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Banijay closes UK’s RDF Television after three decades of operation
Banijay-owned UK production firm RDF is to close its doors after more than three decades…
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Netflix maintains Spanish investment with more than 20 shows for 2024
Netflix will launch more than 20 productions made in Spain in 2024 across scripted and…
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Vice Studios & Blue Ant alum Vanessa Case joins Pluto & Paramount+ in Canada
Vanessa Case, the former Vice Studios and Blue Ant Studios exec, has joined Paramount+ and…
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Disney+ and Paramount+ pull content amid shifting strategies
Disney+ and Paramount+ have both pulled a swathe of content from their services in the…
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Paramount’s Channel 5 orders royal residence docs with Silverlining attached to sell
Paramount-owned broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered two 90-minute docs that will explore Britain’s leading royal…
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UK’s BBC, ITV, C4 & C5 streamer Freely sets Q2 launch
Freely, the upcoming free TV service from Everyone TV, the organisation jointly owned by UK…
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TBI Weekly: All eyes on the buyers
We might only be in early February but it already feels as if 2024 will…
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Netflix reveals 2024 line-up, int’l originals & doc acquisitions
Netflix has unveiled a slew of new and returning global and local originals this week,…
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Wonderhood Television promotes for development & production
Wonderhood Television, the TV arm of UK-based Wonderhood Studios, has promoted Lianne Hickey to director…
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Reliance, Murdoch & Paramount-backed Viacom18 strike deal for Disney in India
Viacom18, the Indian firm backed by Reliance Industries, Paramount Global and James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree…
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Warner Bros. Discovery reveals ‘three category’ approach for Max in Europe
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to tailor its launch of streamer Max in Europe into…
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Endemol Shine Poland alums Ryszard Sibilski & Julia Oginska join Jake Vision
Endemol Shine Poland’s former MD Ryszard Sibilski and sales chief Julia Oginska have joined Jake…
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Fremantle inks first-look & development deal with ‘Alice & Jack’ firm Me+You Productions
Fremantle has inked a first-look and development deal with Me+You Productions, the Alice & Jack…
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Warner Bros. Discovery streamer HBO GO expands in Asia with launch on Taiwan Mobile
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has partnered with telco company Taiwan Mobile to launch its regional…
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ITV Studios hires Mediaset España format chief to lead Iberian’s unscripted push
ITV Studios (ITVS) has hired the formats boss of Mediaset España to lead unscripted creative…
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Cineflix Rights recruits ITV Studios’ Greg Johnson to lead Americas & APAC sales
Cineflix Rights has appointed ITV Studios exec Greg Johnson to the newly created role of…
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Banijay’s Endemol France lands TF1 and Canal+ alum to oversee sports push
Endemol France has named Didier Lahaye to a new role overseeing its sports-related output. Lahaye…
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A+E Networks takes 50% stake in Rachael Ray’s Free Food Studios
A+E Networks in the US has formed a joint venture with Free Food Studios, the…
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Satisfaction Iberia makes first senior hires with David Llanes & Jordi Rosell
Satisfaction Iberia, the recently launched Spain-based prodco led by former Mediacrest executive director Daniel Domenjó,…
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Exclusive: Channel 4 cuts reflect broadcaster ‘being forced to evolve and fast’
Channel 4’s refocused strategy on streaming unveiled yesterday that includes more than 200 job losses…
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Spain’s Mediapro restructures with Laura Fernández Espeso set to replace Juan Ruiz de Gauna
Spanish giant Mediapro is restructuring its business and senior exec structure, with Laura Fernández Espeso…
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Blue Ant Media alums Solange Attwood & Asha Daniere launch Serial Maven Studios
Former Blue Ant Media execs Solange Attwood and Asha Daniere have launched Serial Maven Studios,…
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Canada’s Blink49 names eOne alum Tara Long as president of global unscripted
Former Entertainment One (eOne) exec Tara Long is linking up again with fellow eOne alum…
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Senior Corus execs Lisa Godfrey, Pam Westman & Jeff Norton exit in leadership restructure
Canadian broadcasting group Corus Entertainment is restructuring its original content leadership ranks, with several senior…
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UK’s Channel 4 cuts 18% staff, closes channels & makes ‘significant shift’ to ‘streaming-first’ content
Channel 4 in the UK is cutting 18% of its workforce and will close channels…
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UK’s Channel 4 poised to reveal cuts of more than 200 jobs this week
Channel 4 in the UK is poised to reveal cuts of more than 200 jobs…
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News round-up: Blue Ant brings ‘Old Enough!’ to Canada; Amuz renews Casablanca partnership
Blue Ant brings ‘Old Enough!’ to Canada Blue Ant Studios has secured the Canadian rights…
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US-based Big Media & Slovakia’s Nunez NFE form JV for JOJ World factual channel
New York-based factual production company and channel provider Big Media and Slovakian prodco Nunez NFE…
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Paramount’s Maria Kyriacou to exit amid shift away from international content
Paramount’s Maria Kyriacou is stepping down from the company after four years in the role,…
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TBI Weekly: Five Spanish-language shows on the acquisition trail
With Spanish-language shows taking centre stage at Content Americas this week in Miami, TBI picks…