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Abacus owner Amcomri buys Australia’s Flame Media for $2.4m
Australian distributor Flame Media has been acquired in a C$3m ($2.4m) deal by Amcomri Entertainment,…
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Exclusive: Ukraine eyes European pubcaster pre-buys to ‘fuel’ productions
Ukraine’s top production and channel groups are approaching European public broadcasters to pre-buy content from…
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils EMEA team, with five more senior exits
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its EMEA team, with a raft of country managers…
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BBC Studios & KBS extend factual content deal for 23rd year
BBC Studios (BBCS) in the UK and Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) have renewed their long-term…
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Former Food Network boss Courtney White links with Wheelhouse for Butternut joint venture
Courtney White, the former Food Network president and HGTV GM, is launching her new prodco…
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M7 Group eyes originals push as Canal+ synergies fuel local development
M7 Group is planning to ramp up original programming across its European footprint using the…
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Filmrise appoints director of unscripted production in originals push
New York-based streamer and producer FilmRise has appointed Cristina Guggino to the newly created position…
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Saloon Media ups new head of unscripted development & hires production exec
Blue Ant-owned Canadian prodco Saloon Media has upped Nick Crowe to head of unscripted development…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios joins rights marketplace Vuulr with 3,000-hour deal
BBC Studios (BBCS) has struck a deal that will see it placing more than 3,000…
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Blue Ant International buys Ben Barrett & Lilla Hurst’s Drive
Canada’s Blue Ant International has bought Drive Media Rights, the UK-based financier and distributor founded…
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Bitsmedia strikes Espresso content deal for Muslim-centric SVOD Qalbox
Singapore-based Bitsmedia has acquired more than 20 hours of content from UK distributor Espresso Media…
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Spoke Studios appoints president, EVP moves to Wheelhouse
US prodco Spoke Studios has appointed former Shed Media and High Noon exec Pam Healey…
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Pluto TV, All4 & Foxtel claim Cineflix true crime, science & history shows
Pluto TV in Latin America, the UK’s All4 and Foxtel in Australia have struck deals for…
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TBI Weekly: Why all eyes are on SVOD’s embrace of wildlife TV
Natural history has been evolving at pace over recent years, driven by surging demand from streamers….
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Factual round-up: Nutopia & Younge link for diverse projects; Marquee TV buys Helio Arts; WBD samples Espresso
Nutopia & Younge link for diverse projects Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia has struck a deal…
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Belgium’s Primitives hires Magnify alum as sales & acquisitions chief
Benelux format distributor Primitives has named a Be-Entertainment and Magnify Media alum as its new director of…
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Discovery+ orders ‘Vardy vs Rooney’ doc & extends ‘Johnny vs Amber’
Warner Bros. Discovery UK is expanding its ‘vs’ documentary format, with a follow-up to original…
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News round-up: Vice moves onto Tubi; MContent’s India mentor scheme; Be-Entertainment’s Italy deal
Vice moves onto Tubi Vice Distribution, the sales arm of Vice Media Group, has launched…
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Beyond Rights snags 20th Century Fox alum as VP of sales
Beyond Rights has rejigged its sales team, with former 20th Century Fox exec Kate Stevenson…
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‘The Next Jamie Vardy’ prodco Zig Zag hires Naked & ITN alums
Danny Fenton’s UK prodco Zig Zag has added execs from Naked and ITN Productions to…
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Argonon links with Leftfield, Spoke alum for new ‘Americana’ factual prodco
UK-based Argonon has unveiled its first US joint venture production outfit, after pairing up with…
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True North founders step down, COO takes reins in leadership rejig
Jess Fowle and Andrew Sheldon, the founders of Sky Studios-owned UK indie True North, are…
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Show of the week: Radioactive Forest 10 Years After
The nuclear accident at Fukushima in Japan, in March 2011, destroyed the region’s natural environment…
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Nordic streamer Ruutu takes ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ into Finland
Nelonen’s Nordic SVOD platform Ruutu has ordered a local version of SAS: Who Dares Wins, to…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s ID extends programming deal with UK’s Arrow Media
Investigation Discovery (ID) has added to its expanding relationship with UK producer Arrow Media by…
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Channel 4 links with Crackit, Two Rivers & Uppercut for unscripted projects
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned two new unscripted projects; property show Key To A…
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BBC to close CBBC & BBC Four as ‘digital first’ agenda set out
The BBC in the UK is closing children-focused channel CBBC and arts-skewing BBC Four, as…
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How Collective Media gave new wings to Smithsonian’s ‘Air Warriors’
Andrew Barron, series producer at UK factual prodco Collective Media Group, discusses taking over production…
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Scott Brothers hires former Leopard exec for unscripted development
Scott Brothers Entertainment, the prodco founded by Property Brothers hosts Drew and Jonathan Scott, has…
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Jupiter Entertainment ups development exec to SVP
Sky-backed Snapped prodco Jupiter Entertainment has promoted Chris Spry to SVP of development. Spry, who…