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News round up: Hulu extends ‘The Bear’; Prime Video scores Thomas Müller doc; CJ ENM strikes TAICCA fund pact
Hulu extends The Bear Hulu drama The Bear has been extended into a third season,…
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Exclusive: Pluto TV’s top five FAST channels in US drive 20% total consumption
Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST)’s growth in the US is being powered by a small number…
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Rare TV snags Studio Ramsay exec Fernando de Jesus as creative director
UK-based factual and formats prodco Rare TV has appointed Studio Ramsay Global exec Fernando de…
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Ant & Dec’s Mitre Studios hires Talkback & BBC alum Ed Sleeman as managing director
Mitre Studios, the UK production company run by TV personalities Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly,…
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Dan Grabiner & Nicola Hill’s Orchard Studios hires BBC commissioner & ITN producer
BBC factual entertainment commissioner Clare Mottershead and ITN exec Nat Lippiett have joined Orchard Studios,…
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Nordic trio DR, SVT & NRK board Greenpeace ship ‘Rainbow Warrior’ doc from Docsville Studios
Nordic trio DR, SVT and NRK have struck deals for a new documentary from Lawrence…
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Bill McGoldrick exits Chernin Entertainment amid layoffs at US prodco
Bill McGoldrick, EVP of film & TV at Chernin Entertainment, is among several execs reportedly…
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LGBTQ+ streamer OUTtv commissions doc trio
US-Canadian LGBTQ+ streamer OUTtv has commissioned three new documentaries as part of its OUTspoken strand….
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Cineflix recruits ex-Thunderbird president Mark Miller to head new Vancouver studio
Canadian producer-distributor Cineflix Media has appointed former Thunderbird Entertainment president Mark Miller to head up…
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TBI Weekly: Seven ‘niche’ streamers that commission original content
Partnering with a major streamer to take your content worldwide can be a major ambition…
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HBO returns to ‘The Jinx’ eight years on from docuseries that led to arrest of Robert Durst
HBO has ordered a second season of its docuseries The Jinx: The Life And Deaths…
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Paramount+ losses narrow as US studio unveils two new ‘Yellowstone’ franchises
Paramount Global narrowed losses from its streaming business to $238m in the latest quarter assisted…
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Paramount+ expands ‘branded hub’ strategy with Streamz in Belgium
Paramount Global is expanding its Paramount+ branded third-party partnership strategy with a deal in Belgium….
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WBD’s James Gibbons reveals APAC exec team with Japan country manager to step down
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s Asia Pacific president James Gibbons has outlined his team for the…
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BBC Studios rejigs in EMEA with hire of Paramount Global VP of sales, Simon Cottle to retire
BBC Studios (BBCS) has hired a distribution exec from Paramount Global and promoted two existing…
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Disney strikes $8.6bn deal with Comcast to take full Hulu ownership
The future of Hulu has finally been settled, with Disney set to take full ownership…
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BBC Studios factual commercial director lands at Endeavor’s IMG
BBC Studios (BBCS) commercial director of factual, Ian Moffitt, has taken up the newly created…
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BBC Studios to roll out NHU content via new pact with social media app WeAre8
BBC Studios (BBCS) has partnered with WeAre8 on a ‘first of its kind’ deal that…
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Australia’s White Spark launches virtual reality tech business Surround Sync
Perth-based production and VR company White Spark Pictures has launched a new technology business that…
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Noah Media hires Fulwell 73 alum Adam Cohen to head development
Noah Media Group, the UK factual sports-focused production firm behind Hatton for Sky and 14…
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Paramount to merge My5 & Pluto TV in UK to create new AVOD service
Paramount Global is combining My5, the BVOD service of its UK broadcaster Channel 5, with…
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BBC Studios restructures docs unit with BBCS podcast chief & Wonderhood exec appointments
BBC Studios (BBCS) has restructured its documentary division with podcast exec Georgia Moseley and Wonderhood…
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‘No Escape’ prodco New Pictures recruits Vertigo Films’ Sandra Shuttleworth as head of production
New Pictures, the All3Media-backed UK prodco behind The Long Shadow and No Escape, has hired…
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Media giant GroupM’s North America CEO Kirk McDonald to exit
Media giant and content investor GroupM is looking for a new CEO for its North…
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Sony Pictures Television veteran Ed Lammi retiring after 36 years
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) veteran Ed Lammi is to retire from his role as EVP…
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Warner Bros. Discovery strikes content pact with Taiwan Mobile & TAICCA
Warner Bros. Discovery has struck a pact to create and distribute Taiwanese original content locally…
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Mediapro chief Jaume Roures ousted after 30 years amid reports of sale talks
Spanish giant Mediapro has made the shock move to dismiss its managing partner Jaume Roures…
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Youngest Media’s David Flynn & ITVS’s South Shore launch unscripted label Plegazoid
Former Youngest Media founder David Flynn has re-emerged with a new production outfit, this time…
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Bell Media & Fox strike distribution pact to bring ‘global scale’ to Canadian originals
Canada’s Bell Media and Fox Entertainment Global have forged a new licensing and distribution pact…
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Prime Video cues up Ronnie O’Sullivan snooker doc from Beckham’s Studio 99
Amazon Prime Video is preparing to launch a new feature-length documentary following snooker star Ronnie…