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Netflix’s Bela Bajaria talks cancellation data & int’l strategy
Netflix’s global head of TV Bela Bajaria – fresh from restructuring her senior exec team…
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Kudos, ‘Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight unveils music drama
Banijay-owned UK prodco Kudos is developing a new drama series to be penned by Peaky…
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ITV Studios revenues down 19% as pandemic buffets UK broadcaster
ITV Studios (ITVS) revenues were down almost 20% for the first nine months of 2020,…
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News round-up: Blast! Films restructures; Eccho signs Born Wild deal; ZDFE’s ‘Great Inventions’ sells; IMDb extends SPT’s ‘Alex Rider’
Blast! Films rejigs as creative chiefs depart Sky Studios-backed producer Blast! Films has rejigged its…
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Disney’s Peter Rice unveils ‘big changes’ as general entertainment arm unveiled
Disney has unveiled the new structure of its General Entertainment Content (DGE) division, following the…
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WarnerMedia cuts more jobs as ‘painful but critical’ restructuring continues
WarnerMedia has begun its latest round of layoffs, described by CEO Jason Kilar as a…
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Rai names Maria Pia Ammirati to replace Eleanora Andreatta as head of drama
Rai in Italy has appointed Maria Pia Ammirati to lead its scripted output, replacing the…
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Asacha Media hires Disney, Fox exec to lead development & distribution
European production outfit Asacha Media Group has hired Disney sales director Maria Grazia Ursino to oversee…
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NBC & int’l networks welcome Canadian ‘Nurses’
NBC in the US and other broadcasters in Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle…
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Amazon Prime Video picks up fact-based Chilean thriller ‘Dignity’ for Latin America
Amazon Prime Video in Latin America has acquired Chilean thriller Dignity, to premiere this coming…
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Ex-Disney & TikTok chief Kevin Mayer emerges at Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries
Former Disney and TikTok chief Kevin Mayer has joined Access Industries, the entertainment investment firm founded by…
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News round-up: ‘Popstars’ format in NZ return; ‘Masked Singer’ adapted by Three; Red Sauce makes new hires
‘Popstars’ format revived in NZ New Zealand’s TVNZ 2 has commissioned a revival of reality…
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Blumhouse TV rejigs after tapping NBCU alum Chris McCumber as president
Blumhouse TV has appointed former USA Network & Syfy chief Chris McCumber as its president,…
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NENT eyes $405m funding to fuel Viaplay expansion in Europe & US
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is looking to raise SEK3.5bn ($405m) to fund the expansion…
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Warner Bros. TV Group’s president & chief marketing officer Lisa Gregorian to exit
Warner Bros. Television Group’s president & chief marketing officer Lisa Gregorian has become the latest…
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TBI In Conversation: Trioscope’s CCO on launching Netflix’s ‘The Liberator’ & an animation revolution
Brandon Barr, chief content officer at Trioscope Studios, the prodco behind Netflix’s The Liberator, tells Mark…
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ViacomCBS to close legacy streamers as focus shifts to Paramount+
ViacomCBS is to shut down its smaller legacy streamers, such as MTV Hits, whose content…
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Show of the week: Trickster
“Trickster stands out because it takes folk horror and the supernatural coming-of-age story and refocuses…
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Israeli streamer Izzy snags Armoza Studios scripted & docureality shows
Recently launched Israeli SVOD Izzy has picked up a raft of content from ITV Studios-owned…
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ITV adapts Louise Candlish’s thriller ‘Our House’, orders Kevin Macdonald Covid doc
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has bolstered its drama and doc slate by handing out commissions…
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Baby Cow CEO Christine Langan steps down to launch Bonnie Productions
Christine Langan, CEO of Steve Coogan’s UK-based indie Baby Cow, has stepped down to launch…
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Abacus Media Rights to bring Canadian comedy ‘Sort Of’ to market
Amcomri Media Group-owned Abacus Media Rights (AMR) has acquired international distribution rights for upcoming Canadian comedy Sort…
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Canada’s CBC revamps scripted with Helen Asimakis & Michelle Daly departing
Canadian pubcaster CBC has restructured its scripted division, with drama head Helen Asimakis and comedy…
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Netflix experiments with linear channel ‘Direct’ in France
Netflix is moving into linear TV by testing out the popularity of a new scheduled…
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Why shorter, more flexible dramas might be the future
Scripted seasons have been getting shorter over recent years and Covid-19’s impact on production looks…
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News round-up: ‘Model Railway’ goes Dutch; Sky scores Liverpool FC doc; South Africa opens ‘Love Island’; Oz Directors’ Guild hire
Great Model Railway Challenge leads to Netherlands NPO Max in the Netherlands has optioned rights…
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ViacomCBS appoints co-lead for Australia & New Zealand business
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has appointed Jarrod Villani as co-lead of the media giant’s Australia…
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Hulu cancels Stephen King anthology series ‘Castle Rock’
Hulu has cancelled the psychological horror series Castle Rock. It has been reported that the…
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Vertigo and Blazing Griffin to turn Trump doc into drama
UK-based production company Vertigo TV and Glasgow’s Blazing Griffin have teamed up to developed a…
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Anonymous Content hires UCP president Dawn Olmstead, promotes David Levine
Defending Jacob and True Detective producer Anonymous Content has hired Universal Cable Productions (UCP) president Dawn…