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Beyond Rights adds Tin Roof & Hat Trick alum for AVOD and Nordics
Australia- and UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has appointed an exec from Tin Roof Media to…
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Discovery NZ plans 70% local content boost & new channel launches
Discovery New Zealand has pledged a 70 per cent increase in local content, amid a…
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Woodcut Int’l partners with Rob Knox Foundation on knife crime doc
UK distributor Woodcut International has partnered with The Rob Knox Foundation to launch a documentary…
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CBBC takes a spin with Yeti’s teen ballroom dancer doc
CBBC, the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC, has commissioned a documentary about a…
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Muse hires Vice alum Michael Kronish for factual push
Canadian Coroner producer Muse Entertainment has inked an exclusive first-look deal with former Vice Media…
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Insight TV & MContent explore ‘The Blockchain Life’
Amsterdam-based, millennial-focused global channel Insight TV and tokenised content marketplace MContent have commissioned The Blockchain…
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Cineflix, Sky & Banijay among big winners at TBI’s Content Innovation Awards
Sky, Cineflix Rights and Banijay have been revealed as the big winners at the Content…
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News round-up: ‘Kensal Town’ wraps production; ‘Clarice’ comes to UK’s Alibi; eOne takes global Alleycats rights
‘Kensal Town’ wraps production UK-based Edit 6 has wrapped production on Kensal Town, a new…
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Jago Lee & Antica Prods link for new ‘audio first’ factual prodco
Veteran producer Jago Lee and John Fothergill have launched a new factual outfit with the…
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Buyers Profiles: SVT’s Mikael Österby & Canal Brasil’s Alexandre Cunha
As part of a new strand of content, TBI has partnered with online screenings portal…
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Docustream launches in UK via IMDb TV
SPI/FilmBox has expanded the reach of its factual channel Docustream to IMDb TV in the…
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Australian factual event AIDC goes hybrid & unveils speakers
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) is to make its first move into hybrid events…
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Showtime ups Jessie Dicovitsky to oversee original programming
ViacomCBS-owned Showtime has promoted Jessie Dicovitsky to the position of SVP of original programming. Based…
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Apple TV+ orders Eugene Levy travelogue from ITVS’s Twofour
Apple TV+ has ordered ITV Studios-owned Twofour to produce a new travelogue show with Schitt’s…
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BBC unveils Attenborough’s Mammoth special & Asia wildlife series
The BBC in the UK has ordered four new natural history series, including a David…
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Sky Arts partners with Zinc & Adobe for first ad-funded series
Sky Arts in the UK is launching its first-ever ad-funded programme, My Greatest Shot, a…
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News round-up: NATPE confirms physical Miami event; Endemol Shine Boomdog names scripted chief; LADstudios names production head; FilmRise true crime order
NATPE confirms physical Miami event The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has confirmed…
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BBC Studios merges APAC & EMEA, with Nick Percy named president
BBC Studios (BBCS) is to consolidate its APAC and EMEA distribution regions into a single…
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ViacomCBS to buy Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico as Spanish-language play expands
ViacomCBS is to expand its Spanish-language efforts after striking a deal to acquire a majority…
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Netflix adds Spanish comedy, dating & films as originals slate expands
Netflix has expanded its Spanish originals slate, with orders for new scripted and unscripted series,…
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‘Moonshiners’ prodco Magilla links with Chris Deaux’s Two Fifteen West
Moonshiners producer Magilla Entertainment has struck an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with veteran unscripted creative…
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BT Sport to air Rio Ferdinand football doc from ‘Finding Jack Charlton’ prodco
UK-based BT Sport is preparing a three-part docuseries from the producers behind BBC show Finding…
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NENT ramps up reality with deal for NBCU’s Hayu content
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group is to offer a raft of reality shows to its subscribers…
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In10 Media’s VP of strategy & development Mansi Darbar to step down
India-based broadcast, production and streaming group In10 Media Network’s Mansi Darbar is stepping down from…
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Abacus picks up climate doc ‘It Takes A Flood’ for global sales
UK-based Abacus Media Rights has acquired global distribution rights to the Docsville Studios documentary, It…
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Sales round-up: Scorpion TV shops Beatles in India; PBS & SVT ink factual deals; Canoe Films boards Chumbawamba doc
Scorpion TV shops Beatles in India UK-based Scorpion TV has acquired global distribution rights to…
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Hulu promotes originals execs Ashley Chang & Beth Osisek to VP roles
Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has promoted Ashley Chang to VP of content development for original…
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Off The Fence launches ‘Harry Potter’-themed travel series for global sales
ZDF Enterprises-owned European factual producer and distributor Off The Fence has launched an upcoming Harry Potter-themed…
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SBS Australia hears ‘Voices Of The Dead’ in Cineflix Rights factual deal
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired more than 20 hours of factual content, following a deal…
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Hulu expands unscripted with Corus Studios deals
Disney-owned streamer Hulu has acquired four unscripted shows following deals with Toronto-based producer and distributor…