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Exclusive: NENT Group’s content, co-productions and acquisitions team revealed
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group’s recently appointed chief content officer Filippa Wallestam has named a six-pronged…
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Exclusive: Cathy Payne to leave Endemol Shine International
Endemol Shine International’s CEO Cathy Payne is to step down in early 2020, TBI has…
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YLE, SVT, TV2 among buyers acquiring BBC Studios’ Mallorca Files
YLE in Finland, Sweden’s SVT and AXN Mystery in Japan are among international buyers of…
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FilmRise names BBC Studios exec for global acquisitions
US-based film and TV outfit FilmRise has appointed BBC Studios exec Whitney Muroff as its…
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Heyday Television hires ‘The Spanish Princess’ exec for development
NBCUniversal International Studios-backed Heyday Television UK has appointed former Chrysalis Vision exec Sue Gibbs to…
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Deals round-up: BBC, RTL buy ‘The Investigation’; S4C welcomes Walter Presents; Pantaya pounces on ‘Ana’
BBC, RTL look into The Investigation The UK’s BBC and RTL in Germany have struck…
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BBC’s content chief talks up iPlayer plans, benefits of extended rights window
BBC content chief Charlotte Moore has outlined how on-demand service iPlayer will become central to…
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NBCU consolidates production under Bonnie Hammer, names Peacock chief
NBCUniversal has moved its TV studios, Universal Television and Universal Content Productions into a single…
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Fremantle España to adapt autobiography of Spanish newspaper boss
Fremantle España is to adapt the explosive autobiography of Spanish war reporter and newspaper editor…
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Newen completes acquisition of Reel One Entertainment
Newen Group has completed its acquisition of Canadian scripted producer-distributor Reel One Entertainment. The Department…
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New Zealand’s Mediaworks Three takes Screentime’s ‘Toke’
Mediaworks Three has commissioned Banijay’s Screentime New Zealand for telemovie Toke. Set in the sleepy…
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Britbox adds Amazon, Now TV execs to UK management team
BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has unveiled its senior management team ahead of the UK-focused…
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Sales round-up: Amazon adds ‘Teddy Ruxpin’; eOne visits ‘Between Two Worlds’; Power enters ring with boxing doc
Amazon welcomes Teddy Ruxpin Amazon has picked up rights to classic kids series The Adventures…
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Netflix order Big Mouth spin-off, strikes Mediaset deal
Netflix has ordered a workplace comedy spun off from its popular animation Big Mouth and…
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Blue Ant Media appoints Jigsaw, Sundance alum to oversee creative
Blue Ant Media in Canada has appointed Sundance and Jigsaw Media alum Laura Michalchyshyn as…
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A+E Networks appoints Fox veteran to oversee international and licensing
A+E Networks has appointed Steve MacDonald to oversee its international operations and its global multi-platform…
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Endemol Shine Finland moves into scripted with Dionysos Films alum
Endemol Shine Group’s operation in Finland is launching a new scripted division and has hired…
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All3Media secures ‘Liar’ remake in Spain, strikes Cinetic deal
All3Media has struck a deal with Spain’s Atresmedia to remake its scripted thriller Liar, and…
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Sales round-up: SBS boards Viacom’s ‘Train Adventure’; Quintus deals with ProSiebenSat.1
Viacom sells Trevor McDonald’s ‘Indian Train Adventure’ Viacom International Studios has struck worldwide deals for…
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HBO Max names Disney, TBS alums for animation and family roles
HBO Max has appointed former TBS original programming exec Billy Wee to oversee animation and…
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ABC Studios promotes Melanie Frankel to oversee comedy
ABC Studios has appointed Melanie Frankel to oversee its comedy output, replacing Amy Hartwick who…
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Exclusive: HBO strikes overall deal with ‘Skam’ creator
HBO has struck an overall deal with the creator of hit Norwegian TV show Skam,…
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WBITVP merges Dutch scripted operations
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) is merging its Dutch scripted operations under a new…
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Avalon hires Lionsgate’s Laura Kennedy as CEO
Avalon Group has hired Lionsgate Television’s chief operating officer Laura Kennedy as CEO. Avalon founders…
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Writer’s Room: Imagining the unimaginable with ‘The Windermere Children’
In TBI’s Writer’s Room, The Eichmann Show’s Simon Block discusses how he set about adapting…
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Jupiter Entertainment appoints Roc Nation alum as president
Sky-owned Jupiter Entertainment has named producer and former Roc Nation executive Patrick Reardon as president….
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Murdoch, Snider and Featherstone team to launch Sister
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone have teamed up to launch Sister, a global…
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WarnerMedia names Otter Media CEO to oversee HBO Max design
WarnerMedia has outlined the leadership team that will develop the non-content side of its forthcoming…
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ITV Studios kickstarts major distribution restructure as Talpa’s John de Mol exits
ITV Studios has kickstarted a major restructure of its distribution business that sees the catalogues…
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Sky Vision formally shuttered after NBCUniversal transfer
Distributor and producer Sky Vision has formally ended operations following its parent company’s acquisition by…