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News round-up: FilmRise adds Urban Home titles; CBC & HBO Max renew ‘Sort Of’; Cream hires John Ealer
FilmRise adds Urban Home titles New York-based streamer and producer FilmRise has acquired the North…
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TLC & Discovery+ enter ‘MILF Manor’ with Spun Gold TV
Discovery+ and sibling US cablenet TLC have ordered a new dating show from UK-based Spun…
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Sweden’s TV4 rejigs management with content chief Åsa Sjöberg departing
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has overhauled its senior management team as it extends its focus on…
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Label1 co-founder & joint-CEO plans 2023 exit from ‘Five Dates A Week’ firm
Simon Dickson, the co-founder and joint-CEO of Fremantle UK-owned Label1 is to step down from…
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News round-up: Amazon picks up Witherspoon comedy; Fox courts ‘Farmer Wants A Wife’; HBO Max renews ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Amazon picks up Witherspoon comedy Amazon has handed a two-season order to half-hour comedy series…
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HBO Max’s cut content headed to third-party FAST channels
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to sell content removed from HBO Max to third-party FAST…
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News round-up: ANZ broadcasters’ content deals; Broadway Licensing takes Florence Foster Jenkins & Radioman docs; Trioscope gains Krafton funding
ANZ broadcasters’ content deals Broadcasters and platforms across Australia and New Zealand have acquired close…
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News round-up: Drag Race expands global reach; CJ ENM shows land on Tubi, Roku; Big Light names apprentice
Drag Race expands global reach Brazil, Germany and Mexico have become the latest countries to…
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Appointments round-up: UK’s Pact names chair; Onza reveals Europe, Canada sales chief; Gascue exits Calinos
UK’s Pact names chair UK trade body Pact has named Raise The Roof Productions’ Jane…
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Banijay names senior development exec to lead global format acquisitions
Banijay has promoted one of its senior development execs to oversee its global format acquisition…
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Round-up: ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format; A+E among Beyond’s 250-hour UK sales; Dance Revolution moves to Baltic, Africa beat
ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format ITV in the UK is prepping an eright-part theatrical competition…
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WBD cut-backs see veteran execs Latman & Daniels exit US Networks Group
The ongoing restructuring at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) continues, with Jane Latman and Nancy Daniels…
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Banijay’s format acquisition chief Carlotta Rossi Spencer to lead branded content push
Banijay has formally appointed its previous head of format acquisitions to a newly created role…
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YouTuber Brandon Baum launches prodco & preps chat show format
YouTube celebrity Brandon Baum has launched a new UK-based production firm, with his first online…
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TBI Weekly: Key takeaways from Asia TV Forum & NEM Zagreb
It has been a double whammy of market activity this week, with Asia TV Forum…
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Exclusive: Streamers push back as European Commission explores origins of EU content
Netflix, HBO Max and other streamers operating across Europe could see their content quotas being…
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Malaysia’s Astro to adapt ITV drama ‘Liar’ with Double Vision
Astro in Malaysia has ordered a local adaptation of Liar, the UK drama about two…
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Fox Entertainment bolsters unscripted team following Rob Wade promotion
Allison Wallach has been promoted to president of unscripted programming at Fox Entertainment in the…
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Astro returns Fremantle format ‘Family Feud’ to Malaysia
Astro in Malaysia has acquired Fremantle’s entertainment gameshow format Family Feud, with plans to return…
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Rock Entertainment & China’s Pumpkin Film strike deals for ‘Line Of Duty’, ‘Masked Dancer’
Asian general entertainment channel Rock Entertainment and Pumpkin Film in China have picked up a…
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Banijay brings Korean format ‘The Genius Game’ to UK, Denmark & Norway
Banijay has optioned the rights for survival game show format The Genius Game from South…
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News round-up: Paramount+ launches in Germany, Austria & Switzerland; ITVX debuts in UK; Channel 4.0 orders ‘Get In The Van’
Paramount+ launches in Germany, Austria & Switzerland Global streaming service Paramount+ has launched in Germany,…
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Banijay & European broadcasters option trio of Red Arrow Int’l formats
Banijay and broadcasters across Europe have optioned the rights to a trio of unscripted formats…
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Virgin Media TV content director plans new year exit
Bill Malone, the director of content at Irish comcaster Virgin Media Television, will step down…
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Opinion: Banijay Asia CEO on why reality TV will always endure
Reality shows have a unique way of captivating the masses. Based on real people, real…
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Opinion: Indielab CEO Victoria Powell on resilience & adaptability ahead of 2023
Victoria Powell, CEO of Indielab, explains why resilience and the ability to adapt will be…
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BBC licence fee “not sustainable”, reaffirms UK government, considering “other options” to C4 sale
UK culture secretary Michelle Donelan has said that the BBC licence fee model is “impossible”…
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Tomorrow Studios to adapt ‘Connected’ scripted format for US market
Tomorrow Studios has optioned the rights to make a US adaptation of Japanese crime drama…
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Exclusive: Shibasish Sarkar on acquiring Reliance Entertainment & India’s growing market
IMAC CEO Shibasish Sarkar talks to Mark Layton about the recent acquisition of his former…
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Singapore’s 108 Media extends buying spree with deal for Piccadilly Pictures
UK- and Singapore-based outfit 108 Media, which earlier this year acquired DCD Media, has extended…