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ITVS’s Happy Prince hires BBC Studios Drama creative director
ITV Studios-owned drama label Happy Prince, founded by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, has hired BBC Studios Drama’s…
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Epix saddles up for ‘Billy The Kid’ series
MGM-owned US network Epix has ordered Billy The Kid, a new adventure series based upon…
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BBC comedy chief Shane Allen departs to launch Boffola Pictures
The BBC’s director & head of comedy commissioning Shane Allen is leaving the UK pubcaster…
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Keshet rejigs UK operations with launch of unscripted prodco Interstellar
Israeli media group Keshet has restructured its UK operations by splitting the scripted and unscripted…
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Round-up: Blue Ant expands FAST network; ‘Law & Order’ extends reach; Apple preps ‘Mr Corman’
Blue Ant expands FAST network Canada’s Blue Ant Media has launched new FAST channels, HauntTV…
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Netflix orders ‘League Of Legends’ animation ‘Arcane’ & period mystery drama ‘1899’ from ‘Dark’ creators
Netflix has commissioned a new animated series based upon the League Of Legends video game…
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Chicken Soup & Sonar’s Ellender unveil drama arm to fuel AVOD strategy
US-based producer, distributor and AVOD operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has formed…
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HBO Max ponders ‘Love And Death’ with Elizabeth Olsen & David E Kelley
WarnerMedia streamer HBO Max has ordered a limited true crime drama series from Big Little…
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Discovery+ eyes drama with ‘Bright Futures’ adaptation
Discovery+ could be about to expand into drama after it emerged the unscripted streamer is…
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Amazon’s IMDb TV unveils huge development push across unscripted & drama
Amazon-owned AVOD IMDb TV has unveiled a slew of original scripted and unscripted programming in…
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Banijay Rights appoints EVP of EMEA to replace Tim Mutimer
Banijay Rights has promoted Claire Jago to EVP of EMEA sales & acquisitions to replace…
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News round-up: ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada; C5 orders from Mentorn; Pickbox expands
Pernel’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada SBS in Australia, Swedish pubcaster SVT and…
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Spain’s Atresmedia acquires Nippon TV’s drama format ‘Mother’
Money Heist broadcaster Atresmedia has picked up Spanish rights to Nippon TV’s globetrotting scripted format Mother….
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NBCU’s Peacock snags nine million subs, explores int’l expansion
NBCUniversal (NBCU) streamer Peacock added nine million subscribers in the first quarter of the year…
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HBO Max preps 100 local originals in Latin America
HBO Max is preparing more than 100 local productions for its service in Latin America…
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Deals round-up: Sky buys from Woodcut Int’l; Hong Kong’s TVB visits Harbour Rights; France welcomes NineTNine’s Tunisian sitcom
Sky buys from Woodcut Int’l Sky Germany has acquired a raft of true crime documentaries…
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NBCU’s Peacock links with Stan in Oz for Isla Fisher drama ‘Wolf Like Me’
NBCUniversal’s streamer Peacock has partnered with Nine Entertainment-owned Stan in Australia on a six-part romcom….
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Fox orders ballet drama ‘The Big Leap’, inspired by UK docuseries
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a drama that has been inspired by Big Ballet, a…
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Acorn TV, ITVS-owned Route 24 explore Italy with ‘Signora Volpe’
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has ordered a detective drama starring Silent Witness’s Emilia Fox….
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Peacock & C4 join up for cyber drama from ‘Wolf Hall’ team
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has linked up with Channel 4 in the UK on a six-part…
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‘Suburra’ prodco Cattleya hires Netflix exec for Spanish expansion
ZeroZeroZero and Suburra producer Cattleya is launching a new Spanish arm and has hired a Netflix exec to…
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Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands
Disney is closing 18 linear networks in Asia as it focuses its attention on nascent…
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Red Arrow rejigs as distribution exec Carlo Dusi joins UK’s Endor Productions
Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) scripted exec Carlo Dusi has taken up a new role overseeing strategy…
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Newen takes majority stake in ‘El Cid’ prodco iZen Group
French producer and distributor Newen has taken a majority stake in Spanish drama and factual…
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Atlantic Nomad & Trademark Films snag Jenna Coleman for ‘War Rooms’ drama
David Parfitt’s Trademark Films and Jamie Carmichael’s Atlantic Nomad are working with David Chidlow on…
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Sky goes fully ‘in-house’ for first time with crime thriller ‘The Rising’
European pay TV operator Sky has ordered an eight-part supernatural crime thriller that marks its…
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ITVS-owned The Garden rejigs senior team as co-founder Magnus Temple steps down
24 Hours In A&E producer The Garden has appointed two new CEO’s after the company’s co-founder…
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UKTV’s Gold returns to original comedy ‘Sandylands’
UKTV-operated UK channel Gold has ordered a second season of comedy Sandylands. The 3 x…
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Sky ratchets up ‘Fear Index’ from ‘The Crown’ prodco with Josh Hartnett starring
Sky and The Crown prodco Left Bank Pictures have added Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) to…
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Netflix doc ‘Octopus Teacher’ drives streamer to Oscars success
Disney and Netflix have emerged as the big winners at the Oscars, with the two…