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Chilevisión heads back to ‘The Farm’ as Fremantle format returns after 18 years
Chilean broadcaster Chilevisión is bringing back Fremantle format The Farm (La Granja) to the country…
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Disney & Charter settle pay TV dispute as channels incl Nat Geo Wild & FXX dropped
Disney and Charter Communications have struck a new carriage deal, ending a 10-day blackout but…
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ITV Studios lands Banijay, Beyond alums as Beth Hart among execs upped in Oz rejig
ITV Studios in Australia has restructured its senior creative and production team, with Beth Hart…
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Amazon Studios UK & Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner exits to launch production outfit
Amazon Studios UK & Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner is stepping down to launch his…
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Blue Ant Int’l sales boss Solange Attwood steps down, teases new “creative-focused” role
Solange Attwood is stepping down as EVP of Blue Ant International, the sales arm of…
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Gucci owner Artémis buys US agency CAA from investment firm TPG
Gucci owner François Henri-Pinault’s Artémis has acquired a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA)….
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Keshet Int’l recruits Paramount & Armoza execs as sales team expands
Keshet International (KI) has bolstered its distribution arm with the appointment of Paramount’s Elena Antonini…
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Exclusive: Private equity & trade buyers circle Asacha Media as potential sale explored
Private equity companies and a clutch of trade buyers are understood to be circling Asacha…
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News round-up: MIA 2023 registration open; Paramount+ extends ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’; OnlyFans streamer OFTV goes ‘Off The Hook’
MIA 2023 registration open Registration is now open for the 2023 MIA International Audiovisual Market…
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Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas exits Greek production unit
Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas is leaving the company, two years after setting up the…
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Roku to cut 300 staff & pull programming as rising costs continue to bite
Streaming operator and smart TV manufacturer Roku is making further staff cuts, with plans to…
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Disney & Comcast set Hulu talks for 30 September with $27.5bn valuation set to rise
Hulu’s future could be decided sooner than had been previously thought, after Comcast CEO Brian…
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UK indie Middlechild adds ‘Coastguard’ producer Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual
UK unscripted indie Middlechild Productions has appointed Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual. He…
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‘Ginny & Georgia’ outfit Critical Content lands Dorsey exec amid development rejig
Critical Content, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia and MTV’s Catfish, has hired…
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News round-up: OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’; Banijay Kids & Family strikes digital deal; Nexstar & Fox extend affiliation deals
OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’ LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service OUTtv has renewed competition series Sew…
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Canada’s Super Channel ups comms chief Kim Ball to content boss, replacing retiring Jackie Pardy
Super Channel in Canada has named its chief communications officer Kimberley Ball to replace chief…
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Israel’s Reshet13 strikes co-pro & co-financing pact with ‘Devil’s Confession’ firm Sipur
Israeli broadcaster Reshet13 and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur have struck a multi-year co-financing and co-production…
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French scripted deals fuel record $231m int’l sales, as streamer deals power growth
French programming enjoyed strong sales last year driven by scripted although pre-sales and international coproductions…
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec; ‘Great Songwriters’ sales; History Channel Iberia buys museum doc
Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec Martijn Plaizier Belgian format distributor Be-Entertainment has hired ITV Studios Global…
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Disney & Charter Communications dispute raises questions over pay TV future in US
A major carriage deal battle has broken out in the US between content/channel provider Disney…
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ITV gives romance a second chance with reality spin-off ‘Love Island: All Stars’
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned an ‘all stars’ spin-off from the hit Love Island reality…
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Beyond’s Michael Murphy departs to relaunch consultancy Rockabill Media
Beyond Distribution’s former manager Michael Murphy is leaving the business to relaunch consultancy firm Rockabill…
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Netflix makes “most significant expansion” into Africa with new slate & content partnerships
Netflix has announced a slate of new African programming at MIP Africa, including a new…
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Opinion: Why ‘light crime’ is arresting audiences in Germany and beyond
With German audiences increasingly tuning in to more upbeat, less violent, crime programming, Kerstin Grünwald,…
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UK’s Channel 4 enters US market with FAST in ‘pivotal moment’ for broadcaster
Channel 4 (C4) is entering the FAST ecosystem by launching two offerings in the US,…
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German SVOD subscribers to overtake UK by end of 2023, research reveals
Germany will have more SVOD subscriptions than the UK by the end of this year,…
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Pluto TV launches on Philips Smart TVs in 25+ European & Lat Am countries
Paramount-owned FAST service Pluto TV is to launch on Philips Smart TVs in more than…
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TBI Weekly: Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist revealed
The Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist has been unveiled ahead of the ceremony at MIPCOM…
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TBI reveals Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist, with record-breaking number of submissions
Television Business International (TBI) has unveiled the shortlist for the Content Innovation Awards 2023 (CIA’s),…
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Banijay revamps in France, landing ITV Studios exec as COO & reshuffling ALP team
Banijay has overhauled its management team in France by appointing ITV Studios exec Sébastien Petiot…