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Turkey’s Medyapim and MF Yapim to adapt Japanese drama ‘I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper’
Turkish production companies Medyapim and MF Yapim have acquired the scripted format rights for a…
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Comcast talks up Peacock’s AVOD/SVOD hybrid model as sign-ups surge
NBCUniversal’s newly launched streamer Peacock has reached 22 million sign-ups in a better-than-expected quarter for…
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Sky History’s ‘The Chop’ cancelled over Nazi tattoo concerns
The UK’s Sky History has cancelled reality competition The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker, following concerns…
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Warner Bros. UK & Ireland chief Josh Berger exits, Polly Cochrane promoted
Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain president & MD Josh Berger is stepping down after…
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Netflix reveals new-look US & international teams under Bela Bajaria
Netflix has unveiled a new-look to its senior commissioning ranks under the recently installed VP…
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Discovery, Hulu snag format & tape rights to Keshet’s convent reality show
Disney’s US streamer Hulu has picked up exclusive rights to docureality show Bad Habits, Holy…
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Show of the week: How To Become Superhuman
Reality-driven adventure formats have become hugely popular over recent years and this latest Danish…
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‘Love Island’ format picked up in French-Canada
Canada’s Quebecor Content has commissioned a French-language version of hit ITV reality dating format Love…
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Fremantle takes Israeli dating format to global market
UK-based production and distribution firm Fremantle is bringing a new dating format to the global…
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SPT takes global rights to Japanese lifehack show ‘Time Is Money’
A Japanese celebrity-skewing format from Ninja Warrior creators Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) has been picked…
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Quibi closes premium shortform streamer after just seven months
Big budget shortform streamer Quibi is to shut down after just seven months on the market….
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Talpa TV’s SBS6 preps Dutch version of Rabbit Film’s ‘Over The Atlantic’
Talpa TV’s SBS6 in the Netherlands has commissioned a local version of adventure reality format…
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Poland’s TVN Discovery orders local version of ‘Lego Masters’ format
Poland’s TVN Discovery has commissioned a local version of entertainment format Lego Masters, making it…
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CJ ENM inks first-look deal with Warner Horizon Unscripted TV
South Korean entertainment company CJ ENM has signed a first-look TV deal with Warner Horizon…
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ViacomCBS overhauls streaming division, with Pluto’s Tom Ryan promoted & senior exec exits
ViacomCBS is overhauling its global streaming operations, with Pluto TV’s CEO Tom Ryan appointed at…
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UK’s ITV restructures to focus on streaming, with Kevin Lygo taking new role
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to restructure its business around streaming and has named the…
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BBCS makes ‘significant breakthrough’ in China with Bilibili pact
Chinese streamer Bilibili and BBC Studios (BBCS) have struck a potentially far-reaching pact that will…
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TBI Weekly: What MIPCOM Online+ delivered this week
It has been a MIPCOM like no other and yet despite the lack of rosé…
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TVNZ dives into mental health with local version of Oz ‘Man Up’ format
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has greenlit a local version of Movember’s Man Up format. Wellington-based…
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NBCUIS president Jeff Wachtel exits company after 20 years
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS)’s president Jeff Wachtel is stepping down and leaving the US media…
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Exclusive: Beyond Rights acquisitions chief Jimmy Humphrey steps down
Beyond Rights head of acquisitions & co-productions Jimmy Humphrey is leaving the Australia- and UK-based distributor,…
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MIPCOM Drama round-up: SPT takes ‘Doc’ to US; NTV’s Russian dramas sell in Asia; ‘Babylon Berlin’ sales; BBCS, NENT & more…
Sony preps US remake of Lux Vide’s drama Doc Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has picked up…
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Matchbox and Eureka are ‘Making It’ in Australia
NBCUniversal International Studios-owned Matchbox Pictures and Sydney-and-LA-based Eureka Productions have teamed up to co-produce an…
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ITV to commission AVOD originals & eyes more BritBox coproductions
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has said the UK commercial broadcaster will start to commission original…
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Future-proofing formats; securing sales in a pandemic
With the pandemic upending the TV industry across the world, Mark Layton finds out what…
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ViacomCBS extends ‘no diversity, no commission’ policy around world
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) is extending its ‘no diversity, no commission’ policy around the world….
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NBCU’s unscripted chief Meredith Ahr departs
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s unscripted chief Meredith Ahr has left the company. Ahr was appointed to become…
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Media Ranch and Something Special agree format exchange deal
Canada’s Media Ranch has agreed a format exchange partnership with South Korean’s recently founded Something…
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Greek remake of ‘Question Of Sport’ among raft of BBCS format deals
Greek broadcaster ERT is preparing to air a local version of quiz show A Question Of Sport,…
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TF1, Gaumont alum Rémy Jacquelin partners with Both Worlds in South Africa
South African production company Both Worlds Pictures has struck a wide-ranging partnership with Paradoxal, the…