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Sky doubles originals offer as huge docs, films & drama slate unveiled
European broadcast group Sky has announced its ‘biggest ever’ line-up of new and original programming,…
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Exclusive: ViacomCBS rejigs Lisa Kramer’s distribution team in EMEA
ViacomCBS’s Global Distribution Group has expanded the remits of four senior executives following the recent…
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Lifting the covers on safe & authentic screen sex
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton talks to intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey about the emerging industry…
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Netflix renews hit drama ‘Bridgerton’ for second season
Netflix has renewed its Regency-era period drama Bridgerton for a second season, with production set…
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HBO developing ‘Game Of Thrones’ prequel ‘Dunk & Egg’
HBO has reportedly put a series adaptation of fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin’s Game Of…
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Aussie streamer Stan & Walter Presents strike exclusive ‘long-term’ drama pact
Aussie streamer Stan has struck an exclusive programming deal with global drama SVOD Walter Presents….
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ViacomCBS to launch Pluto TV into France, marking latest AVOD entry into the country
UPDATED: ViacomCBS is to launch its AVOD streamer Pluto TV into France on 8 February….
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NBCU’s Mark Lazarus says ‘aggressive’ overhaul will strengthen creative firepower
NBCUniversal Television & Streaming chairman Mark Lazarus has admitted the recent overhaul of its content…
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Spain’s Onza opens US-based Hispanic and Lat Am division, Onza Americas
Spanish producer Onza has launched a new US-based subsidiary, Onza Americas, to create content aimed…
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Netflix caps off record year with 200 million subscribers
Netflix has surpassed 200 million subscribers globally for the first time in its history and…
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CIC Media developing drama as part of wider Frida Kahlo-focused slate
US-based prodco CIC Media is developing a slate of content based around the life and…
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TBI In Conversation: Vertigo Films’ Allan Niblo on ‘Bulletproof: South Africa’ & the UK prodco’s TV push
TBI’s Mark Layton talks to Vertigo Films co-founder Allan Niblo about Sky One crime-drama Bulletproof:…
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Paramount+ reveals launch dates for US, Canada, Nordics & Australia
ViacomCBS is to launch streamer Paramount+ across the US on 4 March and has also…
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WarnerMedia’s HBO Max hires exec from Mid-East streamer Shahid to lead in Lat Am
WarnerMedia has hired another senior exec from the Middle East’s MBC Group to lead its…
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BBC Studios hires ex-Paramount exec Dina Vangelisti to lead LA-based sales
BBC Studios (BBCS) is establishing an LA-based sales division and has hired former Paramount Pictures…
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BBC Studios takes full ownership of Clerkenwell Films, Murray Ferguson to exit
BBC Studios (BBCS) has taken full ownership of The End Of The F***ing World producer Clerkenwell…
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David & Matthew Frank launch UK distributor Rocket Rights
TRX founders David and Matthew Frank have launched a London-based distribution firm called Rocket Rights….
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Amazon’s AVOD streamer IMDb TV visits ‘Almost Paradise’ with Electric Entertainment
Amazon-owned AVOD service IMDb TV has acquired crime series Almost Paradise, which debuted last year…
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Hat Trick International signs first-look deal with Cardiff Productions
Hat Trick International, the distribution arm of UK indie Hat Trick Productions, has signed a…
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BBC & Netflix drama ‘Peaky Blinders’ to end after season six but will return in ‘another form’
BBC drama Peaky Blinders is to end after its sixth season, but writer and creator…
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Netflix adapts trio of Dr Kendi books for mix of projects
Netflix has partnered with author and scholar Dr Ibram X. Kendi to produce three new…
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BBC Studios unveils slates & ‘curated service’ for virtual Showcase
BBC Studios has revealed details of its upcoming invitation-only Showcase event, which will take place…
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News round-up: Turkish SVOD Exxen adds Korean dramas; Abacus to sell ‘Best Dog India’; Sky orders Bulletproof S4
Turkey’s Exxen acquires 150 K-drama hours Recently launched Turkish SVOD platform Exxen has acquired more…
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Viu moves into French-language drama with ‘The Outbreak’ in Middle East
Streaming service Viu has acquired French-language medical drama The Outbreak for its viewers in the…
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UK’s Red Room preps WW2 limited series about British spy Noir Inayat Khan; Freida Pinto to star and exec produce
UK-based Red Room Films is to produce a limited series based on Spy Princess: The…
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WarnerMedia rejigs Lat Am with network president & originals chief exiting
WarnerMedia’s restructuring outside of the US has continued with two major exits from its Latin…
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Bad Robot hires FX exec John Agbaje to animation team
JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot has appointed former FX exec John Agbaje as its first SVP…
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HBO Max orders Julia Child cookery drama, starring ‘Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire
HBO Max has ordered a drama featuring Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) that explores the life…
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Deals round-up: Globoplay adds eOne trio; CIA vs. Bin Laden doc sells; Dynamic TV goes ‘Beneath The Surface’
Globoplay strikes eOne deal Brazilian streamer Globoplay has picked up a raft of shows from…
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Nicola Shindler launches ITVS-backed Quay Street Productions
Former StudioCanal UK MD & Red Production Company founder Nicola Shindler has launched her new…