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Plimsoll to bolster natural history, docs with private equity investment
Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions has struck a deal that will see private equity firm…
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CNN Films, BBC Arts team for Jackie Collins doc from Passion Pictures
CNN Films, AGC Studios and BBC Arts have teamed up to co-produce Passion Pictures’ feature…
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Discovery serves up Woodcut’s ‘British Police: Our Toughest Cases’
Discovery has commissioned Woodcut Media for a Quest Red series on the British police, and…
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Banijay exec replaces Arthur Smith as CEO of A. Smith & Co.
Tinopolis-owned American Ninja Warrior prodco A. Smith & Co. has appointed Banijay North America’s Caroline Baumgard…
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Canadian TV vets set up factual prodco BirdDog
Canadian TV veterans Stephen Ellis and Clark Bunting have launched factual prodco BirdDog Media Ventures….
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ITV explores Britain’s jails with Chalkboard TV
UK broadcaster ITV is exploring life in Britain’s jails with Chalkboard TV’s Inside Prison: Britain…
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Sky Studios makes first prodco investment
Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in Wendy Darke’s natural history prodco True to…
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Sales round-up: Euro nets take TVF titles; Foxtel claims ‘Deadly Deception’; Starzplay reels in ‘Ramy’
Arte, France TV takes TVF series European broadcasters including Arte, France TV and cablenet Planete+…
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Lime Pictures lands ITV Studios exec for production
All3Media-owned prodco Lime Pictures has appointed former ITV Studios Entertainment (ITVSE) exec Helen Kruger Bratt…
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Documentary veteran D. A. Pennebaker dies at 94
D. A. Pennebaker, a titan of documentary cinema, has died at the age of 94….
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BBC Studios extends Foxtel deal with arrival of BBC Earth
Australian pay TV operator Foxtel is replacing its BBC Knowledge channel with factual brand BBC…
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France 5, Discovery strike WildBear deals
France 5 and Discovery India are among broadcasters to have struck coproduction and pre-sale deals…
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TBI Weekly: Why ITV Studios’ Armoza deal is a watershed for unscripted
ITV Studios (ITVS) has been involved in its fair share of M&A activity over the…
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BBC Studios promotes for global distribution role
BBC Studios is bringing its international sales and distribution business into a single global group…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios’ Africa boss to step down amid CEMA revamp
BBC Studios’ chief in Africa Joel Churcher is stepping down following a major reshuffle of…
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Ofcom confirms BBC’s 12-month iPlayer window
UK media regulator Ofcom has confirmed its decision to allow the BBC to make shows…
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Disney moves Hulu’s scripted team under Dana Walden
US streamer Hulu is to integrate its original scripted drama and comedy team into parent…
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Viacom plugs My5 channels into Pluto TV
AVOD streamer Pluto TV is to launch three UK channels using content from the VOD…
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Amazon’s Jennifer Salke dismisses sharing viewership data
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke has said her company “does not embrace” sharing details of…
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Sales round-up: C5 welcomes ‘Bad Mothers’; ‘Very Bad Blagues’ set for Balkans; PBS’s VPM orders ‘Legacy List’
Viacom’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired exclusive AVOD rights to Red Arrow Studios International’s…
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Rogers Media appoints Facebook Canada boss
Rogers Media in Canada has appointed the former managing director of Facebook and Instagram in…
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Show of the week: ‘Jungle War’
Jungle War (4 x 60 minutes) is a doc series about some of the lesser-known…
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Sales round-up: RTL snags Spanish shows; ‘Leaving Neverland’ goes global; DocuBay sails with Ananda
RTL doubles down in Spain German broadcaster RTL has picked up two original series by…
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Renewal round-up: Facebook extends Courteney Cox show; Italy’s Canale 5 returns to Endemol Shine format
Italy’s Canale 5 is All Together Now again Canale 5 in Italy has ordered a…
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Channel 5 hands out first BBC Studios commissions
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered its first shows from BBC Studios’ Science Unit,…
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Amazon expands ‘Carnival Row’ but axes ‘Lore’ and ‘The Romanoffs’
Amazon has ordered a second season of its Orlando Bloom-starring drama Carnival Row before the…
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Two Rivers hires Wall to Wall exec to head unscripted development
Recently launched UK producer Two Rivers Media has appointed the head of UK factual development…
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BBC America plans trip to ‘Eden’ with BBC Studios
BBC Studios and AMC Networks-backed US cablenet BBC America has handed out its first commission…
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Fremantle adds All3 exec, confirms Harry Gamsu’s arrival
Fremantle has named Céire Clark as senior acquisitions manager and confirmed the appointment of former…
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HBO plans for originals push, unveils documentary slate
HBO will further increase its originals output over the next 12 months to around 160…