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Discovery+ orders classic car docuseries with ‘Grand Tour’ star Richard Hammond
Discovery has commissioned a six-part classic car-focused docuseries, featuring The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond, for…
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CuriosityStream orders Blue Ant & Jupiter docuseries
Factual streamer CuriosityStream has ordered a 20-part docuseries that explores numerical facts linked with major…
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Netflix orders ‘Big Vape’ docuseries on e-cigarette firm Juul
Netflix has ordered a new docuseries based on the book Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise Of…
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Wapanatahk Media partners with ‘Amazing Race’ winners for unscripted series
Wapanatahk Media, the recently-launched Canadian production company focused on Indigenous storytelling, is in development on…
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Amazon Studios ups Dan Grabiner to head UK originals
Amazon Studios has promoted Dan Grabiner to head of UK originals. The former head of…
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Showtime seeks the truth about UFOs with JJ Abrams
ViacomCBS-owned Showtime network has commissioned UFO, a four-part docuseries about the unidentified flying object phenomenon,…
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CBS Reality makes double order for Polish true crime originals
UK-based fact-ent channel CBS Reality has commissioned two locally produced original true crime series in…
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Netflix orders Brazilian true crime docuseries around notorious Matsunaga murder
Netflix has commissioned a documentary series exploring one of Brazil’s notorious crimes – the 2012…
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BBC Studios hires BBC commissioner for history & arts docs
BBC Studios Productions has appointed former commissioner Abigail Priddle as creative director for the history…
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News round-up: Sky, Yes TV buy ‘Cured’; Walter Presents strikes deal with NTV; BBC expands Mary Berry’s cooking
Sky, Yes buy Cured from Drive Sky in the UK and Italy has picked up rights…
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India’s Voot & Germany’s Deutsche Welle join up for ‘Her’
Indian AVOD streamer Voot has linked up with German-based international broadcaster Deutsche Welle on a…
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Indian streamer Zee5 to roll out in US
Indian streamer Zee5 is to launch in the US later this month, offering more than…
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All3Media acquires NENT Studios UK
All3Media has acquired NENT Studios’ UK distribution business – formerly known as DRG – from…
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Exclusive: Discovery EMEA content boss on co-pros & ‘bigger budgets’
Discovery’s EMEA content boss says the company is open to co-productions with other broadcasters in…
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Disney’s Hulu expands home renovation with Red Arrow deal
Disney-owned streamer Hulu has struck a far-reaching deal with Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) that…
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Sky expands docs with Minnow Films, BBCS & RAW commissions
UK-based pay TV operator Sky has commissioned five new shows for its documentary-focused channel, including a three-parter about…
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Commissioning round-up: Netflix orders Mike Myers series; Discovery+ cooks up culinary shows; ITV doc marks Princess Diana 60th
Netflix orders Mike Myers series Netflix has commissioned The Pentaverate, a new limited series created…
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Deals round-up: ITVS takes ‘Great Barrier’ global; ‘The Wall Duet’ lands in Europe; Alchimie strikes Irida content deal
ITV Studios takes ‘Great Barrier Reef’ global UK-based ITV Studios has acquired international distribution rights…
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‘Broken Harts’ prodco Jupiter hire Anonymous alum, unveils projects
Broken Harts producer Jupiter Entertainment has hired a former Anonymous Content exec and revealed details…
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Netflix forms creative partnership with Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions
Netflix has inked a multi-year first-look deal with Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez and her production…
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UKTV hires Emile Nawagamuwa as factual commissioner
UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to help grow its factual and fact-ent…
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Exclusive: MENA’s Starzplay unscripted plans & Ramadan drama success
Dubai-based SVOD Starzplay is moving into original unscripted content, with several as-yet unannounced formats in…
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‘Outback Truckers’ firm Prospero rejigs team as Punchard exits
Outback Truckers outfit Prospero Productions has rejigged its senior management team, with Julia Redwood now sole owner…
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C5 expands diversity-focused Indie Initiative with ‘Posh Sleepover’ & ‘Greatest Toys’ orders
ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 has unveiled two commissions to have come out of its diverse led…
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Apple TV+ orders ‘Peanuts’ documentary special
Apple TV+ has announced Who Are You, Charlie Brown? a new documentary special exploring the…
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Hulu serves up more food with All3’s ‘Baker’s Dozen’ competition format
Disney-owned streamer Hulu has ordered another food-related show, this time a baking competition format from All3Media-owned Bright Spot…
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WarnerMedia’s president of France, Benelux & Germany to step down
WarnerMedia’s president of France, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland Iris Knobloch is stepping down, after…
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OWN appoints 495 Productions’ Drew Tappon to lead unscripted development
The Discovery-owned Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has hired former 495 Productions exec Drew Tappon to…
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News round-up: Love Nature Launches on Telenor Sweden; Channel 5 heads to the seaside; UKTV finds out ‘Who Cares?’ with YouTube star
Love Nature Launches on Telenor Sweden Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks-owned nature streaming brand Love Nature has launched…
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Portugal’s RTP1 returns to MasterChef as Oz welcomes celeb spin-off
Portugal’s RTP1 and Network 10 in Australia have ordered new seasons from the Masterchef franchise….