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Rogers Media appoints Facebook Canada boss
Rogers Media in Canada has appointed the former managing director of Facebook and Instagram in…
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Sales round-up: RTL snags Spanish shows; ‘Leaving Neverland’ goes global; DocuBay sails with Ananda
RTL doubles down in Spain German broadcaster RTL has picked up two original series by…
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ITVS drama ‘World On Fire’ finds home in the US
PBS in the US, BBC First in Australia and SVT in Sweden are among companies…
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Netflix to put away ‘Trinkets’ but strikes ‘Big Mouth’ deal
Netflix is bringing the curtain down on Trinkets, its show based on Kirsten Smith’s young…
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Orange strikes Mediapro deal for first original drama
Spanish telco Orange has unveiled plans to boost its TV offering by developing its first…
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Starz expands period drama with ‘Dangerous Liaisons’
US cabler Starz has added another period drama to its slate, this time an adaptation…
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Amazon expands ‘Carnival Row’ but axes ‘Lore’ and ‘The Romanoffs’
Amazon has ordered a second season of its Orlando Bloom-starring drama Carnival Row before the…
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Warner Bros. signs up Bryan Cranston’s Moonshot Entertainment
Bryan Cranston is ending his long-standing partnership with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) by signing an…
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TBI Weekly: Six signs that Sky Studios is key for Comcast
Take one look at Comcast’s second quarter results revealed yesterday and it becomes abundantly clear…
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Sky eyes ‘unprecedented production scale’ and streaming partners
Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch has said that recently launched production arm Sky Studios will allow…
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Comcast to power NBCU’s streamer with acquisitions
NBCUniversal’s CEO Steve Burke has revealed further details around its forthcoming streamer, which will launch…
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NBC to end ‘Will & Grace’ revival after third season
US broadcaster NBC is bringing the curtain down on its revival of comedy series Will…
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FX teams with Jeff Bridges for off-grid drama
Disney’s US cablenet FX is teaming up with The Big Lebowski (pictured) star Jeff Bridges…
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BritBox orders ‘The Bay’ and acquires ‘Death In Paradise’
North American streamer BritBox is looking to “significantly expand” its programming with a new original…
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EOne shifts ex-content chief Mark Gordon to production deal
Entertainment One’s president and chief content officer Mark Gordon (pictured) is stepping down after just…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios, Independent secure ‘Mr Nice’ rights
MotherFatherSon and Luther producer BBC Studios Drama London is working with Luc Roeg’s film and…
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HBO plans for originals push, unveils documentary slate
HBO will further increase its originals output over the next 12 months to around 160…
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Channel 4’s Dorothy Byrne to give MacTaggart Lecture
Dorothy Byrne, head of news and current affairs at UK broadcaster Channel 4, will give…
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Sonar appoints former BBC Studios, MGM executives
US-based Sonar Entertainment has appointed former BBC Studios and MGM executives to work across the…
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Telefe’s ‘100 Days To Fall In Love’ scores Showtime adaptation
Telefe comedy 100 Days To Fall In Love has scored an English-language remake with Showtime. …
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Exclusive: NBCU International Studios COO to exit
NBCUniversal International Studio’s (NBCUIS) chief operating officer Sarah Cooper is to step down from her…
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TBI opens submissions for MIPCOM Hot Picks
It’s that time of year again. TBI is now accepting submissions for our upcoming MIPCOM…
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ITVSGE strikes deal with Kate Sinclair’s Alchemy Entertainment
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has struck a first-look deal with Alchemy Entertainment, the recently…
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Acorn TV appoints FilmStruck exec for International
AMC Networks-owned US streamer Acorn TV has appointed a former Turner and FilmStruck International exec…
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Iflix secures $50m to ‘aggressively pursue growth’
Asian streamer Iflix has secured more than $50 million from investors to expand its activities,…
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Quibi jumps on former CW pilot ‘Skinny Dip’
Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s yet-to-launch short-form streamer Quibi is developing a comedy show that…
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Sales round-up: ESG scores for ‘Younger’, ‘Stripped’; BBCS starts ‘Revolutions’
Endemol strips in Spain Endemol Shine International has sold social experiment format Stripped into Spain,…
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BBC Studios adds Sky commissioner to head comedy
UK-based BBC Studios Productions has appointed a commissioning editor from pay TV operator Sky as…
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Renewal round-up: Disney shifts ‘The Orville’ to Hulu, Amazon extends ‘The Boys’, AMC returns to ‘NOS4A2’
Disney moves Macfarlane’s Orville from Fox to Hulu Disney is moving the third season of…
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NBCUI hires ‘Lost in Space’ producer Mark Helwig
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS) has appointed the producer behind Netflix drama Lost In Space to…