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AMC launches AcornTV, UMC streamers on YouTube TV
AMC Networks is launching its UK drama-skewing streamer Acorn TV as well as its black…
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C4’s Dorothy Byrne hits out at ‘sexist bastards’, Netflix in MacTaggart
Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has said the TV industry…
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BBC Two commissions Dolly Parton doc, boards Lena Dunham’s HBO thriller
The BBC has revealed a slate of new projects, including HBO drama Industry, which it…
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Amazon reveals Studios structure in Europe, decries “gobbling up” rights
Amazon Studios’ director of European originals Georgia Brown has outlined the company’s rapidly growing commissioning…
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Sky unveils entertainment channels, orders Billie Piper drama
European pay TV operator Sky is adding two new channels to its entertainment portfolio and…
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Sales round-up: Steve Backshall’s ‘Expedition’ goes global; Discovery takes ‘India on Film’
Expedition with Steve Backshall goes global Broadcasters and platforms including Youku in China, DR in…
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Anthony Kimble’s Fugitive moves for NENT format chief
UK-based production and financing company Fugitive has appointed the VP of formats at Nordic Entertainment…
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CBS extends James Corden’s ‘Late Late Show’ deal
US broadcaster CBS has agreed a new deal with James Corden that will see him…
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Deals round-up: ZDFE reveals ‘Great Inventions’; Wildcard’s Crystal Rasmussen deal; Passion bolsters sales slate
ZDFE partners for Great Inventions ZDF Enterprises has partnered with World Media Rights, Off The…
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BBC Studios names executive duo for CEE and Africa
BBC Studios (BBCS) has appointed two executives to oversee branded programming for Africa, and Central…
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Factual SVOD CuriosityStream strikes distribution deal with Altice USA
John Hendricks’s factual streamer CuriosityStream is getting wider distribution in the US via broadband operator…
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Channel 4 teams with Ben Wheatley, Paul Dacre for landmark series
Ben Wheatley scores first TV project with Channel 4 Film director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise; Happy New…
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Sales round-up: DRG sells Khoo’s ‘Kitchen’; BBC out for RASI’s ‘Vienna Blood’
DRG scores first sales for Khoo’s ‘Swedish Kitchen’ Japan’s NHK, Germany’s RTL and Australia’s SBS…
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Cineflix snaps up ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’, ‘Extreme Tribe’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a pair of Channel 4 factual series from Spelthorne Community Television…
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TBI Weekly: ViacomCBS, a US deal with global implications
CBS and Viacom’s merger might have created a $30bn US-based content company but a foray…
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Seven West in Oz replaces CEO Tim Worner with James Warburton
Seven West Media (SWM), the Australian company behind the Seven Network, has appointed former Network…
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Commissioning round-up: Insight, Vice link for jail sport series; E! orders Rhode Island reality; BET prepares for ‘Sacrifice’
Insight TV coproduces in jail with Vice Netherlands-based 4K broadcaster and producer Insight TV is…
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Brazilian Content replaces Rachel do Valle with Mary Morita
TV export group Brazilian Content has appointed Mary Morita as its executive manager, replacing Rachel…
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CBC podcasts score TV adaptations from 3 Arts, Sienna Films
Producers including Lionsgate’s 3 Arts Entertainment and Sienna Films are among the businesses set to…
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Rabbit Films hires ITVSGE’s Ferguson for international sales
Finnish producer-distributor Rabbit Films has appointed an ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec to join its…
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Industry mourns Zig Zag, PactUS exec Matt Gould
Former Discovery, Zig Zag Productions and PactUS executive Matt Gould has passed away, aged 48….
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Charter deals with Disney to offer access to streamers
US telco giant Charter has struck a carriage deal with Disney offering access to Mouse…
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Smithsonian fires up volcano documentary duo
Smithsonian Channel in the US has lined up two hour-long documentaries that explore volcano eruptions…
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Channel 5 readies IWC’s ‘Greatest Warships’
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from Banijay Group-owned IWC that explores famous war…
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ViacomCBS eyes further acquisitions after merger
Discovery and Sony Entertainment have been mooted as potential targets for ViacomCBS as it looks…
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Netflix boards second season of ‘I Am A Killer’
Netflix has boarded a second season of Znak & Co.’s I Am A Killer, days…
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History boards Air Force One doc exploring 9/11
US cablenet History is preparing to air a new two-hour documentary that takes viewers aboard…
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Exclusive: Fremantle global acquisitions exec Levina Negi departs
Levina Negi, VP of global acquisitions and development at Fremantle, is departing the business after…
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EOne hires BBC Studios distribution exec for Lat Am sales
Entertainment One (eOne) has hired BBC Studios sales exec David Hanono to grow the business’s…
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Deals round-up: ‘Spiky Gold Hunters’ go global; ID returns to Arrow trio; YES orders Endemol Shine comedy
Pango’s Spiky Gold Hunters go global A+E Networks UK is among companies to have struck…