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Netflix extends gameshow ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ into second season
Netflix has ordered a second season of high-profile gameshow, Squid Game: The Challenge. The show,…
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ATF round-up: ITVS & Jiangsu ink format deal; Netflix, SBS & BBCS pick up Bomanbridge shows; ‘The Voice’ renewed in Thailand
ITVS & Jiangsu ink format deal ITV Studios and China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation have forged…
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ITV Studios options ‘Battle In The Box’ for France, Australia, New Zealand & Israel
ITV Studios has optioned Something Special’s Korean celebrity format Battle In The Box for France,…
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Banijay Asia & Endemol Shine India restructure teams following acquisition
Banijay-owned Indian production companies Banijay Asia and Endemol Shine India have restructured their teams with…
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ITV Studios appoints Jaye Entertainment as South Korean sales agent
ITV Studios has appointed Jaye Entertainment as its new distribution agent in South Korea. The…
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ATF round-up: Bomanbridge to sell Red Arrow series & formats; KBS buys from Abacus; WBD bags Blue Ant’s ‘Order Up!’
Red Arrow lands Bomanbridge pact Red Arrow Studios International and Bomanbridge Media have signed an…
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Music & factual prodco CC-Lab hires former ‘Top Gear’ director Hannah Springham
UK-based music and factual producer CC-Lab has landed producer Hannah Springham to work across its…
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CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 600 jobs & $29m content spend amid rising costs & digital competition
Canadian public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada has announced plans to cut around 600 jobs and reduce its…
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BBC faces further cuts as gov’t plans for below-inflation licence fee rise
UK public broadcaster the BBC is to receive a below-inflation increase to the licence fee…
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Tencent Video orders UK make-up format ‘Glow Up’ from Warner Bros. Discovery China
Tencent Video in China is preparing to launch a local version of make-up format Glow…
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Viaplay to sell Paprika Studios as shares dive 75% on Q3 results & recapitalisation plan
Viaplay has seen its shares dive 75% this morning after unveiling a recapitalisation plan ahead…
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Content London: ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ to return to Prime Video; Sony’s Ahuja talks ‘cooling’ US market; MGM+ unveils roll-out plans
Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm to return Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm will return for a fourth…
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Bunim/Murray teams with ‘Sex And The City’ author Candace Bushnell for dating format
Banijay Americas-owned Bunim/Murray Productions has partnered with Candace Bushnell, the author whose book was adapted…
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Argonon’s US label Rose Rock rejigs creative team by hiring Wheelhouse exec
Argonon’s US label Rose Rock Entertainment has restructured its creative team by hiring former Wheelhouse…
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Disney’s linear networks including ABC ‘not for sale’, says CEO Bob Iger
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s linear networks such as ABC and FX…
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Lionsgate ups Kate Nexon to president of domestic TV & digital distribution
Lionsgate has promoted Kate Nexon to president of domestic TV and digital distribution. In her…
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Deals round-up: ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’; Fremantle does ‘Battle In The Box’; Be-Entertainment to shop ‘Celebrity Farmsitters’
ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’ ITVX in the UK, Cosmote TV and…
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Content London: Banijay launches sports division; Netflix on content rights; WBD UK commissioning plans
Banijay is making a “significant push” into the world of sports, while Netflix revealed it…
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Belgium’s VTM is ‘Starstruck’ as Banijay format lands fifth adaptation
Belgian broadcaster VTM has commissioned a local adaptation of Banijay entertainment format Starstruck. Banijay Belgium…
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Fremantle settles with ‘Got Talent’ host David Walliams following off-camera comments
Fremantle has reached an “amicable resolution” with David Walliams, the former host of ITV’s competition…
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News round-up: CMP draws ‘Civil Blood’; ‘Love Catcher’ lands in Japan; Paramount+ Canada preps Boat Rocker comedies
Caryn Mandabach draws ‘Civil Blood’ Peaky Blinders producer Caryn Mandabach Productions is making Civil Blood,…
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Banijay to ‘ambitiously expand’ branded content with Carlotta Rossi Spencer-led division
Banijay plans to “ambitiously expand” its branded content activities by launching a central, standalone division…
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‘MILF Manor’ firm Spun Gold restructures under 53 Degrees Global, launches Kerene Barefield firm
MILF Manor prodco Spun Gold is restructuring its operations with the creation of 53 Degrees…
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WGGB calls for “complete reset” as Diamond report records “significant drop” in UK women writers & directors
The number of women writers and directors contributing to British TV has declined over the…
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Warner Bros. International Television Production’s chief in Iberia steps down after seven years
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP)’s chief in Spain & Portugal, Sebastián Moguilevsky, is stepping…
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Satisfaction Group partners with Mediacrest alum Daniel Domenjó for Iberian label
French production firm Satisfaction Group has partnered with former Mediacrest executive director Daniel Domenjó to…
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ITV creates brand-funded unit BE Studio to create ‘entirely new formats’
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has launched a new ad-funded entertainment unit to create entirely new…
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Blue Ant Media sets top production & distribution team following Marblemedia deal
Blue Ant Media has set the management team that will oversee its yet-to-be named studio…
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Finland’s MTV3 joins Endemol Shine Australia’s dating format ‘Love Triangle’
MTV3 in Finland has become the third company to remake Australian reality format Love Triangle….
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BBC to rest ‘Top Gear’ for “the foreseeable future” following Freddie Flintoff car crash
BBC motoring show Top Gear is to be rested “for the foreseeable future” following the…