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BBC Studios buys ITV’s BritBox stake for $322m
BBC Studios (BBCS) is taking full ownership of streamer BritBox International, acquiring ITV’s 50% share…
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Children’s Media Foundation launches campaign to address “crisis” in UK kids’ sector
The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) in the UK has launched a campaign to address the…
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Disney & Reliance Industries agree $8.5bn merger
Disney and Reliance Industries have struck a deal to merge TV and streaming operations in…
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Disney Branded TV ups veteran kids exec Danyel Mendoza to VP, networks strategy
Disney veteran Danyel Mendoza has been promoted to VP of programming strategy & content planning…
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WBD & Paramount end potential merger talks, report claims
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount are no looking at a potential merger, according to CNBC….
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Disney’s EMEA streaming chief Luke Bradley-Jones to exit
Disney is on the look-out for a new boss of its streaming business in EMEA,…
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The David Lyle Foundation opens up applications for 2024
The David Lyle Foundation (DLF), the industry-wide not-for-profit organisation that helps young executives to build…
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Cynthia Kennedy steps down as VP of distribution at Canada’s Incendo & Quebecor
Cynthia Kennedy, VP of distribution at Canadian duo Incendo and Quebecor Content, is stepping down…
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London TV Screenings Insights: Rebecca Glashow, CEO, BBC Global Media
Ahead of buyers landing in the UK for London TV Screenings and BBC Studios Showcase…
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News round-up: Oxygen True Crime adds duo; Star Channel extends ‘Silent Library’; CBC orders ‘Let’s Go, Bananas!’
Oxygen True Crime adds duo Oxygen True Crime in the US has expanded its originals…
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Banijay’s chief commercial officer Owain Walbyoff to exit
Banijay’s chief commercial officer is stepping down. Owain Walbyoff will depart at the end of…
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South Africa’s MultiChoice takes Disney’s linear channels until 2027
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has signed a multi-year distribution deal with The Walt…
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Monster Entertainment to shop Argentinean animation ‘Tales Of Terror For Franco’
Irish distributor Monster Entertainment has picked up Argentinean 4K animated series Tales Of Terror For…
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Jetpack Distribution picks up sales rights to Particle6 kids show ‘Look See Wow!’
Jetpack Distribution has picked up global sales rights (excluding the UK) to Sky Kids series…
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RedBird IMI to buy All3Media in deal valued at $1.45bn
US investment firm RedBird IMI has agreed to acquire All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)…
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TBI Weekly: Why producers really need to get over their YouTube fears
ITV Studios and Welsh broadcaster S4C joined the billions of younger viewers flocking to YouTube…
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Paramount shutters kids’ streamer Noggin amid US lay-offs
Paramount Global is shuttering its preschool edutainment streamer Noggin as part of the latest round…
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Paramount Global cuts hit international execs as impact of restructuring emerges
Paramount veteran Michael D Armstrong is among a slew of execs departing the US studio…
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Netflix, AMC, CBC & SBS in Oz buy Israeli hit ‘A Body That Works’
Netflix, AMC Networks International, CBC in Canada and SBS in Australia have picked up Israel’s…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sees surprise Q4 earnings rise as advertising revenues improve
Embattled Germany giant ProSiebenSat.1 has recorded a higher than expected increase in earnings in Q4…
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‘Theodosia’ firm Cottonwood Media recruits head of fiction for primetime & YA push
French Theodosia prodco Cottonwood Media has appointed Manon Ardisson to the newly created role of…
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Newen Studios hires former WBD exec Pierre Branco, with Romain Bessi exiting
Newen Studios has hired former Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) exec Pierre Branco to lead the…
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‘Goosebumps’ to return as Disney extends slew of shows & strikes pact with ‘Big City Greens’ creators
Disney has renewed a swathe of programming across Disney+, ABC and its linear channels and…
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BBC Studios hires ViacomCBS alum Bartosz Witak to lead CEE operations
BBC Studios has hired former Paramount/ViacomCBS exec Bartosz Witak as General Manager for the Central…
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BBC Studios Productions CEO Ralph Lee to step down after six years
BBC Studios Productions’ CEO, Ralph Lee, is leaving the BBC’s commercial arm in April after…
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Sky restructures Sky Studios & Content teams under Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Sky is overhauling its Sky Content and Sky Studios teams in the UK under a…
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Sesame Workshop CEO steps down, as ‘Sesame Street’ Max deal nears end
Steve Youngwood is stepping down as CEO and board member of Sesame Workshop, the non-profit…
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Paramount rejigs in UK with Sarah Rose named president of C5
Paramount Global’s Sarah Rose has been promoted to become president of Channel 5 in the…
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Apple TV+ reveals 2024 slate details with ‘Franklin’ among trio for ITV Studios
Apple TV+ has confirmed dates for a raft of new shows, ranging from ITV Studios…
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9 Story Media acquires Toronto-based producer & distributor Portfolio Entertainment
Doc McStuffins and Octonauts outfit 9 Story Media Group has acquired the library, production slate, and…