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News round-up: BBC Three’s ViacomCBS deal; Vuulr expands slate; C4 orders Diana doc
BBC Three, BET snag ViacomCBS comedy Broadcasters in Europe, Africa, New Zealand and Latin America…
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BBC & Prince William unveil landmark environment show ‘Earthshot’
The UK’s BBC has ordered a major five-part factual series exploring how the world’s natural…
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Apple TV+ expands docuseries with second order for UK’s Offspring
Apple TV+ has returned to UK-based producer Offspring Films for its latest docuseries, this time…
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Hulu partners with Forbes for WeWork documentary
US streamer Hulu has picked up an as-yet untitled documentary exploring the meteoric rise and…
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Nine Network, Movistar+ strike pre-sale deals for BBCS’s ‘Perfect Planet’
Nine Network in Australia, Movistar+ in Spain and public broadcasters across the Nordics have all…
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Beyond Rights launches first post-merger programme slate
Australia-and-UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has revealed its first full new programming slate since it was…
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ViacomCBS unveils new distribution arm, names senior management team
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has restructured its distribution business, with its activities combined with those…
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BritBox North America president & CEO Soumya Sriraman departs
BritBox president & CEO for North America Soumya Sriraman is leaving the BBC Studios and…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 2: Unscripted
Few areas of the content business have adapted as quickly over recent years to the…
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News round-up: Autentic orders from Canada’s Go Button; Raiders Of The Lost Past return to BBC; Blend Media launches ‘extended reality’ market
Autentic welcomes Go Button’s ‘Animal Within’ German factual channel and content business Autentic has commissioned…
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TVF adds 150 hours ahead of MIPCOM Online+
Unscripted distributor TVF International has struck a raft of deals ahead of MIPCOM Online+ that…
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News round-up: Top Hat’s 9/11 doc sells in Europe and US; Fremantle takes CNN’s ‘First Ladies’ global; Korea’s CJ ENM strikes pact with Indonesia’s GoPlay
Top Hat’s 9/11 doc sells in Europe and US The Canal+ Group in France, TV2…
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Discovery’s Indian streamer expands offer with BBC blue chip shows
Discovery is bolstering its streaming service in India by offering a raft of blue chip…
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Fugitive teams with MO Studios, prep scripted and factual projects
UK-based production and financing company Fugitive has formed a new development and representation partnership with US…
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News round-up: Beyond to sell Barcroft’s sex docuseries; UK’s ITV orders Dunblane tragedy special
Beyond takes Barcroft’s Sex Unlimited global Beyond Rights has struck a deal to distribute a…
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‘Baghdad Central’ star Waleed Zuaiter launches prodco to bridge US and Mid-East
Baghdad Central star Waleed Zuaiter has launched a Middle-East, US and UK-based production company to…
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News round-up: eOne sells ‘Nurses’; NENT’s ‘Farm’ opens in Netherlands; TVF sales; AMC strikes C5 deal
Foxtel & NBCU among networks to take eOne’s ‘Nurses’ Foxtel in Australia, NBCUniversal International Networks…
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Scottish indie Two Rivers strikes co-pro deal with new Ross Wilson venture
Scottish indie Two Rivers Media has struck a co-production deal with RW Productions (RWP), the…
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UK indie Woodcut Media opens distribution arm, plans co-financing
UK indie prodco Woodcut Media is expanding into distribution, with the launch of a new…
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News round-up: MIA reveals line-up; Eccho strikes Ukraine deal; BBC Two goes fishing again
MIA reveals line-up Italian drama event Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) has unveiled its initial line-up…
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Tastemade, SBS snag TAC Studios lifestyle shows
US network Tastemade, SBS in Australia and Discovery Networks in the Middle East and Africa…
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Former Bristow Global Media CEO launches female-focused investment group
Julie Bristow, the former CEO and president of Canada-based prodco Bristow Global Media (BGM), has…
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Samuel L Jackson’s docuseries ‘Enslaved’ to air in 130 territories
France’s Histoire TV, History in Germany and RTVE in Spain have picked up Samuel L…
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UK factual indie Passion Planet hires wildlife producer Nick Stringer
UK prodco Passion Planet, a division of London-based factual producer Passion Pictures, has hired acclaimed…
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News round-up: ITV America’s Sirens reveals ‘Baddies’; Cineflix sells ‘Ordinary Woman’ S2
Sirens unveils ‘Baddies’ with 16-year-old Marsai Martin ITV America-owned Sirens Media has partnered with 16-year-old…
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HBO’s ‘Succession’ & ‘Watchmen’ strike success at virtual Emmys
US cabler HBO was the stand-out winner at this year’s Emmy Awards, which were held…
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Beyond Rights names acquisitions & sales chiefs, as TCB’s originals strategy pulled
Australia- and UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has appointed sales and acquisitions chiefs for its restructured…
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Thinkfactory partners with ‘Tiger King’s’ Baskins for new unscripted series
LA-based, ITV America-owned prodco Thinkfactory Media has partnered with Carole and Howard Baskin, subjects of…
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TBI In Conversation: CuriosityStream CEO on going public & quadrupling its content
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton talks to Clint Stinchcomb, president & CEO at US-based CuriosityStream,…
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US Court TV launches in UK via Sky
US-based Katz Networks-owned Court TV has launched in the UK via Sky Television. The channel…