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Amazon to investigate ‘The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith’
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned true-crime docuseries The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith as…
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Sales round-up: Sky buys double Espresso; German Gold finds ‘Room To Improve’; Foxtel joins ‘New Life In The Country’
Sky buys double Espresso Sky Crime and Sky Arts in the UK have picked up…
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Amazon hires ProSiebenSat.1 chief to lead streamer in Germany
Amazon has hired ProSiebenSat.1’s former MD Kaspar Pfluger to lead its Prime Video operation in…
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ARTE takes flight with butterfly docuseries from Pernel Media
Franco-German broadcaster ARTE has ordered Butterflies: Superheroes Of Nature, a new nature and science docuseries…
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All3Media Int’l appoints NBCU exec to lead Latin America sales
All3Media International has hired NBC Universal (NBCU)’s Yari Torres to oversee sales in Latin America….
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Netflix to open CEE hub in Poland as streamer looks to ‘deepen regional ties’
Netflix is opening a new office in Poland that will act as a hub for…
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Amazon reveals ‘James Bond’ competition show from MGM, 72 Films
Amazon has greenlit a competition show based on the James Bond franchise, which recently became…
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News round-up: AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows; ITV re-commissions game show duo; CTV goes ‘Farming For Love’
AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows AETN UK, Foxtel Australia and Pluto TV in…
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CNN promotes Jon Adler to SVP of originals ahead of streamer launch
CNN has upped Jon Adler to become SVP of programme development for original series, as…
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M6 AVOD 6play acquires ‘Thérapie’, ‘Real Par Soul Sisters’ & more in Vice content deal
French media group M6 has acquired more than 100 hours of factual content, following an…
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WELT boards Quintus & Middlechild docuseries ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Rescues’
German FTA network WELT and Quintus Studios’ YouTube channel Free Documentary have picked up a…
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Objective Media Group America appoints new president & SVP development
Objective Media Group America has promoted Jilly Pearce to the role of president, while Michael…
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TelevisaUnivision SVOD ViX+ inks first-look deal with Propagate Fuego
TelevisaUnivision has struck a first-look deal with Propagate Fuego to produce original Spanish-language scripted and…
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News round-up: SBS & HBO Nordics look ‘Beneath The Surface’; Andrea Bocelli doc journeys to MIPTV; Viaplay takes Espresso doc trio
SBS & HBO Nordics look ‘Beneath The Surface’ Viaplay in the US and UK, SBS…
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ZED strikes pact with France’s Label News for Egypt slate
French documentary producer-distributor ZED has struck a sales pact with domestic prodco Label News on…
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Banijay buys Matteo Rovere & Sydney Sibilia’s Italian producer Grøenlandia
Banijay has acquired Romulus producer Grøenlandia Group in a deal that also hands it control…
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China’s iQiyi, ABC in Oz buy environmental shows from TVF Int’l
BAM in Asia and the ABC in Australia have picked up rights to environmental show…
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Curiosity launches FAST channel via TV set manufacturer LG
Factual outfit Curiosity has launched a free, ad-supported streaming channel via a partnership with TV…
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Arrow Media hires Red Marble co-founder to fuel US expansion
UK factual indie Arrow Media has appointed Stephen Dost as its first-ever US-based executive producer…
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Bavaria Fiction hires A+E alum to head new documentary unit
German scripted producer Bavaria Fiction is moving into documentaries with the launch of a new…
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UKTV’s W preps Alex Jones & Rochelle Humes shows as channel goes FTA
BBC Studios-owned multichannel service UKTV is taking its female-skewing entertainment channel W free-to-air (FTA) and…
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Tellycast unveils new London-based Content Funding Festival
Leading TV podcast TellyCast has unveiled a unique new industry event designed to bring content…
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ITV orders Ross Kemp-fronted search for Michael Jackson’s zoo
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a primetime documentary following actor and presenter Ross Kemp as…
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Nat Geo poaches BBC Studios’ Tom McDonald to lead global factual & unscripted
National Geographic has hired senior BBC Studios factual exec Tom McDonald as EVP of global…
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RTL Group to triple original spending, as Fremantle hits $2.1bn revenue
RTL Group saw its profits soar to €1.5bn ($1.6bn) in 2021, with production arm Fremantle…
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News round-up: Pluto TV sets Nordics launch; ZED to sell Zelenskyy doc; Federation shops ‘Good People’
Pluto TV sets Nordics launch Paramount Global’s AVOD service Pluto TV will launch in Sweden,…
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BBC hires exec from ITVS’s The Garden as factual commissioner
The BBC has hired Anna Dickeson from ITV Studios-owned UK producer The Garden as a…
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Fox-owned AVOD Tubi to double originals output, but retain acquisition focus
Fox-owned AVOD service Tubi plans to double its originals output to around 80 projects in…
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Amazon & MGM’s $8.5bn deal gains European Union approval
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and…
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Sister invests in Netflix’s Pamela Anderson doc prodco Dorothy St Pictures
Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Sister Pictures has acquired a minority stake in…