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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…
Sky hires Big Talk exec as comedy commissioner
Sky has hired Big Talk Productions’ Josh Cole as commissioning editor for comedy. In the…
Game of Thrones smashes ratings records
The finale of the latest Game of Thrones took a massive 16.5 million viewers in…
Nice buys Swedish drama house Matador
Scandinavia’s Nice Entertainment Group has bought Swedish drama producer Matador Films. The deal, financial terms…
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…
BBC Four acquires German drama Reformation
UK channel BBC Four has acquired German-language drama Reformation: The Story of Martin Luther, and…
Sky & HBO buy into Bad Wolf
Scripted strategies at Sky and HBO are once again aligning, with both of the pay…
BBC Two buys US drama Snowfall, unveils originals
EDINBURGH: UK channel BBC Two has acquired John Singleton’s US crack cocaine epic Snowfall, and…
Common & RZA work up Starz samurai drama
US cable channel Starz is developing a Jerry Bruckheimer drama based on the Black Samurai…
Sky discovers Bad Wolf’s Witches adaptation
UK satcaster Sky has commissioned a drama series, A Discovery of Witches, for its linear…
Norway proposes €3m film & TV fund
Norway has proposed the ‘Nordisk Stor Film Fond’, which is still in early stages of…
Drama veteran joins Atrium TV
Drama financing veteran Nick Witkowski has joined scripted ‘commissioning club’ Atrium TV. Witkowski has been…
Lionsgate scripted exec makes Fox 21 switch
Long-serving Lionsgate scripted exec Andy Richley has joined Fox 21 Television Studios. Richley has been…
Swiss firm launches €50m TV drama fund
Swiss film financier Silver Reel is reportedly launching a €50 million (US$58.8 million) television drama…
eOne ups Newman as drama slate expands
Entertainment One (eOne) Television has promoted Carolyn Newman to senior VP level, as it expands…
BBC One makes Three drama order
UK channel BBC One has commissioned a pair of dramas, one based on a trilogy…
ABC orders The Jetsons live-action reboot
ABC has ordered a live-action reboot of 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series The Jetsons, executive produced…
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….
Lost’s Carlton Cuse signs multiyear deal with ABC
The former executive producer and showrunner of Lost, Carlton Cuse, is returning to ABC through…
YouTube adds ex-WGN & Fox execs for originals
YouTube is bolstering its original programming team by hiring former WGN America (WGN) and Fox…
Usual Suspects writer teams with Gaumont
The Usual Suspects screenwriter Chris McQuarrie has signed a first-look agreement with Narcos producer Gaumont….
MGM to produce Patrick Dempsey drama for Epix
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Canada on a…
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…
Netflix orders supernatural UK original
Netflix has ordered a supernatural-themed original drama produced by UK-based New Pictures, TBI can reveal….
The Walking Dead’s Kirkman signs deal with Amazon
Amazon has closed an overall deal with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and a…
Global Agency acquires rights to Spanish drama Queens
Global Agency has made an exclusive international deal with José Luis Moreno for the period…
Netflix kills off Gypsy drama
Subscription VOD service Netflix has cancelled its therapy-themed drama Gypsy after one season. The move…
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…
Ryan Seacrest signs ABC Studios deal
American presenter Ryan Seacrest has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. Under terms of…
Lifetime orders Jenji Kohan drama
US cable channel Lifetime has given a straight-to-series greenlight to a new drama from Jenji…