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ITV confirms Who Wants to Be a Millionaire reprisal
UK broadcaster ITV is bringing back quiz format Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The…
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RTL to increase spend on VOD services
RTL Group will increase investment in its on-demand services in the territories where it has…
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Online net BBC Three lands £10m content investment
British online channel BBC Three has bagged an additional £10 million (US$13.9 million) for new…
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Lionsgate brings Kim Kardashian’s prank show to Facebook
Lionsgate has partnered with Facebook to bring unscripted series You Kiddin’ Me, which is executive…
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Apple taps Sony for new Latin America head
Apple has hired Sony Pictures Television’s Angélica Guerra as its first head of Latin American…
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Netflix orders talk show from Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj
Netflix is bringing in yet another talk show, this time with The Daily Show’s Hasan…
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Banijay buys My Kitchen Rules UK producer
Banijay Group has acquired 7Wonder, the UK-based unscripted producer behind the British remake of My…
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Galer exits Fremantle France as ex-NRJ exec steps up
Monica Galer will be stepping down as president of FremantleMedia France after seven years and…
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First ever Bell/CTV format deal secured through Sony in UK
A deal that will see Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shopping Canadian format The Launch internationally…
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ITV America rejigs management at Housewives prodco Sirens
Jessica Sebastian-Dayeh has been named president of ITV America unscripted production company Sirens Media, with…
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Amazon to spin The Remix from Global Agency
Amazon Prime Video has picked up an Indian version of music reality show The Remix…
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Sky UK picks up James Corden highlights series from CBS
Sky UK has signed a licensing agreement with CBS Studios International for a new exclusive…
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BBC sets up new Office in India
BBC mockumentary sitcom The Office is to be remade in India. Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment has…
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ITV America ups Adam Sher to president as rejig continues
ITV America CEO David George has appointed Adam Sher (pictured) as the unscripted producer’s new…
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Netflix picks up Marie Kondo series on ‘the magic of tidying up’
Netflix has ordered an unscripted series with author and home organisation guru Marie Kondo (pictured),…
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Aalderink and Lubbers band with MGM in Euro formats push
US studio MGM has set up a Dutch-based formats development operations with European programming execs…
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DRG buys into ex-ITV Studios execs’ new prodco
UK distributor DRG is planning to invest in a spate of production companies, and has…
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Netflix signs Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf for talk show
Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf has landed her own weekly Netflix half-hour talk show, set to…
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NBC’s Jennifer Salke replaces Roy Price at Amazon Studios
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke is set to become Amazon Studio’s head of content, replacing…
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Vox to start Knife Fight in Germany with NBCUniversal format
German network Vox has commissioned a local version of NBCUniversal International Formats (NBCUIF)-sold culinary series…
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Telefónica takes originals strategy to Latin America
Telefónica is to take its slate of Spanish originals to the Latin American market with…
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Netflix influences viewing habits even in non-core genres – study
Having a popular content brand name like Netflix remains a key driver in picking up…
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Burnett & Darnell create ‘entertainment Olympics’ show for CBS
Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell (below right) have joined forces to conjure up the “Olympics…
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Thames hires Boomerang’s Baldwin as development director
FremantleMediaUK’s Thames has appointed Boomerang’s Shona Baldwin as director of development. Baldwin will work closely…
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UKTV hires Baby Cow’s Waddell in originals push
British broadcaster UKTV has hired Kerry Waddell from UK indie Baby Cow Productions. Waddell (pictured)…
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Bunim/Murray reshuffles senior roles after Jenkins exit
Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) is elevating the role of senior programming and development staff after the…
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Ex-ABC unscripted chief to create Spinnaker Chaos with Red Arrow
US unscripted producer John Saade is housing his new production company, Spinnaker Chaos, at Red…
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Eurodata: TV industry increasingly looking abroad for ideas
Of the roughly 9,000 new and recurring TV programmes that aired in 2017, some 46%…
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Brent Montgomery leaving ITV America to launch venture
Brent Montgomery is exiting his CEO spot at ITV America to create a new entertainment…
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Paul Greenberg departs A+E’s FYI to launch video consultancy
A+E Network’s FYI channel head, Paul Greenberg, is departing from the company to launch a…