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Germany’s Palatin invests in Frank’s Rocket Rights & Benmore’s Rights Booster
German firm Palatin Media has invested in David and Matthew Frank’s recently launched TV distribution firm…
Netflix reveals multi-genre slate from Obama’s Higher Ground
Netflix has announced an upcoming slate of multi-genre programming from US-based Higher Ground Productions, the…
Germany’s SWR travels ‘Down The Road’ with local order for Belgian factual format
German broadcaster SWR has commissioned a local adaptation of Down The Road, the factual format…
Endemol Shine Boomdog preps Bear Grylls for Lat Am ‘Into The Wild’
Endemol Shine North America (ESNA)’s Mexico-based production firm Endemol Shine Boomdog is developing a Latin…
Sky Studios promotes Jupiter execs in bid to ‘turbocharge’ US operations
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has brought its various US production entities under the control of Jupiter…
Jonathan & Simon Chinn’s Lightbox exits C4’s Indie Growth Fund
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s London and LA-based production company Lightbox is to exit Channel 4’s…
News roundup: Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world; Sweden’s SVT enters ‘The Red Room’; Marathon sets first scripted project
Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world Amcomri Media Group-owned Abacus Media Rights has acquired…
NBCU’s layoffs continue as Susan Rovner’s entertainment team revealed
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has made a raft of appointments to her new-look entertainment team, with 50…
News round-up: Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’; C More renews ‘Blinded’; RTÉ undertakes ‘The Love Experiment’
Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’ Netflix has acquired Australian spy thriller Operation Buffalo to steam…
Canada’s Bell Media cuts another 200 jobs in latest ‘streamlining’
Canada’s Bell Media has made another swathe of job cuts, with senior execs reportedly among…