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BBC Studios & Nippon TV co-develop ‘Koso Koso’ gameshow format
BBC Studios in the UK and Nippon TV in Japan have partnered to co-develop a…
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Prime Video orders ‘Ebuka Turns Up Africa’ & seeks Nigerian unscripted
Prime Video has announced Ebuka Turns Up Africa, a travel-reality show following Nigerian TV personality…
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Prime Video joins ‘The 1% Club’ in US & Canada
Prime Video has acquired the rights to BBC Studios’ game show format, The 1% Club for…
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Exclusive: The CW digital chief on “big swings” in unscripted & broadened scripted slate
The CW in the US is taking “big swings” as it pushes into more unscripted…
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Paramount’s Bob Bakish on “playing through the trough” & partnership focus
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish has said the company is “playing through the trough” of a…
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Sister hires former Netflix exec as president of strategy & business affairs
This Is Going To Hurt producer Sister has hired former Netflix exec Efrain Miron to…
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Spain’s Mediapro plots US & English-language market expansion
Spain’s Mediapro Studio is looking to expand its operations in the US and across the…
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Banijay unveils global accelerator program for female-led format creation
Banijay has launched a global accelerator program led by Endemol Shine North America’s Sharon Levy…
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BBC Studios sales chief Rebecca Glashow eyes new models amid cool market
BBC Studios distribution chief Rebecca Glashow has said the Planet Earth III and The Famous…
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Australia’s Foxtel orders Ronde reality format ‘Billion Dollar Playground’ for Binge
The Foxtel Group in Australia has commissioned docu-soap reality format Billion Dollar Playground for streaming…
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ProSiebenSat.1 outlines strategy to survive ‘unprecedented decline’ of German ad market
ProSiebenSat.1 is to invest upwards of €1bn ($1.05m) in programming next year that can work…
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Mediaset Spain rolls ‘Marble Mania’ for Telecinco
Mediaset Spain’s FTA channel Telecinco has ordered a local version of Talpa format Marble Mania….
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RTL4 in the Netherlands & Denmark’s TV2 tune up Fremantle’s ‘The Piano’
RTL4 in the Netherlands and TV2 in Denmark have both acquired the rights to Fremantle…
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Warner Bros. Discovery to start Max roll-out in Europe in spring 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is rolling its Max service out in Europe in the spring…
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MIPCOM’s Lucy Smith on MENA’s rise, navigating a ‘difficult’ market & the Content Innovation Awards
As the industry descends on MIPCOM, event director Lucy Smith reflects on shifting US studio…
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TBI Weekly: How to do MIPCOM 2023 right
TBI columnist & MIPCOM veteran Siobhan Crawford suggests some common etiquette as the industry descends…
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Gianni Nunnari & Simon Horsman set up Euro Gang Entertainment
Producer-financier duo Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman have launched Euro Gang Entertainment to develop, finance…
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Former Shine Int’l & Electus CEO Chris Grant launches distribution firm Osmosis Global
Chris Grant, the former Electus CEO and president of Shine International, has launched a new…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: The Summit
Producer: Endemol Shine Australia, Nine Network | Distributor: Banijay Rights | Broadcaster: Nine Network (Australia)…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: The Underdog
Producers: Primal Media & Motion Content Group | Distributor: All3Media International | Broadcaster: E4 (UK)…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: Love ALLways
Producer: Awesomeness Unscripted and Digital Studio | Distributor: Paramount Global Content Distribution | Broadcaster: Paramount+…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: Hot Yachts – Miami
Producer: Curve Media | Distributor: Fifth Season | Broadcaster: Paramount+ (UK) Sea, sun and sex-appeal…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: The Lost Ones
Producer: Strong Productions | Distributor: Fremantle | Broadcaster: TV2 (Denmark) Co-operation is key in this…
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German broadcasters ARD & ZDF combine libraries for joint streamer
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have formally rolled out their combined streaming service, which…
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Sales round-up: A+E takes ‘Spouse On Strike’; Global Agency takes Japanese cookery show global; Banijay welcomes ‘Charlie and Lola’
A+E takes Spouse On Strike A+E Networks has acquired international distribution rights to Spouse On…
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‘Outback Truckers’ firm Prospero lands Eureka exec Sharron Ashworth as COO
Outback Truckers firm Prospero Productions has hired Eureka Productions exec Sharron Ashworth as its COO….
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‘Maradona: Sueño Bendito’ prodco BTF Media hires TV Azteca exec amid reorg
Miami-based BTF Media, the prodco behind Canal 9 and Amazon Prime Video’s series Maradona: Sueño…
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A+E Factual Studios hires Netflix alum Jhamal Robinson to head production
A+E Factual Studios has appointed Netflix and Discovery alum Jhamal Robinson to the newly created…
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News round-up: CBC investigates ghostly series; Roku lands ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’; ViX shows head to Portugal
CBC investigates ghostly series Canadian broadcaster CBC has greenlit unscripted comedy series Ghosting With Luke…
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Sales round-up: UK & South Africa grow ‘Hungry For Love’; Rabbit to shop Monday content; O4 Media takes ‘Boys Love’ rights
UK & South Africa grow ‘Hungry For Love’ Objective and All3Media subsidiary Betty TV has optioned the…