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Netflix orders Israeli dramas from Fauda pair
Streaming service Netflix has commissioned a pair of dramas from the Israeli creative team behind…
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Hulu set for RuPaul drama
Hulu is set to develop RuPaul’s half-hour dramedy series loosely based on the Drag Race…
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NBCU comedy SVOD service Seeso shutting
NBCUniversal is shutting its comedy-themed SVOD service Seeso. The US service’s future has been in…
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Netflix orders Coen Brothers anthology drama
Subscription VOD service Netflix has commissioned a Western anthology drama from director pair Joel and…
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HBO pushes further into CEE originals with hire
HBO Europe is pushing further into original programming in the Central and Eastern Europe region…
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Paramount extends Anonymous deal
Hollywood’s Paramount Television has extended its first-look deal with Anonymous Content, a partnership that’s already…
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Finnish VOD service orders ITVS to create Threesome
ITV Studios Finland is set to produce a remake of scripted format Threesome for Finnish…
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Will & Grace reboot heads to TVNZ
The upcoming reboot of US comedy Will & Grace is headed to New Zealand commercial…
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NBC doubles down on Will & Grace
NBC has ordered new episodes of Will & Grace, and renewed it for a second…
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Netflix orders first original from Taiwan
Netflix has ordered its first Chinese-language original series from Taiwan, a “jailbreak thriller” named Bardo….
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Endemol Shine & DNF create El Clan
Endemol Shine Latino, a division of Endemol Shine North America, and DNF Pictures are producing…
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Walter Presents picks up Brazilian titles
Walter Presents, Channel 4’s VOD service dedicated to foreign drama for UK and US, has…
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Netflix expands Lat Am & India investment
Netflix is looking to expand Latin American investments, confirming it will host 50 new and…
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Beginning of the end for The Middle at ABC
ABC comedy The Middle is to end after its next season on US screens. The…
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IDW launches on-demand content studio for geeks
San Diego-based IDW Entertainment (IDWE) has launched a on-demand- and digital-focused production and distribution studio…
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Cameras role on BBC’s Hinterland successor
BBC Wales, S4C and All3Media International are backing a new crime serial drama from the…
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Fox promotes Gabay to new comedy post
Fox has promoted Jonathan Gabay to senior vice president of comedy development and programming. Gabay…
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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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New UK & scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
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Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon partner for new show
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have partnered up to star in a new drama series…
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Canal + orders Joann Sfar drama Monsters’ Shrink
Canal + has commissioned Red Production Company to produce Joann Sfar’s live action drama Monsters’…
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Chernobyl drama first from HBO, Sky pact
A drama based on the Chernobyl catastrophe is the first high-end series to come out…
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MIPCOM to debut Sky/Amazon drama Britannia
Big-ticket Sky and Amazon drama Britannia will have its world premiere at MIPCOM in October….
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Netflix orders Matt Groening toon Disenchantment
Netflix has ordered twenty episodes of new Matt Groening animated comedy Disenchantment. The new adult-skewed…
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Bill Clinton heads to Hollywood with President pitch
Former US President Bill Clinton is in Hollywood this week pitching a book he’s co-authored…
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Nat Geo preps Leonardo DiCaprio drama
US cable channel National Geographic is adapting a best-selling Tom Wolfe novel with Leonardo DiCaprio’s…
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Amazon acquires Sky’s Tin Star
Amazon has acquired Tin Star for the US from UK-based distributors Endemol Shine International and…
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Fremantle works up TV adaptation of Find the Good
FremantleMedia has teamed up with author Heather Lende to develop a drama series based on…
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Amazon touts local originals as Inside Edge scores
Amazon’s first original Indian drama, Inside Edge, has quickly become the most watched title on…
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Amazon has Picnic at Hanging Rock with FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia International has partnered with Amazon US for the premiere of its series Picnic at…