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Sales round-up: Globo, All3Media deliver in Germany; Sky Vision scores for lifestyle
Globo sends telenovela Total Dreamer to Germany Brazilian broadcaster Globo has sold telenovela Total Dreamer into German…
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Sales round-up: Sky Vision, Federation, Orange Smarty
Sky Vision inks volume deal with Russia’s Amedia TV The production and distribution arm of…
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Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
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Realscreen: Podcasts can “translate to ratings” for unscripted buyers
Built-in communities and tangible data points around successful podcasts can prove to be invaluable for…
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NATPE: History gives Jesus docudrama the premium treatment
The high-end drama boom is having a knock-on effect on docudramas, according to Nutopia boss…
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Netflix Q4 earnings to be closely scrutinised following price hike
Analysts are predicting another strong quarter for Netflix, ahead of the streaming giant’s Q4 earnings…
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DRG acquires sci-fi The White Wall
DRG has picked up the rights to Scandi sci-fi The White Wall. Produced by Fire Monkey…
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ITV readies new drama from Downton Abbey creator
ITV has greenlit Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes’ adaptation of his novel Belgravia. NBCUniversal-backed Carnival…
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Eurodata: Local drama dominated primetime in 2018
Eurodata’s scripted series report for 2018 shows that local drama was the most popular prime…
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Behind the Scenes: Netflix’s When Heroes Fly
Produced by Spiro Films and Keshet International for Keshet Broadcasting, Colombia-set thriller When Heroes Fly follows…
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Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light names second apprenticeship winner
Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has named the second winner of its Serial Eyes postgraduate…
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Harlots finds UK home on Starzplay
Lionsgate’s Starzplay SVOD has swooped in to air Hulu drama Harlots in the UK. The…
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“Purposeful” formats, CEE scripted on the rise in 2019
International TV research consultancy K7 Media has unveiled its predictions for 2019, forecasting that Disney+…
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Wildside is developing an Audrey Hepburn drama
Fremantle’s Wildside is developing a drama series on Audrey Hepburn’s life, based on a story…
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iQiyi takes Fremantle’s My Brilliant Friend to China
iQiyi is set to take Fremantle’s critically-acclaimed drama My Brilliant Friend to China. My Brilliant Friend follows…
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In the spotlight: Simon & Stephen Cornwell
The Ink Factory founders, and sons of author John le Carré, discuss the changing face…
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Fremantle to develop South African drama with Multichoice
Fremantle is set to join forces with African pay TV operator Multichoice to develop an…
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A+E to develop first int’l scripted copro
A+E Networks International has begun development on its first international, scripted coproduction, Miss Scarlet…
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Viaplay to launch original comedy drama Love Me
Nordic streaming service Viaplay, owned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), is set to launch new…
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Tiger Aspect hires Wrong Mans producer Myfanwy Moore
Endemol Shine-owned Tiger Aspect has hired former BBC controller of comedy production and The Wrong Mans producer…
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Canada’s CBC takes Fremantle mini-series Butterfly
Canadian national broadcaster CBC has acquired Butterfly, a mini-series the follows the story of an…
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Barclays doubles TV investment fund to £200m
Barclays has doubled its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) investment fund for UK TV producers to…
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Acorn TV secures US rights to DCD drama My Life is Murder
Acorn TV has secured US rights to DCD Rights’ primetime drama My Life is Murder,…
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Keshet, ABC team for political drama Black B*tch
Keshet International (KI) has partnered with Australia’s ABC and Screen Australia to bring Blackfella Films’…
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Fremantle launches scripted podcast label
Fremantle has launched Storyglass, a new scripted podcast label that will be headed by former…
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Canada’s Global preps UK co-pro event series with Shaftesbury
Canadian channel Global has commissioned an original six-part event series, Departure, co-produced by Canada’s Shaftesbury…
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Comedy Central snaps up Vice sitcom
Comedy Central UK has snapped up rights to Viceland scripted comedy Bobby And Harriet Get…
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Acorn TV snaps up Line Of Duty streaming rights from Hulu
US streaming service Acorn TV has snapped up US streaming rights to BBC thriller Line Of Duty from…
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Hulu greenlights 10-part comedy from ABC Signature Studios
Hulu has ordered a 10-part original comedy series from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment ABC Signature…
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ABC Australia, All3Media Int’l partner on Uber Driver drama
All3Media International has partnered with public broadcaster ABC Australia on six-part drama Diary Of An…