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TCB Media Rights boosts legal and rights team, unveils 40-show slate for MIPCOM
TCB Media Rights is heading to next month’s MIPCOM market with a 40-title slate that…
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AMC’s Spektrum TV swoops for Rabbit Films’ ‘Beyond Human Boundaries’
AMC Networks International-owned doc channel Spektrum TV has swooped for doc reality series Beyond Human…
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Zig Zag scores A+E Networks UK branded content commission
A+E Networks UK has commissioned Zig Zag Productions for a branded content spot for Kia…
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NBCU’s new streamer Peacock pulls back Netflix shows, unveils originals
NBCUniversal (NBCU) has ordered a raft of new shows and snatched back rights to Amy…
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Deals round-up: Back2Back gets wedding & shipping orders; BBCS’s first format deal in Lithuania; Banijay goes shopping
Back2Back’s wedding show sells to Seven, Mega Shippers extended Australia’s Seven Network has ordered a…
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BritBox adds ‘Brexitcast’ for North American audiences
BBC Studios and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has added a new BBC One show about the…
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How space programming evolved from no-go zone to no holds barred
Ahead of his ‘Space On The Big Screen’ session at IBC later today (16 September),…
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Distributor round-up: Endeavor scores ‘Story Of Rugby’ sales; Gil Formats’ comedy launch; ‘Taskmaster’ expands in Nordics
NHK, NBC Sports, Movistar+ try Endeavor’s rugby doc Japanese broadcaster NHK, NBC Sports Network in…
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‘Chernobyl’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ win big at Creative Arts Emmys
HBO’s Game Of Thrones and Chernobyl emerged as the top winners at the weekend’s Creative…
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BBC chief Tony Hall eyes opportunity with Disney, Apple launches
BBC director-general Tony Hall believes an imminent “second wave of disruption” caused by streamers from…
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Industrial Media taps ‘Wahlburgers’ producer to head East Coast division
UTA-backed Industrial Media has named Wahlburgers EP Devon Hammonds as SVP of development and current…
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CNN Films promotes documentary exec Courtney Sexton
CNN Films has promoted its documentary executive Courtney Sexton to become SVP at the company….
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Drive gets down with ‘Downton Abbey’ special
Ben Barrett and Lilla Hurst’s Drive has picked up a Downton Abbey special for international…
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EOne expands unscripted portfolio with acquisition of Blackfin
Production and distribution group Entertainment One (eOne), itself a recent acquisition by My Little Pony…
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All3Media puts Lion TV into Lime Pictures with Shahana Meer exiting
Discovery and Liberty Global-backed All3Media is moving Lion TV into Lime Pictures, with one of…
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Sky Studios unveils US-based production hub, appoints Jupiter exec to lead
Sky Studios, the commissioning and production arm of Comcast-backed pay TV operator Sky, is launching…
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FirstLook TV sells docuseries to Reelz, strikes financing deal with Banijay Rights
FirstLook TV has struck a co-development and co-financing deal with Banijay Rights, with the distributor…
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N-TV acquires science and engineering shows from WildBear
German broadcaster N-TV has struck a three-show pre-sale deal with Australian factual producer WildBear Entertainment….
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Netflix appoints former BBC Studios exec for Southeast Asia, Oz
Netflix has appointed former BBC Studios (BBCS) exec Myleeta Aga to oversee programming for the…
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Russia’s Ivi adds The Feed as part of first All3Media deal
Russian VOD service Ivi has picked up rights to 50 hours of programming including psychological…
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NBCUniversal veteran Adam Stotsky to step down as E! president
Veteran NBCUniversal exec Adam Stotsky is stepping down as president of US network E! after…
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Insight TWI CEO Jon Ossoff to run for US Senate
Jon Ossoff, CEO of Stacey On The Frontline: Girls, Guns and ISIS prodco Insight TWI,…
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Science Channel, More4 open up Passion and Pioneer’s ‘Superfactories’
Discovery’s US network Science Channel and More4 in the UK have picked up a docuseries…
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DCD Rights launches four MIPCOM titles under Producer Support Initiative
DCD Rights has helped to finance a slate of four factual projects heading to MIPCOM…
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ZED expands history slate with Arte’s Ku Klux Klan show
French producer and distributor ZED has acquired three yet-to-launch projects commissioned by Arte France, including…
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Apple buys Bryce Dallas Howard’s feature doc ‘Dads’ out of TIFF
Tech giant Apple has swooped for global rights to Bryce Dallas Howard-directed feature doc Dads…
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Channel 5 takes weekend breaks with ‘MasterChef’ presenter Gregg Wallace
MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace is linking with Rumpus Media for a four-part travelogue series for Channel…
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Banijay Rights gets first look at Proper Content
Banijay Rights has signed a first-look, multi-year development deal with UK factual specialist Proper Content,…
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Rive Gauche takes Travel Channel’s ‘I Saw The Unknown’
LA-based producer and sales company Rive Gauche Television has acquired international distribution rights to Travel…
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Lightbox scores Netflix Original with feature doc ‘Tell Me Who I Am’
Netflix has commissioned Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox for a feature doc on memory…