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HBO Asia buys Keshet’s NBC drama
HBO Asia and TVNZ in New Zealand have bought Keshet International’s NBC series The Brave….
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WMR moves into scripted with Frank Warren drama
UK-based factual specialist World Media Rights (WMR) is developing a scripted drama about English boxing…
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Grand Tour beats rivals in Europe – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
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Walter Presents brings in first Italian drama
Walter Presents, the global television drama service that Channel 4 launched last year, has brought…
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Netflix agrees C$500m originals deal with Canada
Netflix has committed to a five-year, C$500 million (US$400 million) spend on Canadian original programming,…
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Madam Secretary syndicated on Netflix, WeTV
CBS Corporation has signed a multi-platform syndication agreement for its political drama Madam Secretary, giving…
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Amazon to ‘increase content spend again’
Amazon will keep apace with Netflix’s original content spend, with Roy Price reportedly promising staff…
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Film firm taps Borderline’s Rocha to lead TV unit
Zoë Rocha, who produces Channel 5 and Netflix mockumentary Borderline, is joining film financier The…
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RTÉ calls for half-hour scripted comedies
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board have formed a partnership to support new Irish scripted…
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South Korean first for Turkish drama
South Korean channel GTV has acquired what it claims to be the first Turkish drama…
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Amazon picks up McMafia outside UK, US
Amazon has picked up BBC Worldwide and AMC drama McMafia for more than 200 territories,…
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Amazon builds with TNT’s Berlin drama 4 Blocks
Amazon has picked up Berlin-set gangster drama 4 Blocks from TNT for a worldwide audience….
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Staring into the Hard Sun
While investigating what appears to be the routine death of a computer hacker in London,…
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Peter Gerwe buys Pinewood out of drama JV
Peter Gerwe’s StoryFirst has bought Pinewood-Shepperton Studios’ 50% stake in the drama joint venture the…
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E4 gives UK home to Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory prequel that follows the life of nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper,…
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CBS names drama chief following Davis exit
Long-serving CBS Entertainment exec Yelena Chak will succeed Christina Davis as the Eye Network’s head…
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BBCWW brings Mitchell & Webb to MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) will bring a line-up of talent to MIPCOM to launch its scripted…
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Freeform orders Pretty Little Liars spin-off
Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered drama pilot Pretty Little Liars:…
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Amazon signs Gilmore Girls duo, Casey Affleck
Amazon Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Gilmore Girls creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino…
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Red Planet expands with Scott Free, BBC hires
UK-based producer Red Planet Pictures has hired execs from Scott Free Productions and the BBC…
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New Star Trek leads to ‘record’ CBS SVOD sign-ups
Sunday’s premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, CBS’s streaming service, is said…
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Hulu puts on GameFace after UK deal
Hulu has signed a licensing deal with All3Media International for the US video-on-demand rights to…
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SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
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Clinton drama The President is Missing heads for Showtime
Showtime has acquired the television rights to the upcoming Bill Clinton novel The President Is…
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Deutsche Telekom orders first original
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced comedy….
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Sky brings in Marvel’s Inhumans for UK & Ireland
Pay TV channel Sky 1 has brought in Marvel’s Inhumans for this autumn, making it…
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India’s ZEE sets up prodco in Canada
Indian content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has set up a production company in Canada….
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CBS orders F.B.I. drama from Dick Wolf
US broadcaster CBS has commissioned a 13-episode drama from procedural king Dick Wolf. F.B.I. (WT)…
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Will & Grace gets first SVOD outing with Hulu
All 194 episodes of NBC comedy Will & Grace will be available for streaming in…
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HBO gives Watchmen the green light
HBO has given the greenlight to Watchmen and ordered backup scripts for the project. Damon…