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Exclusive: Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep ‘accelerates’ move into docuseries & animation
Erik Barmack, the former Netflix exec who drove the streamer’s much-vaunted international content strategy, has…
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LA County confirms TV & film production return from 12 June
LA-based film and TV production has been given the greenlight to recommence from 12 June,…
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A&E pulls hit cop show ‘Live PD’ in wake of George Floyd killing
US cabler A&E has cancelled its hit unscripted police series Live PD, a week after…
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Disney+ becomes third-largest SVOD in the UK, report claims
Disney+ has already emerged as the third-largest subscription streaming service in the UK. According to…
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EOne confirms HBO alum Michael Lombardo as global TV president
Hasbro-owned producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has confirmed that former HBO programming president Michael…
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Kew Media alums Greg Phillips & Graham Begg launch sales firm, snag BBC comedy
Former Kew Media Distribution (KMD) execs Greg Phillips and Graham Begg have launched a new…
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Paramount Network drops ‘Cops’ after Floyd killing
Paramount Network has cancelled long-running reality series Cops in the wake of George Floyd’s death…
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ViacomCBS networks in UK, Oz link up for ‘The Royals Revealed’
ViacomCBS-backed Channel 5 in the UK and Network 10 in Australia have joined forces on…
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News round-up: K7 hires Foxtel alum; LGI sells factual across Asia; Movistar & Mediawan sample ‘Vienna Blood’
Movistar, Mediawan sample Vienna Blood Broadcasters across Europe have picked up crime drama Vienna Blood…
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Exclusive: Roku strikes Endemol Shine AVOD deals in US, UK
Ad-supported streamer Roku has struck a slew of new deals with Endemol Shine Group (ESG)…
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BBC names BBC Studios’ CEO Tim Davie as new chief
BBC Studios (BBCS) boss Tim Davie has been named director general of the BBC, replacing…
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News round-up: Salto gets ‘Happily Married’; TVG seeks another ‘Wife Swap’; NHK 8K picks up ‘Wife Of A Spy’ and more…
Salto gets ‘Happily Married’ New French streaming platform Salto has picked up dark comedy drama…
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News round-up: Global sales for Euro-thrillers; Portugal’s SIC acquires ‘Don’t Tell The Bride’ format; Finland’s YLE gets ‘Pretty & Single’ and more…
Euro-thrillers head to Netflix and others in global sales Global streamer Netflix and broadcasters around…
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French streamer Salto ‘on starting blocks’ for autumn as test phase starts
Salto, the French commercial and public broadcasters’ answer to Netflix, has begun closed user-group tests…
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News round-up: BBC extends ‘Capture’, hits ‘Heights’; GoQuest sells Indian drama; Bafta names chairman
BBC lands The Heights, extends The Capture BBC One in the UK has acquired the…
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A+E picks up crime series from ‘Live PD’ host
A+E Networks has pre-bought a new crime series from Live PD host Dan Abrams’ US-based…
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Exclusive: UK ‘faces being left behind’ as government urged to act on insurance
The UK government must urgently backstop insurers or risk screen productions being moved outside of…
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Roku unveils new ‘live TV guide’ and slew of channels from A+E, ABC
Ad-supported streamer Roku is moving further to replicate live TV by launching an on-screen channel…
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Exclusive: Why now is “right time” for A+E alum Sabin’s new US/LatAm venture
With Covid-19 currently tightening global purse-strings, a new cost-cutting marriage between US creatives and Latin…
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Endemol Shine expands AVOD offering in US with Vizio deal
US-based TV manufacturer Vizio has struck a deal that will see Endemol Shine Group-curated online…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking Amazon Prime & Hulu’s next moves
Amazon Prime Video and Hulu might look like similar streamers on the surface but underneath…
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Spanish OTT use rises with 40% using streaming services
Over four in 10 Spanish homes with internet access were accessing streaming video services such…
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HBO Max faces analyst scorn, rejigs ‘Love Life’ & takes ‘Big Bang’ spin-off
HBO Max’s recent roll-out has been handed a dour assessment by two leading US analysts,…
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‘Surviving R. Kelly’s Dream Hampton joins Cineflix’s Tulsa Race Massacre docuseries
Dream Hampton, the exec producer behind Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, has been attached to…
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US overtakes China as home of AVOD, with global spending to top $53bn by 2025
The US has overtaken China to become the biggest spender on AVOD services, with global…
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News round-up: Germany’s Redseven returns to production; BBC Two, Arte explore US foreign policy; Silverlining’s ‘Farm’ to open in July
Redseven returns for Sat.1’s The Taste Red Arrow Studios-owned German producer Redseven Entertainment has returned…
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Avalon hires former Burning Bright exec Toby Ward
Former Burning Bright exec Toby Ward has been appointed head of UK production (comedy, entertainment…
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WarnerMedia to launch HBO Max originals in Asia via channels & HBO Go
WarnerMedia is rolling out at least 15 originals commissioned by its recently launched US SVOD…
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September Films’ Pamela Covais hired by Back Roads Entertainment
US prodco Back Roads Entertainment has appointed former September Films exec Pamela Covais as VP…
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News round-up: ‘Block Out’ format sells to Spain and Netherlands; Abacus gain global rights to Andrew Sadek doc; Blue Ant shifts 320 factual hours worldwide; and more…
RTVE and Avrotros buy ‘Block Out’ format RTVE in Spain and Avrotros in the Netherlands…