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All3, BBCS, ITVS & Fremantle stop Russian sales as TV sanctions grow
All3Media International, BBC Studios (BBCS), ITV Studios (ITVS) and Fremantle have joined the growing band…
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HartBeat Productions launches unscripted & alt-scripted unit, led by former Big Breakfast chiefs
HartBeat Productions, the US label founded by US actor and comedian Kevin Hart, is launching…
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Stellify Media hires Dr Pluto & STV Studios alums to head development
Belfast-based indie Stellify Media has made two new hires to co-head its development team. Sam…
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How scripted formats could dominate drama
Scripted formats are travelling further than ever before, particularly female-led and family-focused dramas. Mark Layton…
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India’s Locomotive lands Story Ink & Mumbai Movie Studios duo
Locomotive Global Media (LGM), the Indian firm behind Netflix’s adaptation of Ray Donovan, has hired…
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Fremantle Australia places entertainment, reality & game shows under Eureka
Fremantle Australia is restructuring its operations to bring the development and production of all entertainment,…
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‘Love Island’ US moves from CBS to Peacock with two-season pick-up
The US version of ITV Studios dating format Love Island is moving from CBS to…
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Netherlands first to open doors to BBCS’s format ‘This is MY House’
Talpa Network’s SBS 6 in the Netherlands has become the first broadcaster to pick up…
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Fremantle expands FAST in UK by striking ‘American Idol’ deal with Samsung
Fremantle is moving further into Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) in the UK with a…
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Discovery+ takes ‘Say Yes To The Dress’ to Dubai in first MENA spin-off
Discovery is launching Say Yes To The Dress: Dubai, the first Middle East-based spin-off of…
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Chalkboard TV restructures & rehires Stellify’s Tom Popay as creative director
UK indie Chalkboard TV has rehired Stellify Media exec Tom Popay as creative director in…
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News round-up: Palomar adapts BBCS’ ‘The Split’ for Italy; SBS preps ‘Alone Australia’; Passion showcases new formats
Palomar adapts BBCS’ ‘The Split’ for Italy Italian production company Palomar has acquired the rights…
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BBCS’s South African prodco Rapid Blue replaces co-founder Duncan Irvine
BBC Studios-owned South African producer Rapid Blue has rejigged its senior management team after CEO…
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Be-Entertainment takes global rights to celebrity interview format ‘The Musical Of Your Life’
DPG Media-backed Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has acquired the international rights to multimedia production company Dedsit’s…
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Sweden’s SVT hires Paramount exec as international chief
Swedish pubcaster SVT has hired the head of entertainment at Paramount (fka ViacomCBS) to replace…
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All3Media Int’l expands Asia operations with promotions & hires
All3Media International has reshuffled its operations in Asia-Pac, with a series of promotions and hires…
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ViacomCBS unveils Paramount+ global push, sets France launch & int’l dramas
ViacomCBS has rebranded itself as Paramount Global (to be known as Paramount) as the company…
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BBCS names UKTV exec to become EVP of global operations
BBC Studios (BBCS) has promoted the director of technology & operations at its UK-based networks…
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BBCS names global distribution CEO, Paul Dempsey takes performance role
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its sales operations, with long-standing global distribution president Paul Dempsey…
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Spirit Studios hires former Maverick TV boss Alexandra Fraser as advisor
Channel 4-backed UK indie Spirit Studios has appointed Alexandra Fraser, former joint CEO of Maverick…
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Sales round-up: BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’; ITV makes double reorder for ‘The Masked Singer’; Now TV & Discovery+ in slew of ‘Anti-Vax’ doc deals
BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’ UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired CNN Original travelogue series…
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Why ‘shiny-floor’ entertainment formats are bouncing back
With new entertainment format ‘Starstruck’ launching on ITV in the UK tomorrow, Banijay’s global head…
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Irwin Entertainment appoints Rogue Atlas boss Eli Frankel to head production & development
LA-based Irwin Entertainment has appointed former Rogue Atlas exec Eli Frankel as president of production…
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Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment launches new format firm
ProSiebenSat.1 subsidiary Seven.One Entertainment Group is launching a new entertainment format focused Red Arrow production…
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ITV Entertainment appoints new president & SVP development in formats push
ITV America has promoted veteran unscripted producer Simon Thomas to president of ITV Entertainment and…
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BBC Three expands ‘MasterChef’ universe with new ‘young’ version
BBC Three, fresh from its return to linear TV, has commissioned a local version of…
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Disney surges on streamer growth, as content spending to rise by $1bn
Disney has quietened concerns over a faltering end to 2021 by returning to form in…
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Amazon orders ‘Bake Off’ in Japan from Vesuvius & Beach House Pictures
Amazon Prime Video in Japan has acquired rights to BBC Studios (BBCS)’s well-travelled cookery format…
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Amazon strikes major UK studio deal with Shepperton
Amazon Prime Video has struck a major deal with Pinewood Group’s Shepperton Studios, securing it…
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Unscripted round-up: Hulu meets ‘Peckham’s Finest’; Be-Entertainment lands ‘Dream Job In Paradise’; More4 & 6ter take on ‘Space Invaders’
Hulu meets ‘Peckham’s Finest’ Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has acquired UK reality show Peckham’s Finest,…