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BBC Studios rejigs EMEA sales team with new SVP roles across factual & scripted
BBC Studios (BBCS) has upped Chris Kinsman and Rebecca Ransley to newly created SVP positions…
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils new international team following flurry of exits
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled the new structure of its international team, following the…
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NBCU’s Universal International Studios names HiddenLight exec Roma Khanna as head of studio
Universal International Studios (UIS) has named former HiddenLight exec Roma Khanna as its head of…
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News round-up: Toonz, Epic & Aliya LeeKong team; Prime Video UK orders boxing doc; Odd Squad’ gets UK spin-off
Toonz, Epic & Aliya LeeKong team Toonz Media Group and Epic Story Media have partnered…
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Netflix ups Amy Reinhard to lead advertising as price rise reports emerge
Netflix could be about to hike the price of its ad-free offerings, while there are…
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Exclusive: SBS Australia & A+E LatAm among slew of sales for Tencent Dun Huang docudrama
SBS Australia and A+E Networks Latin America are among a slew of international broadcasters to…
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Canada’s Bell Media hires A+E alum Sean Cohan as president, Wade Oosterman to retire
Canada’s Bell Media has hired former A+E Networks and Wheelhouse exec Sean Cohan as its…
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Sky Studios int’l scripted exec Jason Simms named MD at Cineflix’s Connect3
Connect3 (C3) Media, the Canadian production company behind Good Morning Chuck and Kings Of Coke,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery exits continue with France, Benelux & Africa chief stepping down
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s chief in France, Benelux and Africa is stepping down after 17…
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Paramount+ names Anna Priest UK chief, Canada’s Katrina Kowalski handed new Pluto TV remit
Paramount Global has named Anna Priest and Katrina Kowalski to new roles overseeing its operations…
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News round-up: Newen snags Paramount’s ‘Serial Killers’; NPO, Amazon extend Hat Trick deals; FilmRise buys BuzzFeed Studios library
Newen snags Paramount’s Serial Killer’s Wife Newen Connect has acquired distribution rights to Clapperboard Studio’s…
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Paramount+ extends music docs with Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC boy band show
Paramount+ is expanding its music output and its relationship with US-based Gunpowder & Sky by…
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Exclusive: France’s ‘The A Talks’ lands in Spain, with options struck in UK, Australia & Nordics
Mediaset Spain has ordered an eight-episode series of The A Talks, the French format first…
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Lineup’s Belgian format ‘Therapy’ lands in the Netherlands & Israel
Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Israel have become the latest to order local remakes of…
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Banijay’s 51 Minds names Bunim/Murray chief to replace outgoing Christian Sarabia
Banijay Americas has reshuffled its senior exec team again, this time with Below Deck prodco…
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AMC+ sets ad-supported tier pricing at $4.99 per month
AMC Networks has unveiled pricing for the ad-supported version of its AMC+ streaming service. The…
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NBCUniversal ups Rachel Smith to head unscripted content, lifestyle & documentaries
NBCUniversal has promoted Rachel Smith as EVP of unscripted content, lifestyle and documentaries, three months…
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WBD’s JB Perrette outlines Max’s global roll-out strategy
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD)’s streaming chief JB Perrette has outlined how the company is approaching…
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ITVX investigates online true crime with ‘TikTok: Murders Gone Viral’
UK streamer ITVX has commissioned TikTok: Murders Gone Viral, a new true crime series exploring…
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Dawn Airey, Nigel Hall & Russ Lindsay launch prodco Moon&Back, with Asylum backing
Veteran UK executives Dawn Airey, Nigel Hall and Russ Lindsay have launched Moon&Back Media, a…
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A+E Networks names veteran Mark Garner to lead global FAST channel push
A+E Networks has named veteran exec Mark Garner to the newly created position of EVP…
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News round up: ITV orders New Pictures drama; BBC visits the ‘Undertakers’; BBC Studios rejigs brands team
ITV orders New Pictures drama ITV in the UK has ordered scripted thriller Protection from…
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BBCS-owned Voltage TV hires ‘Tinder Swindler’ exec to head up documentaries
BBC Studios-owned unscripted label Voltage TV has appointed Sam Starbuck, exec producer of The Tinder…
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News round-up: C4 embarks on ‘Irish Journey’; Milkshake! greets ‘The Woohoos!’; Amuz to shop ‘Larry’
C4 embarks on ‘Irish Journey’ UK broadcaster Channel 4 has picked up Julia Bradbury’s Irish…
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Rainmaker strikes content & channels distribution pact with EW Scripps
UK distributor Rainmaker Content has inked a deal with The EW Scripps Company to represent…
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ZDF, Arte exec Martin Pieper joins Germany’s Gebrueder Beetz Film Production
ZDF and Arte documentary veteran Martin Pieper is leaving the broadcasters to join Germany’s Gebrueder…
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BBC hires Dragonfly’s Tom Pullen as commissioning editor
Dragonfly’s head of documentaries, Tom Pullen, has left the Banijay-owned firm to become a commissioning…
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MIA director Gaia Tridente on 2023 event & what to expect
MIA Ahead of Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA)’s return to Rome next month, event director Gaia…
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News round-up: Love Nature unveils factual trio; Talpa rebrands to Talpa Studios; Nat Geo preps ‘Predators In Action’
Love Nature unveils factual trio Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature has unveiled a new slate…
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Leonine Studios recruits Constantin MD Jochen Koestler to head up non-fiction
Germany’s Leonine Studios has appointed Constantin Entertainment MD Jochen Koestler as EVP of non-fiction at…