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Propagate & NBA’s Russell Westbrook explore history of African American basketball
US-based Propagate Content, NBA great Russell Westbrook’s Zero World Media and the Black Fives Foundation…
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Sweden’s SVT & UR pick a bunch of TVF’s historical shows
Sweden’s SVT and Finland’s YLE are among a raft of Nordic outfits to pick up…
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Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs’ Candle Media buys into Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios
Candle Media, the private equity-backed investment firm launched by former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and…
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All3’s Little Dot & History Hit set course for Shackleton’s shipwreck
All3Media’s Little Dot Studios and its SVOD platform History Hit have partnered with a new…
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FilmRise hires Lionsgate, Vudu alum to oversee digital distribution
US-based producer and sales firm FilmRise has hired the head of content at NBCUniversal and…
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Sky Studios eyes factual expansion with Dorothy St Pictures deal
Sky Studios has agreed a development deal with Julia Nottingham’s UK-based outfit Dorothy St Pictures….
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Peacock orders trio of Winter Olympics docs ahead of 2022 Games
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has commissioned a trio of new documentaries ahead of the 2022 Olympic…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ named Paramount+ ‘most-watched’ original
ViacomCBS-owned streamer Paramount+ has revealed its most-watched shows of 2021, with Star Trek: Discovery its…
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BBC Studios & Universal Music’s Mercury forge development pact
BBC Studios (BBCS) and Mercury Studios, the Universal Music Group (UMG) content studio, have struck…
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Canada’s Super Channel pushes Go Button for factual originals
Canadian pay-tv channel Super Channel Fuse has ordered two new factual docuseries and acquired two…
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ITVS & BBCS streamer BritBox to launch in Nordics after C More deal
BritBox will be rolled out into the Nordics in early 2022, following a deal with…
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RDF West names new chief to replace founder Mark Hill
UK-based Tipping Point producer RDF West has appointed Jo Scarratt-Jones as managing director, following incumbent Mark…
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News round-up: SBS takes Principal shows; AMC & M7 Group expand partnership; Media Ranch seals format deals
SBS takes Principal shows Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired documentary film Magic In The Mountains…
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108 Media completes DCD acquisition & plans further M&A activity
US- and Singapore-based financier, producer and distributor 108 Media has completed its acquisition of UK-based…
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UK’s Nine Lives hires Transparent TV founder as co-creative director
UK production outfit Nine Lives Media is opening an office in Birmingham and has hired…
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Paramount+ expands ‘channels’ with ‘Survivor’, ‘SpongeBob’ & ‘CSI: Miami’
ViacomCBS-owned streamer Paramount+ is expanding its live channels offering, rolling out 18 linear offerings for…
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BBCS ANZ hires Screentime’s Deb Spinocchia to lead development & production
BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand (BBCS ANZ) has appointed Screentime Australia’s Deb Spinocchia to…
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UK’s Wall to Wall appoints BBC commissioner as creative director
UK producer Wall to Wall has appointed BBC factual commissioning editor Emily Smith as its…
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Thunderbird Entertainment CCO Matthew Berkowitz promoted to president
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has promoted Matthew Berkowitz to the role of president, which he will…
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UK’s BossaNova unveils second pitching event plans
UK-based distribution firm Bossanova has put out an open call to factual indies interested in…
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Germany’s Vox sets date with French format ‘Love IRL’
Germany’s Vox has ordered a local version of French reality-based documentary format Love IRL. The…
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Beyond, Blue Ant, Studiocanal & Cineflix among distributors joining London TV Screenings
Studiocanal, Beyond Rights, Blue Ant International and Cineflix Rights are among a swathe of distributors…
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News round-up: Shudder extends ‘Dragula’; SK Global to adapt ‘Nameless’ thrillers; Starzplay powers on with ‘Ghost’
Shudder extends Dragula AMC Networks-owned streamer Shudder has extended drag competition series The Boulet Brothers’…
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Exclusive: Beyond rejigs as head of sales & commercial director depart
Beyond Rights’ head of sales, Simona Argenti, and its commercial & business affairs director, Claire…
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Endemol Shine NA partners with Everywoman Studios to expand female-focused accelerator
Endemol Shine North America has partnered with with Abby Greensfelder’s Everywoman Studios and Realscreen to…
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Japan’s NHK latest to take ‘Emergency Call’ from Lineup
Japanese public broadcaster NHK is preparing to air a local version of Lineup Industries’ documentary…
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Global Screen & Tadmor partner for ‘Munich ’72’ terror attack docuseries
German Telepool brand Global Screen has partnered with Israeli producer and distributor Tadmor Entertainment and…
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Discovery+, Cineplex & Nippon TV pick up Passion programming
Discovery+, Cineplex and Nippon TV are among those to have bagged shows from Passion Distribution,…
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All3’s Little Dot hires marketing exec as History Hit’s head of growth
All3Media’s Little Dot Studios has hired a marketing exec from digital restaurant platform Taster to…
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News round-up: Japan’s NHK gets ‘Wanted’; Fox builds more Lego; India’s Epic rejigs focus
Japan’s NHK takes ‘Wanted’ doc Japan’s NHK has taken free TV rights to one-off doc…