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Factual
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Kew Media Distribution: Beyond ‘Neverland’
Tim Dams explores the rise of documentary powerhouse Kew Media Distribution Halfway through 2019, there’s…
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TBI Factual Hot Picks – June 2019
With Sunny Side of the Doc kicking off in France, TBI Magazine picks out a…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘High Maintenance’
High Maintenance (8 x 60 minutes) is something of a new take on the popular…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘Property Brothers: Forever Home’
Forever Home (40 x 60 minutes) is a new spin on twin brothers Drew and…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘Psycho Pussies: Cats Behaving Badly’
Psycho Pussies: Cats Behaving Badly (1 x 52 minutes) is an “EPG jumper”, reckons Karen…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘One Planet: Seven Worlds’
Set to air in the autumn, One Planet: Seven Worlds is billed as the latest…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘Jungle War’
Jungle War (4 x 60 minutes) is a doc series about some of the lesser-known…
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Quintus picks up OTF factual package
Germany’s Quintus Media has picked up a raft of programming for its YouTube channel Free…
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Food Network orders Blink travelogue
Discovery-owned UK channel Food Network has commissioned Blink Films for a food travelogue series featuring…
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Love Nature, Smithsonian, Arte team on ‘Stormborn’ series
Love Nature has partnered with Smithsonian Channel, France’s Arte and BBC Scotland on a blue-chip…
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Show of the week: ‘The Curse Of The Vologne’
Documentary series The Curse Of The Vologne (4 x 45 minutes) centres on one of…
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Fremantle faces the music
For years, entertainment juggernauts such as Got Talent and The X Factor have defined production…
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Sunny Side ’19: TCB scores Euro sales, Limonero launches ‘Edwardian Britain in Colour’
TCB scores German, French sales TCB Media Rights has struck 60 hours worth of sales…
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US greenlights: A&E bets on live, ID explores NXIVM, Paramount reins cowboy competition
A&E bets on live with daredevil series A&E is betting on live events in a…
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Doc directors cry out for mental health support, boundary-setting
As the TV industry begins to take greater steps towards addressing mental ill-health, directors such…
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Red Arrow strikes factual deals with A+E Networks
Red Arrow Studios International has struck a batch of deals with A+E Networks UK and…
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Channel 4 unveils access documentary slate
Channel 4 has unveiled a slate of access documentaries that investigate policing, mental health, the…
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CNN pulls ‘Anderson Cooper’ show off Facebook for its own platforms
CNN has pulled Anderson Cooper: Full Circle off Facebook after one year, with plans to…
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Bigger, better and celebrity-laden: Is the future of docs sustainable?
As documentaries cutting through on SVODs begin to look glossier and more high-profile by the…
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Sales round-up: Fremantle seals Balkans deals; Passion lands ‘Moon’ sales
Fremantle sells ‘Jamie Oliver’ and ‘Got Talent’ into Balkans Fremantle has struck two deals across…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest, Banff announce 2019 award winners
Luke Lorentzen’s film about a family that attempts to make a living operating a private…
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Cineflix Rights signs first-look with Finestripe
Cineflix Rights has signed an exclusive first-look development deal with popular factual indie Finestripe Productions. The…
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Dragonfly, Optomen and IWC land BBC commissions
Dragonfly TV and Optomen are among the prodcos to have scored recent documentary commissions with…
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Distribution round-up: DRG acquires WildBear slate; Dynamic hails ‘Vagrant Queen’
Distributor DRG has acquired a slate of historical titles from Australia’s WildBear Entertainment. The deal,…
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Discovery swoops for Zig Zag’s ‘Killing Michael Jackson’
Discovery Networks has picked up Zig Zag Productions’ Killing Michael Jackson for the UK, Italy, Germany…
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Channel 4 commissions Barcroft Studios for slate of ‘4Real’ films
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Studios for a slate of short-form digital shorts under the…
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TVF closes raft of factual sales in Spain
Factual distributor TVF International has closed a raft of sales to broadcasters across Spain. Public…
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Indian SVOD DocuBay expands with Journeyman, Kwanza titles
Fledgling Indian SVOD service DocuBay has acquired content packages from French distributor Kwanza and the…
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Cineflix Rights hires Fremantle exec for acquisitions
Cineflix Rights has appointed Fremantle’s Felicia Litovitz to oversee acquisitions for North America. The exec…
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BBC One explores a year in the life of Sainsbury’s supermarket
BBC One has commissioned ITN Productions to produce 6 x 60 minute access documentary Inside the Supermarket. The…