30% growth over the next two years to hit its self-imposed target of €3bn. The RTL Group-owned producer-distributor saw revenues fall to €2.27bn in 2023, but added that it hoped a recovering US market would drive growth across 2024 and closer to its €3bn revenue […]

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