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Join Acorn TV, Fox, SundanceNow, C5, ViacomCBS & more for TBI Talks: The London Screenings
Ahead of The London Screenings later this week, join TBI for a series of genre-focused…
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Endemol Shine France’s head of int’l Malika Postansque to step down
Endemol Shine France exec Malika Postansque is to leave the company after almost two decades…
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TV2 Denmark seeks ‘The Way Out’ with escape room format
TV2 Denmark has ordered a local adaptation of Roses Are Blue’s escape room format The…
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ITV Studios rejigs EMEA sales & distribution by hiring Lionsgate exec
ITV Studios (ITVS) is rejigging its global sales operation by appointing Lionsgate exec Gisela Asimus…
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Nippon TV launches ‘Crush Park’ game show as int’l format
Japan’s Nippon TV has launched its new gameshow, Crush Park, as an international format. The…
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Deals round-up: Beyond engineers raft of sales; ZDF Enterprises gets Naked; Nippon TV & WBITVP expands ‘Mute it!’; Sony snags Beta series
Beyond engineers raft of sales Blue Ant Media in Canada, RTHK in Hong Kong, Discovery…
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Argonon expands with Hat Trick’s ex-head of factual for new indie Studio Leo
US- and UK-based production group Argonon is expanding its indie roster by launching a new…
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Disney+ ‘to surpass Netflix within five years’, with 300m subs predicted
A new report has made the bold prediction that Disney+ will surpass Netflix for global…
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News round-up: Acorn TV renews ‘Agatha Raisin’ for fourth run; FilmRise & Reel One ink distribution deal; BBCS signs first-look deal with Youngest Media
Acorn TV renews ‘Agatha Raisin’ for fourth run AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has commissioned…
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News round-up: Abacus shops Liberty City Seven doc; Sky orders ISIS recruit doc; 1+1 to adapt ‘Lip Sync Battle’ and ‘Dear Daddies’ formats
Abacus shops Liberty City Seven doc UK-based Abacus Media Rights has acquired distribution rights to…
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Hat Trick Int’l to shop Livewire’s ‘TV Showdown’ celebrity quiz format
UK-based Hat Trick International has acquired distribution rights to Livewire Pictures celebrity game show format…
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News round-up: HBO Max extends ‘Search Party’; Cineflix claims Hoff quartet; Red Arrow snags ‘Stealing The Show’
HBO Max extends Search Party HBO Max has extended comedy series Search Party into a…
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Banijay’s ‘Lego Masters’ builds new versions in Denmark, Finland
Denmark’s TV2 and MTV3 in Finland have ordered local versions of Banijay-owned format Lego Masters. Banijay’s…
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Entertainment One rejigs EMEA sales, with Dan Gopal departing
Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) has rejigged its sales team in Europe, the Middle East and…
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News round-up: All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’; UKTV tunes in to ‘Whose Line…’; Federation Ent’ expands doc slate
All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’ All3Media International has acquired distribution rights to factual series Extraordinary Escapes…
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NBC reinvents ‘The Wheel’ for the US
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of UK format The Wheel. The 10-part…
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France’s ‘Mystery Duets’ snagged by ITVS for US, UK, Oz & Nordics
ITV Studios (ITVS) has picked up remake rights to French singing format Mystery Duets in…
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Japan’s Fuji TV enters format partnership with The Story Lab
Japanese comcaster Fuji Television Network and global production and distribution studio The Story Lab have…
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Germany’s Palatin invests in Frank’s Rocket Rights & Benmore’s Rights Booster
German firm Palatin Media has invested in David and Matthew Frank’s recently launched TV distribution firm…
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Saudi’s SBC orders reboot of Korean format ‘Drive Thru OKE’ with NBCU
Dubai-based producer Ogmented has struck a deal to produce a local version of NBCUniversal Formats-owned…
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News round-up: Legendary merges int’l & US TV; WarnerMedia signs ‘Impractical Jokers’; Skydance, Impact eye emerging talent; CNN’s Zucker to exit
Legendary merges TV businesses Legendary is consolidating its international and domestic TV businesses under the…
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Endemol Shine Boomdog preps Bear Grylls for Lat Am ‘Into The Wild’
Endemol Shine North America (ESNA)’s Mexico-based production firm Endemol Shine Boomdog is developing a Latin…
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Sky Studios promotes Jupiter execs in bid to ‘turbocharge’ US operations
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has brought its various US production entities under the control of Jupiter…
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Disney ups ABC unscripted veteran Rob Mills to lead alternative division
Disney has promoted long-serving unscripted exec Rob Mills to oversee its recently formed alternative programming…
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NBCU’s layoffs continue as Susan Rovner’s entertainment team revealed
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has made a raft of appointments to her new-look entertainment team, with 50…
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News round-up: Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’; C More renews ‘Blinded’; RTÉ undertakes ‘The Love Experiment’
Netflix acquires Oz’s ‘Operation Buffalo’ Netflix has acquired Australian spy thriller Operation Buffalo to steam…
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ITV Studios launches production trainee scheme to bolster diversity
ITV Studios (ITVS) has launched a production trainee scheme aimed at fast-tracking new and diverse…
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TBI Talks launches London Screenings specials
Ahead of The London Screenings in March, join TBI for a series of genre-focused discussions…
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UK’s ITV pulls ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ as pandemic hits production
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to cancel its hit entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent (BGT)…
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Vietnam’s VTV & HTV remake Belgian, UK formats after NENT Studios UK deal
Vietnamese channels VTV and HTV is preparing to air formats from the UK and Belgium…