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Former Sky Vision exec Niki Page joins producer & AI specialist Deep Fusion Films
Producer and AI specialist Deep Fusion Films has hired former Sky Vision exec Niki Page…
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Lucy van Beek unveils Tailfeather Productions with Netflix & Apple TV+ commissions
Natural history filmmaker Lucy van Beek has launched a new prodco, with commissions from Netflix…
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Prime Video greenlights NCAA doc ‘The Money Game’ & acquires family drama ‘The Baxters’
Amazon streamer Prime Video has commissioned The Money Game, a docuseries examining the impact of…
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News round-up: Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’; NextCypher enters ‘Deathlands’; OUTtv launches on Freeview UK
Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’ Paramount+ has picked up feature documentary As We Speak:…
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PBS, France TV, NHK, SBS & WELT set Easter Island doc with Blink Films
PBS’s Nova strand in the US is onboard a new documentary from UK factual indie…
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NBCU Lat Am picks up ‘The Traitors’ & Kardashians doc in All3Media Int’l deal
NBCUniversal Latin America has acquired both the first season of Peacock’s US version of Dutch…
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Quintus Studios extends self-funded strategy with ‘Enter At Your Own Risk’
Quintus Studios is expanding its self-funded programming strategy by commissioning a show that explores some…
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Netflix shares soar 10% after record Q4 subscriber growth, as streamer eyes HBO ‘Sex And The City’ deal
Netflix shares soared more than 10% in after-hours trading after it revealed record subscriber growth…
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Netflix orders Raël alien cult docuseries from Banijay France-backed KM
Netflix has commissioned Raël: The Alien Prophet, a four-part docuseries exploring how a UFO-inspired religion…
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Channel 4 acquires Welsh-lanaguage Wildflame doc ‘Sex, Me & Disability’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Wildflame Productions’ Welsh-language documentary Sex, Me And Disability. Originally…
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Why Spain’s true crime wave is landing on int’l shores
Spanish true crime shows are growing in number and attracting international attention, writes Irene Jiménez,…
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Netflix promotes Carolina Leconte for Lat Am following Robert Stopello exit
Netflix has upped Carolina Leconte to oversee its output across Latin America, following the exit…
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Exclusive: Netflix data reveals oversized impact of Spanish-language shows
Netflix’s reliance on non-English content and its back catalogue has been highlighted by new analysis…
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Arrow Media promotes New York-based exec Stephen Dost for US expansion
UK-based factual indie and See No Evil producer Arrow Media has promoted its US executive…
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Sky UK & Ireland CEO Stephen van Rooyen to step down
Sky’s UK chief Stephen van Rooyen is stepping down from his position after almost two…
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Deals round-up: ‘Doctor Foster’ gets Slovakian remake; Netflix & RTVE take Limonero titles; ZDFS & Go Button travel ‘Into The Universe’
‘Doctor Foster’ gets Slovakian remake Slovakian broadcaster TV Markíza has acquired the rights to adapt…
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Scotland’s STV Studios hires RDF duo Andy Sockanathan & James Smales
Scotland’s STV Studios has appointed Beat The Chasers co-creator Andy Sockanathan as director of development…
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Viaplay sells Paprika Studios to CEE prodco’s management led by Ákos Erdős
Viaplay Group has sold Paprika Studios to the Central and Eastern European production group’s management…
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Appointments round-up: Netflix’s VP of unscripted exits; Disney names production head; Sony Lat Am departure
Netflix’s VP of unscripted exits Netflix’s VP of unscripted series Jenn Levy is leaving the…
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Amazon Prime Video restructures in Europe & slashes original efforts in Africa
Amazon Prime Video is slashing spending in Africa and the Middle East as part of…
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Asylum forges non-fiction pact with Scott Weintrob’s Large Eyes Entertainment
Endeavor’s Asylum Entertainment Group has forged a creative partnership with producer-director Scott Weintrob and his…
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Sales round-up: C4 & SBS visit Titanic; WBD’s TVN preps 15 FAST channels; ‘LooLoo’ expands in MENA
UK’s C4 & SBS in Oz visit Titanic Channel 4 i the UK and Australia’s…
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Amazon sets Tilly Ramsay cooking show & Biblical ‘House Of David’ drama in Tastemade & Wonder Project pacts
Amazon MGM Studios has struck a multiyear first-look deal with lifestyle brand Tastemade, and also…
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Paramount+ expands third-party streamer strategy with India’s JioCinema & Blast TV in Philippines
Paramount is ramping up its strategy to place branded content hubs on third-party streamers, with…
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Fremantle ups BBC Studios alum Jill Kellie to new role overseeing sales, FAST & digital
Fremantle has named acquisitions exec Jill Kellie as its VP of commercial strategy, with a…
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Forest Road to acquire ACF Investment Bank
US film financier The Forest Road Company has struck a deal to acquire a majority…
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UK’s BBC Three sets reality show with UFC stars Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
BBC Three in the UK has ordered a new reality show following the lives and…
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BBC unveils almost 60 prodcos set to benefit from Small Indie Fund
Almost 60 production companies with turnovers below £10m ($12.5m) are to receive support via the…
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Apple preps immersive originals for mixed reality headset Vision Pro
Apple TV+ has unveiled a selection of new immersive originals, and existing programming to stream…
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Check out TBI’s latest edition at NATPE Global!
As NATPE Global kicks off in Miami today, be sure to pick up TBI’s latest…