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Tiger Aspect inks deal with ‘PhoneShop’ creator & expands development team

Banijay UK label Tiger Aspect has signed Phil Bowker, creator of Channel 4 comedy PhoneShop, to an exclusive first-look deal, and expanded its development team with four new appointments. David Simpson heads up comedy at Tiger Aspect, with the company behind titles including Man Like Mobeen, Bad Education, Mr Bean and Murder in Successville. The […]

Chorus Boy Productions expands creative team & extends Disney deal

Disney Brand Television has extended its multiyear overall deal with Tim Federle and his Chorus Boy Productions banner, which is behind Disney+ titles including High School Musical: The Series and Better Nate Than Ever. At the same time, Federle has appointed two new creative executives to the prodco, with Bronwyn North-Reist, who most recently served […]

Yellow Bird UK & Hot Coals to adapt Nell Pattison crime trilogy

Banijay UK label Yellow Bird and Hot Coals Productions have partnered to develop and co-produce a drama series based on a trio of crime novels by author Nell Pattison. The two companies will adapt The Silent House, Silent Night and The Silent Suspect for the screen, with screenwriter Glen Laker attached as showrunner. Pattison’s novels […]

Virgin Media TV content director plans new year exit

Bill Malone, the director of content at Irish comcaster Virgin Media Television, will step down in the new year after six years leading the company’s programming strategy. Announcing his exit in a memo to colleagues, Malone said that he was “immensely proud” of the work done during his time at the company and highlighted some […]

Buyers in China, NZ & Japan among 1,000 hours of ITV Studio sales at ATF

Buyers in China, New Zealand and Japan are among those to have picked up more than 1,000 hours of programming from ITV Studios, as the Asia TV Forum moves into its second day. Pumpkin Film in China, Now TV in Hong Kong and TVNZ in New Zealand have taken rights to Nolly, the three-part drama […]

Singapore’s KC Global Media & IMDA partner for fantasy animation ‘Fallen 8’

Singapore-based channels operator KC Global Media and government agency Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have partnered to develop Fallen 8, an animated sci-fi fantasy series based on a classic Chinese legend. Produced with Robot Playground Media, and announced at the Asia TV Forum this week, the story is based on the tale of the Eight […]

Mediacorp & Taiwan’s TAICCA strike co-development pact

Taiwan’s government-backed Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) has partnered with Singapore’s national broadcaster, Mediacorp, to co-develop original content for international audiences. The two organisations have struck a two-year deal, signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU), that “paves the way for both parties to collaborate on a range of projects to bring fresh creative concepts from script […]