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Exclusive: Sky strikes five-year HBO output deal, preps HBO Max co-productions
Comcast-backed pay TV operator Sky has secured a five-year extension to its output deal with…
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Deals round-up: NENT extends Danish drama; Netflix adds World War II docuseries; ABC renews ‘Rookie’
NENT returns to Those Who Kill Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has commissioned a second…
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John Landgraf: More than half of FX writing staff are women, POC
More than half of US cable channel FX’s writing staff are women or people of…
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Cameras start rolling on Cineflix Rights thriller ‘Tehran’
Cameras have started rolling on Cineflix Rights’ eight-part international espionage thriller Tehran. Set in Iran,…
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Sky Studios expands production pacts with Free@Last TV, Sagafilm
Sky Studios has struck a multi-year development and distribution deal with Agatha Raisin producer Free@Last…
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Magnify books Norwegian comedy ‘Couples Therapy’ into Denmark
DR in Denmark is to air a remake of Norwegian shortform comedy Couples Therapy, which…
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Banijay agrees deal to buy Endemol Shine Group
Banijay Group has agreed a deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group (ESG), creating a production…
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Movistar+ to offer WarnerMedia’s TNT Now on-demand service
Telefónica’s Spanish pay TV platform Movistar+ is to offer WarnerMedia’s on-demand service TNT Now to…
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News round-up: ITV closes ‘Beecham House’; Amazon returns to ‘Modern Love’; C4’s royal doc deal
ITV moves out of Beecham House UK broadcaster ITV has ended period drama Beecham House…
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Drama propels UK exports to record high of $1.8bn as global SVOD sales surge
UK dramas such as Bodyguard and Killing Eve helped to propel the country’s TV exports…
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Exclusive: UK trade body Pact pulls out of China as political tensions, IP concerns escalate
UK trade body Pact is putting the brakes on all dealings with China amidst a…
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Anton to co-invest in Newen projects under strategic financing deal
French production giant Newen has struck a strategic funding deal with producer-financier Anton. Under the…
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BET Networks appoints The CW’s Traci Lynn Blackwell for scripted
BET Networks has appointed The CW’s SVP of current programming Traci Lynn Blackwell to oversee…
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HBO joins BBC’s sexual consent drama from Michaela Coel, moves from BBC Two
HBO has joined the BBC’s forthcoming Michaela Coel-starring drama that explores sexual consent in contemporary…
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Amazon commissions German series with comedian Markus Stoll
Amazon Prime Video Germany has commissioned a series with comedian Markus Stoll. The streamer has…
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Script to Screen: The Capture
On the set of BBC One’s surveillance conspiracy thriller, Kaltrina Bylykbashi gets the lowdown on…
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Australia’s Channel Seven orders ‘Big Brother’ reboot
Endemol Shine’s Big Brother is returning to Australia as part of a “content-led growth strategy”…
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Deals round-up: TVF scores MENA sales, Quintus strikes Maximus pre-sales
TVF scores sales in MENA London-headquartered specialist factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate…
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ITV rejigs daytime team with commissioners Clare Ely and Jane Beacon departing
ITV in the UK has rejigged its daytime commissioning team, with Clare Ely and Jane…
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Buccaneer appoints Richard Tulk-Hart from A+E Networks as co-CEO
Richard Tulk-Hart is stepping down from his role as A+E Networks MD of international distribution,…
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BBC Studios’ Hilary Salmon to launch prodco with Nick Betts and Radford Neville
BBC Studios drama veteran Hilary Salmon is leaving the organisation to launch a new production…
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Exclusive: Drama club Atrium TV scraps ‘One Giant Leap’, sees major gear shift
DRG’s drama commissioning club Atrium TV has undergone a major gear shift in the face…
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MIPCOM 2019: The Big Deals
As MIPCOM closes its doors after another frenetic market, TBI explores some of the big…
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Sky Italia rolls cameras on Wildside’s dystopian thriller ‘Anna’
Sky Italia has signed on for Sicilian dystopian thriller Anna from The Miracle producer Wildside….
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Exclusive: Disney+ hunts ‘chaste YA’ as SVODs descend on Cannes
The streaming giants are gathering force and playing ball with producers and distributors, with the…
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Netflix Q3 adds 6.8m subscribers but misses forecast
Netflix added 6.8m subscribers in Q3 – a 12% year-on-year increase – but still missed…
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SPT agrees deal with ‘Black Hawk Down’ firm Revolution Studios
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck a deal to handle global TV and digital distribution…
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HBO Max adds Fox, Universal, A+E execs to work across drama
HBO Max has added executives from Fox Entertainment, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and A+E Studios…
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Endemol Shine’s Cathy Payne on scalable formats, SVOD aggregation and streamers
Scalable formats remain key for the continued growth on the unscripted side of the content…
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‘Billions’ star Damian Lewis talks ‘Spy Wars’, unscripted and his new prodco
A docudrama exploring the lives of (in)famous spies might not have been the most obvious…