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HBO Max alum Sandra Dewey joins ‘Morning Show’ prodco Media Res
Former HBO Max topper Sandra Dewey has joined The Morning Show producer Media Res, reuniting…
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Netflix orders cooking & sports shows from Meghan & Harry’s Archewell Productions
Netflix has commissioned two new unscripted projects from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Productions….
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Paramount+ Canada originals chief Tom Hastings exits
Tom Hastings, who had overseen originals for Paramount+ in Canada, is leaving the streamer. Hastings…
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Amazon rejigs as MGM unscripted & MGM+ exec Chris Brearton exits
Amazon MGM Studios exec Chris Brearton is leaving the company, which is in turn reshuffling…
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MIPTV wraps up final edition after 61 years with 3,500 attendees
MIPTV is wrapping up its 61st and final edition in Cannes today having attracted more…
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Blumhouse Television production president Jeremy Gold steps down, switches to production deal with studio
Jeremy Gold is stepping down as president of production at Blumhouse Television after eight years…
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Asylum Entertainment buys into Derren Lawford’s DARE Pictures
Endeavor-backed Asylum Entertainment Group has invested in DARE Pictures, the two-year-old London-based prodco launched by…
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Keshet International & Bettany Hughes’ SandStone Global link for docuseries co-development deal
Israel-based producer and distributor Keshet International has inked a co-development deal with historian Bettany Hughes’…
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MIPTV round-up: DCD doc sales; FilmRise to shop ‘Corner Gas’; Pure Fiction to adapt ‘Baztan’ novels
DCD doc sales NHK in Japan has acquired a remastered version of David Bowie’s Ziggy…
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Skydance eyes Paramount role for NBCU alum Jeff Shell as deal shapes up
Former NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell is being eyed up for a key role at Paramount…
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Embankment Films starts work on Greta Garbo feature documentary
UK-based Embankment Films has started production on Garbo: Leave Me Alone, a feature documentary about…
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Prime Video’s ‘The Grand Tour’ set for Studio Lambert update
All3Media’s Studio Lambert has secured rights to develop a new version of Amazon Prime Video’s…
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Paramount+ preps Melissa Etheridge docuseries about women in prison
Paramount+ is preparing to roll out a two-part docuseries fronted by musician Melissa Etheridge that…
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Germany’s ZDFinfo & Record TV in Brazil pick up Quintus’s ‘Red Zones’
Germany’s ZDFinfo and Record TV in Brazil have picked up Quintus Studios’ pilot episode of…
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eOne exec Blossom Lefcourt joins Universal Studio Group
Entertainment One’s former EVP of global business & legal affairs, Blossom Lefcourt, has joined universal…
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Cineflix lands Kurt Cobain & Ramses The Great docs for MIPTV
Cineflix Rights has picked up a raft of shows including a BBC Kurt Cobain documentary…
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MBC Group names veteran Samar Akrouk as MD of Studio division
MENA-based MBC Group has named veteran exec Samar Akrouk as MD of its in-house production…
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ITVS’s Twofour restructures, hires ‘007: Road To A Million’ & ‘The Circle’ execs
ITV Studios-owned Twofour has restructured its factual, entertainment and reality teams by hiring 007: Road…
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Paramount shares soar 15% as Skydance enters ‘exclusive talks’ to buy US studio
Top Gun producer Skydance is in exclusive talks to acquire Paramount Global, sending shares in…
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Amazon’s MGM+ strikes deal for Lionsgate & Starz shows in UK
Amazon’s streamer MGM+ has picked up rights to Lionsgate and Starz programming in the UK,…
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WBD adds HBO Max to Spain’s Movistar+, with Max to follow
Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with Spanish streamer Movistar+ to launch its HBO Max service…
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WBITVP launches New Zealand drama & D-Day docuseries on MIPTV slate
Warner Bros. International Television Production has unveiled a slate of new scripted and unscripted programming…
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Fox Nation teams with ‘Alex Cross’ author James Patterson for true crime docuseries
American novelist James Patterson is the latest famous name to partner with streaming service Fox…
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Germany’s NTV & US-based Big Media set ‘Fatal Engineering’ under output deal
RTL Germany’s free-to-air-channel NTV has commissioned Fatal Engineering, a new docuseries produced as the second…
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TBI Weekly: What’s driving Europe’s factual revolution?
US docuseries have helped to revolutionise factual content over the past decade but the genre’s…
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Fox Nation links with Martin Scorsese for religious docudrama
Fox Nation has partnered with Martin Scorsese for an eight-part religious docuseries that will explore…
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Zeppotron strikes development pact with Earl & Wilkinson’s Big Oval Plate
Banijay’s UK prodco Zeppotron has struck an exclusive development deal with David Earl and Joe…
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Rainmaker to shop Embankment dwarfism & UK miner’s strike docs
UK-based distributor Rainmaker Content has acquired the sales rights to two documentaries from Embankment Films…
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Rob Wade restructures Fox Entertainment, with new roles for Fernando Szew & Michael Thorn
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has restructured the company into three divisions: Fox Entertainment Studios,…
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BBCS calls on global prodcos for ideas to expand brands incl ‘Bluey’ & ‘Top Gear’
BBC Studios is calling on production companies from across the globe to pitch ideas that…