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Jonathan & Simon Chinn’s Lightbox exits C4’s Indie Growth Fund
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s London and LA-based production company Lightbox is to exit Channel 4’s…
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News roundup: Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world; Sweden’s SVT enters ‘The Red Room’; Marathon sets first scripted project
Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world Amcomri Media Group-owned Abacus Media Rights has acquired…
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NBCU’s layoffs continue as Susan Rovner’s entertainment team revealed
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has made a raft of appointments to her new-look entertainment team, with 50…
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News round-up: Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’; C More renews ‘Blinded’; RTÉ undertakes ‘The Love Experiment’
Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’ Netflix has acquired Australian spy thriller Operation Buffalo to steam…
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Canada’s Bell Media cuts another 200 jobs in latest ‘streamlining’
Canada’s Bell Media has made another swathe of job cuts, with senior execs reportedly among…
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Sky hires BBC, C4 execs to bolster factual commissioning team
UK-based Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds from the BBC and Janine Thomas from Channel 4…
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Passion Pictures poaches Minnow’s David Moulton for docuseries push
Oscar-winning producer Passion Pictures has hired David Moulton from Minnow Films as its creative director,…
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Univision buys Spanish-language streamer VIX to bolster AVOD push
US-based Hispanic broadcaster Univision has acquired Spanish-language streamer Vix, which it will use to supercharge its…
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ITV Studios launches production trainee scheme to bolster diversity
ITV Studios (ITVS) has launched a production trainee scheme aimed at fast-tracking new and diverse…
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TBI Talks launches London Screenings specials
Ahead of The London Screenings in March, join TBI for a series of genre-focused discussions…
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XTR launches global non-scripted AVOD Documentary+
Documentary+, a new non-scripted AVOD platform from US-based XTR and the late Zappos founder Tony…
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Discovery promotes Lynn Ng to head of content in Asia-Pac
Discovery has promoted long-serving exec Lynn Ng to become VP & head of content for…
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News round-up: BBC adds ‘Bates Motel’ & Steve McQueen docs; Barcroft appointments; Gold’s latest original; Red Arrow bags Britney doc
BBC adds Bates Motel & Steve McQueen docs The BBC in the UK has ordered two…
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Exclusive: Globoplay & Starzplay eye int’l partnerships & coproductions
Starzplay and Globoplay are looking to expand their global reach by increasing their coproduction activity around the world,…
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Endemol Shine Boomdog plans first-ever Upfront for mixed scripted & unscripted slate
Endemol Shine Boomdog, the Mexico-based division of Endemol Shine North America, has announced its first-ever…
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AMCNI lines up ‘Mirage’ & ‘Narcos: Mexico’ for new Spanish linear channel
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) is launching a new general interest pay-TV linear channel…
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YouTube reveals ‘$30bn payments to creatives’ in last three years
YouTube has paid more than $30bn to creators, media companies and artists over the past…
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Factual round up: Discovery orders Sydney obs-doc; Blue Ant unveils slate; Hat Trick deals with Monty Halls’ Seadog
Discovery orders Sydney Harbour obs-doc Discovery UK and Discovery Australia and New Zealand have commissioned…
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Red Arrow’s US prodco 44 Blue promotes for programming & development
Red Arrow Studios-owned 44 Blue Productions in the US has promoted two of its senior…
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UK’s C4 overhauls commissioning & acquisitions with Sarah Lazenby departing
Channel 4 in the UK has become the latest broadcaster to restructure its senior exec…
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BBCS exec Jon Swain to take reins as new Shine TV MD
Banijay-owned UK factual label Shine TV has appointed BBC Studios exec Jon Swain as its…
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News round-up: Apple TV+ extends ‘Tehran’; Quintus deals in France; SBS, ZDF take PBS Trump doc; FILMPIXS launch
Apple TV+ returns to Tehran Apple TV+ has ordered a second season of Israeli drama…
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ITV orders factual special on Irish baby deaths; RTÉ and Topic onboard
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned a documentary about the Irish mother and baby home scandal…
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Marblemedia hires Proper TV’s Mike Armitage and ups Kelsey Espensen in factual push
Canadian prodco Marblemedia has hired Proper Television exec Mike Armitage as its new development producer…
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Exclusive: BBC’s ‘Winterwatch’ pioneers green production power
The UK-based BBC Studios Natural History Unit has taken a step forward for green production…
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What is driving the factual boom?
As Realscreen gets underway online, TBI deputy editor Mark Layton talks to top execs at…
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News round-up: West One shops star-studded climate doc; HiddenLight adapts Syrian conflict book; J2911 adds TCF4 factual duo
West One to shop star-studded climate change doc UK-based West One International has acquired exclusive…
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Deals round-up: ITVS invests in Israeli drama; Fox buys eOne’s ‘Diggstown’; GRB’s global sales
ITVS invests in Israeli drama ITV Studios (ITVS) has invested in upcoming Israeli thriller Jerusalem, which…
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Blink Films hires Antidote Productions co-founder as exec producer
UK factual indie Blink Films has hired producer Laura Jones to work across its special…
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Storyglass hires Audible, ITN & Initial alum Steve Carsey as MD
Fremantle-backed podcast-skewing prodco Storyglass has appointed Audible’s Steve Carsey as its MD. Former ITN Productions…