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Amazon completes $8.5bn deal for MGM
Amazon has formally completed its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM after the US Federal Trade Commission…
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Tellycast unveils new London-based Content Funding Festival
Leading TV podcast TellyCast has unveiled a unique new industry event designed to bring content…
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Belgium’s Play4 orders veteran gameshow ‘Fear Factor’
Belgian broadcaster SBS is bringing classic gameshow Fear Factor back to screens after ordering a…
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RTL Group to triple original spending, as Fremantle hits $2.1bn revenue
RTL Group saw its profits soar to €1.5bn ($1.6bn) in 2021, with production arm Fremantle…
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Propagate’s Greg Lipstone resurfaces at American Song Contest
Veteran producer Greg Lipstone, the former president of Propagate Content, has been appointed as president…
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Banijay’s Bunim/Murray moves into NFT-funded shows with Virtual Arts
The Real World creators Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) and Animoca-backed tech venture Virtual Arts have partnered…
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Amazon & MGM’s $8.5bn deal gains European Union approval
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and…
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Formats round-up: Be-Entertainment hires sales exec; Fremantle takes ‘Fame In The Family’ rights; Magnify sells ‘Love Raft’
Be-Entertainment hires sales exec Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has hired Jack Solesbury as VP of finished…
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London TV Screenings reveals attendance numbers & confirms 2023 event
The distributors behind The London TV Screenings have claimed that more than 500 buyers attended…
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Fremantle ups Jane Atkinson to director of global entertainment production
Fremantle has promoted Jane Atkinson to the role of director of global entertainment production. Reporting…
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Leonine Studios hires RedSeven exec to run rebranded Odeon Entertainment
Leonine Studios has restructured and renamed Germany’s Odeon Entertainment and hired a former RedSeven Entertainment…
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UCP boss Beatrice Springborn named president of Universal Int’l Studios
Beatrice Springborn, president of Universal Content Productions (UCP), has expanded her remit to include president…
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BBCS, Eureka, Tern TV & more snag ‘Race Against The Tide’ rights
Producers in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK & Ireland have optioned…
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Fremantle’s EVP of global channels & Buzzr chief Mark Deetjen dies, aged 50
Mark Deetjen, Fremantle’s EVP of global channels and one of the early architects of FAST…
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Japan’s TBS outlines global co-production & investment strategy
Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) is looking to expand its presence around the world by…
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Netflix invests $221m in French originals for 2022 slate
Netflix has unveiled its French originals slate for 2022, investing more than 200m euros ($221m)…
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Exclusive: Banijay & South Africa’s Rebelintown strike format pact
Banijay is taking a South African fact-ent format that has already aired on local broadcaster…
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Disney & Nippon TV strike co-pro & content-sharing deal
The Walt Disney company has struck a co-production partnership with Nippon TV Holdings, the parent…
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ITV orders drama from ‘Gentleman Jack’ star Suranne Jones, reveals new reality division
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a three-part relationship drama that has been co-created by…
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AMC remakes BBC drama ‘The Driver’ with Giancarlo Esposito, Sunu Gonera & Danny Brocklehurst
AMC Networks is remaking BBC One’s 2014 drama The Driver, with Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito set…
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Future Studios hires Motown Records alum to lead new US production hub
Future Studios has appointed Universal music exec Shante’ Paige to head up the publishing company’s…
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NBC orders US version of Talpa reality format ‘Million Dollar Island’
US network NBC has ordered a local version of Talpa’s new reality adventure format Million…
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Deals round-up: Amazon & HBO Max snag ‘The Tourist’; Italy goes Beyond; CBC & Blue Ant unveil ‘Evil’ doc
Amazon, HBO Max & Naver snag The Tourist NPO in the Netherlands, VRT in Belgium…
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Roku hires ITV America’s chief creative officer to lead originals
ITV America’s chief creative officer David Eilenberg is joining Roku to lead its originals push….
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All3’s Woodman Park ups Whitney White & hires Super Delicious exec
All3Media’s Battle Of The Brothers firm Woodman Park Productions has rejigged its senior exec ranks…
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Sony strikes $350m deal to buy ‘American Idol’ producer Industrial Media
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is to acquire American Idol producer Industrial Media as part of…
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Fremantle to serve up ‘The Next Restaurant’ competition format worldwide
Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights to Israeli broadcaster Reshet 13’s new prime…
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ITV shares fall 18% as new streamer ITVX prompts window shift & spending surge
UK broadcaster ITV is to launch ITVX later this year, a new integrated AVOD and…
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‘Euphoria’s ADD & Blue Ant link for North American remake of Israel’s ‘The First Family’
Producer-distributor ADD Content and Blue Ant Studios in Canada have struck a scripted format development…
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News round-up: HBO Max orders Mexican ‘Come Dine With Me’; Discovery to launch Eden & Rush in NZ; Mezzo comes to Brazil via Claro
HBO Max orders Mexican ‘Come Dine With Me’ HBO Max in Mexico has ordered a…