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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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Renewal round-up: HBO orders ‘True Detective’ S5; Paramount+ renews ‘Frasier’; Netflix returns ‘Manny’
HBO orders True Detective S5 HBO has extended True Detective into a fifth season and…
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Hulu expands ESPN’s ‘Chad Powers’ sketch into full series
US streamer Hulu has ordered Chad Powers, a half-hour comedy series based on an Eli…
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Vice Media to cut ‘several hundred’ staff next week amid fight for survival
Vice Media Group is set to cut hundreds of staff as the embattled company fights…
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Cineflix Rights prepares 100-hour lineup ahead of London TV Screenings
Cineflix Rights has unveiled its distribution lineup ahead of London TV Screenings next week, with…
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BBC Studios LA Productions recruits ‘Ghosts’ execs to North American scripted team
BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions has appointed creative executives Rachel Bendavid and Angie Stephenson to…
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Banijay details distribution lineup ahead of London Screenings
European production and distribution giant Banijay has unveiled its 2024 slate across scripted, factual and…
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BBC drama boss warns of “peak caution” as pubcaster unveils 12 scripted commissions
Lindsay Salt, director of drama at the BBC, has warned that the industry has shifted…
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London TV Screenings Insights: Louise Pedersen, CEO, All3Media International
Ahead of buyers landing in the UK for London TV Screenings and BBC Studios Showcase…
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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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Sales round-up: WBITVP acquires dating format; Escapade to shop ‘Dancing Daggers’; Rainmaker extends No Equal pact
WBITVP acquires dating format Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has acquired relationship format Boys…
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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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‘The Flatshare’ firm 42 hires Universal alum as chief operating officer
Los Angeles and London-based management and production company 42 has appointed Universal International Studios alum…
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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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Round-up: Walter Presents among ‘Davos 1917’ buyers; Canal+, MHz round up ‘Reindeer Mafia’; C5 orders Yeti royal doc
Walter Presents among Davos 1917 buyers Walter Presents has picked up North American rights to…
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German & Finnish drama top Red Arrow Studios Int’l slate ahead of London Screenings
Red Arrow Studios International has detailed a slate across scripted, formats and factual entertainment programming…
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Keshet Int’l snags distribution rights to MTV’s Finnish thriller ‘Conflict’
Keshet International (KI) has secured worldwide distribution rights to Conflict, the political thriller ordered last…
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Banijay invests in ‘Natives’ writer Akala’s UK prodco Immovable Studios
Banijay has taken an undisclosed stake in Immovable Studios, the UK-based production outfit co-founded by…
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Hulu Japan acquires Sony action-comedy ‘Twisted Metal’
Hulu Japan has acquired US vehicular action-comedy series Twisted Metal from Sony Pictures Television (SPT)….
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Paramount Global & Comcast explore streaming deal, report claims
Paramount Global has held talks with NBCUniversal (NBCU) parent Comcast about a potential joint streaming…
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ITV Studios unveils drama slate & sales ahead of London TV Screenings
ITV Studios has announced a slew of drama sales and its 2024 slate ahead of…
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Spain’s Conecta Fiction opens pitching submissions & links with Council of Europe for $54,000 co-pro prize
Spain’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment has opened submissions for its international pitching sessions and unveiled…
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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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María Valenzuela exits Movistar Plus+ International as questions loom over sales arm
María Valenzuela, the boss of Movistar Plus+ International, is stepping down from the company, with…
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The CW & Discovery+ investigate scripted thriller ‘Sherlock & Daughter’
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer Discovery+ in the UK & Ireland and The CW in the…
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UFA’s Nico Hofmann links with Beta Film CEO Jan Mojto for TV, film
Nico Hofmann, the veteran head of German production giant UFA, is stepping down from the…
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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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Apple TV+ makes calculated gamble on thriller ‘Prime Target’ from ‘Vienna Blood’s Steve Thompson
Apple TV+ has ordered conspiracy thriller Prime Target, which has been created by Vienna Blood‘s…