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Endemol Shine Studios president exits post

Sharon Hall is leaving her role as president of US-based Endemol Shine Studios. This comes…

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Sky hires Big Talk exec as comedy commissioner

Sky has hired Big Talk Productions’ Josh Cole as commissioning editor for comedy. In the…

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Game of Thrones smashes ratings records

The finale of the latest Game of Thrones took a massive 16.5 million viewers in…

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Nice buys Swedish drama house Matador

Scandinavia’s Nice Entertainment Group has bought Swedish drama producer Matador Films. The deal, financial terms…

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Cannes Series gears up for launch with ex-iTunes exec hire

Cannes Series has hired artistic director Albin Lewi to bring the newly proposed event to…

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BBC Four acquires German drama Reformation

UK channel BBC Four has acquired German-language drama Reformation: The Story of Martin Luther, and…

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Sky & HBO buy into Bad Wolf

Scripted strategies at Sky and HBO are once again aligning, with both of the pay…

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BBC Two buys US drama Snowfall, unveils originals

EDINBURGH: UK channel BBC Two has acquired John Singleton’s US crack cocaine epic Snowfall, and…

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Common & RZA work up Starz samurai drama

US cable channel Starz is developing a Jerry Bruckheimer drama based on the Black Samurai…

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Sky discovers Bad Wolf’s Witches adaptation

UK satcaster Sky has commissioned a drama series, A Discovery of Witches, for its linear…

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Norway proposes €3m film & TV fund

Norway has proposed the ‘Nordisk Stor Film Fond’, which is still in early stages of…

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Drama veteran joins Atrium TV

Drama financing veteran Nick Witkowski has joined scripted ‘commissioning club’ Atrium TV. Witkowski has been…

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Lionsgate scripted exec makes Fox 21 switch

Long-serving Lionsgate scripted exec Andy Richley has joined Fox 21 Television Studios. Richley has been…

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Swiss firm launches €50m TV drama fund

Swiss film financier Silver Reel is reportedly launching a €50 million (US$58.8 million) television drama…

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eOne ups Newman as drama slate expands

Entertainment One (eOne) Television has promoted Carolyn Newman to senior VP level, as it expands…

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BBC One makes Three drama order

UK channel BBC One has commissioned a pair of dramas, one based on a trilogy…

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ABC orders The Jetsons live-action reboot

ABC has ordered a live-action reboot of 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series The Jetsons, executive produced…

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Amazon joins BBC’s Moffat drama The Last Post

Amazon has become the US partner for Peter Moffat’s BBC One drama The Last Post….

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Lost’s Carlton Cuse signs multiyear deal with ABC

The former executive producer and showrunner of Lost, Carlton Cuse, is returning to ABC through…

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YouTube adds ex-WGN & Fox execs for originals

YouTube is bolstering its original programming team by hiring former WGN America (WGN) and Fox…

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Usual Suspects writer teams with Gaumont

The Usual Suspects screenwriter Chris McQuarrie has signed a first-look agreement with Narcos producer Gaumont….

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MGM to produce Patrick Dempsey drama for Epix

MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Canada on a…

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Sony beefs ups drama team with ex-Syfy exec

Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s new leaders have hired former Syfy development exec Andrew Plotkin for…

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Netflix orders supernatural UK original

Netflix has ordered a supernatural-themed original drama produced by UK-based New Pictures, TBI can reveal….

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The Walking Dead’s Kirkman signs deal with Amazon

Amazon has closed an overall deal with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and a…

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Global Agency acquires rights to Spanish drama Queens

Global Agency has made an exclusive international deal with José Luis Moreno for the period…

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Netflix kills off Gypsy drama

Subscription VOD service Netflix has cancelled its therapy-themed drama Gypsy after one season. The move…

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Warner Bros Sweden appoints SF exec as drama head

Warner Bros. International Production Sweden (WBITVP) has appointed Johan Hedman to lead the production company’s…

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Ryan Seacrest signs ABC Studios deal

American presenter Ryan Seacrest has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. Under terms of…

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Lifetime orders Jenji Kohan drama

US cable channel Lifetime has given a straight-to-series greenlight to a new drama from Jenji…