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Deals round-up: Salto takes slew of ITV Studios shows; Olympusat adds Ukrainian drama trio; SBS6 to adapt ‘Project Cupid’ format
Salto takes slew of ITV Studios shows Nascent French SVOD Salto has acquired a range…
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ATF round-up: Abacus sells into Asia; South Korea’s Watcha bags ‘Possession’; Blue Ant strikes crime deals
Nat Geo, Wowow among Abacus’s ATF deals National Geographic and Wowow Japan are among companies…
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Disney+ unveils first details of LatAm originals slate
Disney+ has unveiled a robust Latin American slate, with details on more than 70 original…
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UKTV hires ViacomCBS & C5 exec Andrea Amey to lead digital, Tom Davidson exits
BBC Studios-owned UKTV has hired Andrea Amey from ViacomCBS-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 to lead…
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Netflix preps Korean ‘Money Heist’ remake
Netflix is working on a Korean adaptation of its Spanish-language crime drama La Casa De…
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Show of the week: Embezzlement
This remarkable seven-part crime thriller is from the producers of Netflix hit Fauda and is…
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Cinedigm adds music docs amongst 1,000-hour content boost
LA-based Cinedigm has added more than 1,000 hours of new TV and film programming to…
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BBC Studioworks appoints BBCWW alum as commercial director
UK-based BBC Studioworks has appointed former BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) exec Jon Noakes as its commercial…
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Netflix pledges to start declaring full $1bn+ UK tax revenues
Netflix is to start declaring the more than £1bn ($1.3bn) it makes from British subscribers…
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UK’s Wonderborn Studios acquires indie ‘Baby Club’ producer Three Arrows Media
Manchester-based UK indie Three Arrows Media has been acquired by Bristol media group Wonderborn Studios….
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Newen appoints NBCU & Sky Vision alum as EVP of distribution
French production group Newen has appointed former Sky Vision and NBCUniversal (NBCU) exec Leona Connell…
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Amazon cancels conspiracy thriller ‘Utopia’ after one season
Amazon has cancelled conspiracy thriller Utopia after just one season. The show, which was a…
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Drama round-up: Filmlance adapts Jana Kippo trilogy; Nippon bringing new drama to ATF; STV Player signs major content deal
Filmlance adapts Jana Kippo trilogy Banijay’s scripted label Filmlance is to develop a drama based…
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News round-up: China extends ‘Got Talent’; Daro launches AVOD streamer; Drive takes ‘Shared Planet’; Hits enters India
China’s Got Talent extended Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have revealed a seventh season of China’s…
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Netflix settles ‘Black Mirror’ lawsuit over interactive ‘Bandersnatch’ episode
Netflix has settled a long-running lawsuit over an Emmy-winning interactive episode from its Black Mirror…
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Viaplay orders boarding school drama, Eccho takes ‘Threesome’
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group’s streamer Viaplay has ordered a Swedish drama about life at a…
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HBO Max spending spree continues with ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’
HBO Max has made its latest international drama acquisition, this time taking exclusive US rights…
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News round-up: eOne goes global with ‘The Newsreader’; Cosmos-Maya deals; ViacomCBS links with Morena
eOne takes The Newsreader global Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired international distribution rights to The…
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Netflix reveals record-breaking UK production spend of $1bn in 2020
Netflix is poised to have increased its spending on UK productions by more than half to…
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Banijay rejigs in Spain, appoints MD for ‘The Bridge’ prodco Zeppelin
Banijay is restructuring its operations in Iberia by appointing Amparo Castellano as MD of The…
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Amazon announces sixth and final season for sci-fi drama ‘The Expanse’
Amazon Studios is to end sci-fi drama The Expanse with a sixth and final season….
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Sony’s Playmaker Media hires Fremantle Oz scripted chief Jo Porter as MD
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Fremantle Australia’s director of scripted Jo Porter to lead…
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Canal+, Quebecor join for Xavier Dolan drama based on 2019 play
French pay-TV operator Canal+ has linked up with sibling production house Studiocanal and Canada’s Quebecor…
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HBO Max brings Spanish thriller ‘La Jauria’ to US audiences
WarnerMedia SVOD service HBO Max has acquired US streaming rights to Spanish-language drama La Jauria….
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Drama round-up: Legendary’s new UK prodco; Wowow enters ‘Tokyo Vice’; Warner Bros. strikes Harris-Lawrence pact; African nets buys SynProNize shows
Legendary links with Frost & Graham Legendary Entertainment has linked up with Ashes To Ashes…
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Exclusive: Fremantle & private equity firms eye NENT Studios UK
Private equity firms and global producer Fremantle are understood to be among a slew of…
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UK drama drives record-breaking export figure to $2bn
UK dramas such as Chernobyl, His Dark Materials and The Feed have powered the country’s TV…
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NENT Studios UK to be sold to fuel Nordic streamer Viaplay’s growth plans
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is selling its UK-based development, production and distribution business, which…
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Cineflix Rights CEO Chris Bonney to retire in 2021
Cineflix Rights CEO and industry veteran Chris Bonney is to step down from the company…
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HBO Max to adapt DC comic ‘DMZ’ with Ava DuVernay
WarnerMedia-owned streamer HBO Max has ordered an adaptation of DC comic series DMZ from Ava…