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Karen Cogan’s ‘Fled’ tops unproduced TV screenplay table The Brit List
Karen Cogan’s scripted project Fled has been named as the most recommended show of this…
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Amazon extends ‘Lord Of The Rings’ into second season
Amazon has renewed its mega-budget TV adaptation of Lord Of The Rings, with the first…
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Fremantle on board ‘Robber Baron’s Daughter’ adaptation from new indie Three Tables
Fremantle is developing an adaptation of The Robber Baron’s Daughter with new drama indie Three…
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Kew Media Distribution promotes for new SVP acquisitions role
Kew Media Distribution (KMD) has appointed Graham Begg to the newly created position of SVP…
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Apple orders Jackson Lamb spy drama starring Gary Oldman
Apple TV+ has ordered a scripted spy series that will star Gary Oldman and has…
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TBI Weekly: How a US private equity firm is betting on Germany
US-based private equity house KKR has had a busy year in Germany. The New York…
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News round-up: Acorn TV, RTÉ return to ‘Finding Joy’; 10 Play in Oz buys Amazon drama; Platform One’s Jennifer Fox deal
Acorn TV, RTÉ return to Finding Joy AMC Networks-backed streamer Acorn TV and Irish broadcaster…
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Germany’s Leonine acquires Wiedemann & Berg TV from Endemol Shine
German studio Leonine has struck a deal to acquire Wiedemann & Berg TV (W&B TV),…
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Amazon orders fourth and final season of ‘Goliath’
Amazon is bringing the curtain down on its Billy Bob Thornton-fronted legal drama Goliath. The…
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Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Group acquires US prodco Campfire
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Group has taken a majority stake in Campfire, the US prodco behind…
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Amazon UK nabs first-window streaming rights to Lionsgate films
Amazon is set to be the first-window streaming home for Lionsgate films in the UK,…
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Endemol Shine Boomdog strikes deal with ‘The Irishman’ producer Gaston Pavlovich
Mexico City-based Endemol Shine Boomdog has struck an overall deal with the production company founded…
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Amazon greenlights ‘The Peripheral’ adaptation from ‘Westworld’ creators
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit hour-long sci-fi thriller The Peripheral from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan…
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Deals round-up: Heston Blumenthal joins C4, Netflix co-pro; BBC Two expands factual; Topic takes Scandi dramas
Heston Blumenthal joins C4, Netflix culinary show Celebrity chefs Heston Blumenthal, Carla Hall and Niklas…
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Fox drama ‘House’ to be remade in Turkey by Kanal D
Turkish broadcaster Kanal D has commissioned a local version of hit US drama House, the…
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Exclusive: Shine, BBC Worldwide alum lands at Bantry Bay
Former Shine International and BBC Worldwide exec Dorit Schilling has re-emerged at Bantry Bay, the…
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Dramacorp-Pampas set sights on major Nordic-German period drama with ‘Great Century’ adaptation
Swedish outfit Dramacorp-Pampas Studios has secured the rights to Jan Guillou’s The Great Century novels…
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HBO Max in talks for potential reunion of ‘Friends’ cast
WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streamer HBO Max is in talks for an unscripted reunion of the Friends…
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Netflix makes first episode of Olivia Colman-fronted ‘The Crown’ free to UK viewers
Netflix is making the first episode of the Olivia Colman-fronted third season of The Crown…
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Apple TV+ poised for production pact with HBO alum Richard Plepler
Former HBO CEO Richard Plepler, who left the US cabler in March, is close to…
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Sally Wainwright on directing, delegating and drawing women behind the lens
British writer-director Sally Wainwright, creator of Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack, is one of the…
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Disney+ officially launches in US, Canada and the Netherlands
Disney’s eagerly awaited streamer, Disney+, has officially launched in the US, Canada and the Netherlands…
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Apple TV+ head of current exits amidst senior exec restructure
Apple TV’s head of current programming, unscripted and documentary Kim Rozenfeld is leaving the recently…
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ITV Studios, Love Island help UK broadcaster fight advertising lull
ITV Studios’ shows including Love Island and Snowpiercer are set to boost the revenues of…
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ViacomCBS expands David Nevins’ remit as Comedy Central’s Kent Alterman exits
ViacomCBS has made a swathe of changes to its senior management team, with CBS exec…
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Disney+ to exceed 100 million subs by 2025
Forthcoming streamer Disney+ is expected to have secured more than 100 million subscribers by 2025,…
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BBC’s iPlayer heads to Sky as part of content, tech deal
The BBC in the UK has struck a deal that covers content and technology with…
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News round-up: BBC extends ‘Mallorca Files’; Beta, ZDF JV preps drama duo; ‘Dance Revolution’ lands in Poland
BBC returns to Mallorca Files The BBC has extended its big budget daytime drama The…
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Globo unveils restructure and management rejig as part of digital focus
Brazilian media giant Globo has unveiled a restructure that will see the company re-organising its…
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Exclusive: Sony, All3 eye Red Arrow Studios as sales process heats up
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and All3Media are understood to be among leading suitors for Red…