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UK production revenues near pre-Covid levels, but int’l & streamer spending falls, says Pact
UK TV production revenues are bouncing back to pre-Covid levels, though figures from international TV…
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Netflix expands Brazil offer with crime show & Candelaria Massacre drama
Netflix is expanding its Brazilian offering with a flurry of new shows, including an investigative crime…
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Asylum Entertainment Group acquires ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!’ prodco Texas Crew
LA-based Asylum Entertainment Group has acquired Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! producer Texas Crew Productions. Asylum…
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Fox-backed Studio Ramsay Global hires Propagate’s distribution chief
Fox Entertainment-backed Studio Ramsay Global (SRG) has made its first senior executive hire with the…
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SkyShowtime names Paramount exec as VP of distribution & partnerships
SkyShowtime has named a Paramount exec to work across its roll-out of the soon-to-launch streamer….
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French TV exports hit record high of $373m, as tax rebate fuels surging int’l investment
French TV exports hit a record €375.9m ($373m) in 2021, while improvements to the country’s…
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ZDF Studios & Curiosity explore ‘Restless Planet’ in co-pro docuseries
ZDF Studios subsidiary ZDF Digital has partnered with Curiosity and ZDFinfo for Restless Planet (working…
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SkyShowtime lines up Nordic launch date & programming offer
Comcast and Paramount have unveiled the launch date, cost and show line-up for its combined streamer…
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News round-up: BBC Scotland doc tackles ‘Ice Cream Wars’; S4C awards Welsh ‘Gogglebox’ tender; RASI acquires ‘Kid Sister’ & ‘Summer Love’ rights
BBC Scotland doc tackles ‘Ice Cream Wars’ BBC Scotland has commissioned indie Two Rivers Media…
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WBD reveals Nordic exec team, with Discovery alum taking key content role amid departures
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its senior leadership team in the Nordics, with a…
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Amazon’s Freevee licenses ‘The Suze Orman Show’
Amazon’s AVOD service Freevee has secured a two-year licensing deal for all 14 seasons of…
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Discovery+ embarks on ‘Expedition Borderlands’ in India & Philippines
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer Discovery+ is launching Expedition Borderlands with Levison Wood and Ash Bhardwaj,…
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Just 48 hours left to enter TBI’s Content Innovation Awards 2022!
There is just 48 hours left to enter this year’s Content Innovation Awards, with producers,…
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Aito Media founder & YLE alum launch Finnish prodco Ilkkas’ Creative Studio
Aito Media founder Ilkka Hynninen and former YLE director Ilkka Rahkonen have teamed up to…
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Entertainment One names SVP of unscripted development amid rejig
Hasbro-owned multinational Entertainment One (eOne) has promoted Ben Megargel to SVP of development for unscripted…
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ITV Studios hires Newen, TF1 alum to replace Sébastien Petiot as COO in France
ITV Studios (ITVS) has appointed Newen exec Céline Roux as COO of its operations in…
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Amazon Studios’ chief in Europe Georgia Brown to step down
Amazon Studios’ chief in Europe, Georgia Brown, is stepping down. Brown has led Amazon’s output…
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Samsung refreshes FAST service TV Plus, extends content deals with BBCS, A+E & more
Samsung is rebooting its FAST TV service, Samsung TV Plus, and has struck expanded content partnerships…
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Showtime promotes non-fiction exec to SVP of programming
Showtime Networks in the US has promoted Zoe Rogovin to SVP of programming. LA-based Rogovin…
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BBC Studios buys into Kelly Webb-Lamb’s Mothership Productions
BBC Studios (BBCS) has taken a 25% stake in Mothership Productions, the unscripted indie set…
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Exclusive: Globoplay’s head of content to step down at Brazilian giant
Globo veteran Ana Carolina Lima, who heads up content at the Brazilian giant’s streamer Globoplay,…
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Factual round-up: MagellanTV & Nigel Marven pact; HBO producing ‘BS High’ doc
MagellanTV & Nigel Marven pact Global documentary streaming service MagellanTV has partnered with veteran travel…
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ITV Studios strikes exclusive production pact in Poland
ITV Studios (ITVS) has struck an extended deal with Jake Vision that will hand the…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from the Edinburgh TV Festival
From snarky remarks around reboots, to a scripted industry in “corrective” mode and Netflix’s attempts to assert itself…
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TBI issues final deadline for Content Innovation Awards 2022 entries
TBI has issued a final call to enter the Content Innovation Awards 2022, with producers,…
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WBD cuts almost 30 HBO Max roles in Europe, including key commissioners
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to cut almost 30 staff from its HBO Max operation…
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Netflix UK talks up spending despite cost of living crisis & subs squeeze
Netflix in the UK has joined Amazon Prime Video in claiming it will not be…
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BBC tweaks factual commissioning team under Kate Phillips
The BBC has unveiled the latest tweaks to its senior factual team, working under unscripted…
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Universal Pictures & Beyond alum joins Australia’s Totem Global
Former Universal Pictures Australia acquisitions exec Jason Behan has joined social video monetisation outfit, Totem…
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Amazon Studios restructures unscripted, unveils UK originals
Amazon Studios has restructured the unscripted operations of its Prime Video and Freevee teams in…