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News round-up: Blue Ant takes ‘Spirit To Soar’ rights; OSN & Discovery in Beyond MENA deals; DocuBay takes factual shows
Blue Ant takes ‘Spirit To Soar’ rights Toronto-based Blue Ant International has acquired global distribution…
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Paramount TV inks overall deal with ‘Dear White People’ creator Justin Simien
Paramount Television Studios has inked a three-year overall deal with Justin Simien, the writer, director…
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LatAm animation studio Ánima launches adult & YA division with ‘El Santos’ adaptation
Mexican animation studio Ánima has launched a new adult & young adult division, and set…
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Freedom Films to adapt Frankie Sheehan novels as returning crime series
LA-based Freedom Films and actor & producer Victoria Smurfit have acquired the rights to Irish…
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Roku preps Nippon’s ‘Sokkuri Sweets’ & eyes ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’
AVOD operator Roku has tapped singer-actor Josh Groban to host its upcoming remake of Japanese…
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IMDb TV extends acquisition streak with Oz drama ‘Troppo’
Amazon’s AVOD IMDb TV has picked up the first season of upcoming Australian crime drama…
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ViacomCBS inks $900m ‘South Park’ deal to stock Paramount+
ViacomCBS has signed a $900m deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone…
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Amazon orders ‘The Lake’, first Canadian scripted original
Prime Video has ordered The Lake, a half-hour comedy which marks the streamer’s first scripted…
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IMDb TV takes US rights to Canada’s ‘Pretty Hard Cases’
Amazon-owned free streamer IMDb TV has picked up Canadian buddy-cop drama series Pretty Hard Cases…
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Radar Pictures to adapt ‘Valdemar’ fantasy book series
LA-based Radar Pictures has secured the TV rights to US author Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar fantasy…
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Round-up: Amazon’s IMDB welcomes ‘100% Wolf’; AMC acquires ‘Anna’; Ed TV Fest names alternative MacTaggart
Amazon’s IMDB welcomes 100% Wolf Amazon’s streamer service IMDb TV service has acquired exclusive AVOD…
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Hulu orders ‘Tell Me Lies’ adaptation from 20th TV & Vice’s Refinery 29
Disney’s US streamer Hulu has picked up the adaptation of Carola Lovering’s novel Tell Me…
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Nickelodeon Israel orders multi-lingual scripted teen series
Nickelodeon Israel has commissioned Thalanth, a new live-action teen series exclusively for its for Hot Cable…
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Ireland’s Shinawil hires NBC alum Chuck LaBella for US expansion
Shinawil, the Irish prodco behind local versions of MasterChef, The Apprentice and The Voice, has…
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Synchronicity & Wild Sheep partner on YA adaptation ‘One Word Kill’
Scottish prodco Synchronicity Films and LA-based Wild Sheep are co-producing an adaptation of British-American fantasy…
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Nordic streamer Viaplay reveals Polish originals ahead of launch
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has unveiled three originals from Poland for its streaming service…
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India’s Applause to remake BBC drama ‘Guilt’
India’s Applause Entertainment has struck a deal to remake Guilt, the mystery thriller that first…
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Sales round-up: SBS takes ‘Rats’ AVOD rights; Oz drama ‘RFDS’ flies worldwide
SBS takes ‘Rats’ AVOD rights Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired exclusive AVOD rights to Czech…
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine strikes $900m sale with US investment firm
Private equity firm Blackstone Group has acquired Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, with former Disney exec…
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Russian SVOD Amediateka strikes deal for all HBO Max shows
Russian streamer Amediateka has struck an exclusive deal that allows it to offer all series…
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Germany’s ZDFneo orders local remake of UK comedy ‘Miranda’
German pubcaster ZDF has commissioned a local version of British comedy Miranda for its youth-skewing…
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BBC orders ‘Crossfire’ thriller with Dancing Ledge & Keeley Hawes
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Crossfire, a new miniseries about a hotel shooting to…
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CBS extends overall deal with ‘Star Trek’ boss Alex Kurtzman
CBS Studios in the US has extended its overall TV deal with Star Trek franchise…
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Paper Entertainment adapts French drama with ‘Killing Eve’s Isis Davis
Julien Leroux’s Paper Entertainment has unveiled its first development project with a show based on…
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Banijay alum Andreas Lemos links with Will O’Connor’s Burn These Words
Will O’Connor, the founder of games agency Fire Without Smoke founder, has formally unveiled his…
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News round-up: ProSieben adapts MTV reality format; HBO Max orders Spanish ‘No Activity’; Epic & Bomanbridge partner
ProSieben adapts MTV reality format German FTA network ProSieben has commissioned a local version of…
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CBS hires Condé Nast’s Jon Koa to lead comedy development
ViacomCBS-owned US flagship network CBS has appointed former Condé Nast and ABC exec Jon Koa…
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ITVS sales to streamers surge by 84% in six months
ITV Studios, the production and distribution arm of UK comcaster ITV, increased its sales to…
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BET exec Nadja Webb adds scripted programming to remit
ViacomCBS-owned US cablenet BET has promoted Nadja Webb to EVP of programming business operations, taking…
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The Q India unveils comedy trio
The Q India, Mumbai-based QYOU Media’s Hindi-language content brand, channel and VOD provider, is expanding…