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All3Media comedy drama headed to ABC in Oz

All3Media international has concluded a deal in Australia for the BBC Four comedy drama Bucket….

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Key CBS drama exec stepping down

The head of drama development at US broadcaster CBS, Christina Davis, has stepped down. The…

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Amazon orders Julia Roberts drama Homecoming

Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has handed a two-season order to Homecoming, a drama…

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Banijay UK scripted prodco launches with Symonds

Banijay Group has launched a second scripted production company in the UK with British producer…

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GOT creators re-team with HBO for Confederate

Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are set to reteam with HBO…

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Amazon brings Agatha Christie series to the US

Amazon is adding a series of adaptations from Agatha Christie Limited to its lineup of…

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Game of Thrones smashes HBO ratings record

Ratings for Game of Thrones’s season seven opener on US premium pay channel HBO proved…

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Ex-Gaumont chief to lead Liberty-backed producer

Former Gaumont Television CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh is to lead to lead a production and…

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Amazon buys The Amazing Gayl Pile

LaRue Entertainment’s The Amazing Gayl Pile is now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in…

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Returning miniseries

Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…

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MediaXchange partners with Australian Writers’ Guild

MediaXchange has partnered with Australian Writers’ Guild to create a programme for more Aussie writing…

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Cinemax exec to lead Makeready TV unit

Cinemax’s Scott Nemes is leaving the premium cable channel to become head of television at…

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Fox Asia assesses The First Half of My Life

Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) has signed a deal with prodco New Classics TV for…

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Amazon Studios names heads of drama & comedy

Transparent producer Amazon Studios has named Nick Hall as head of drama and promoted Gina…

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Netflix & Canal+ co-order Safe drama

Streaming service Netflix and French paycaster Canal+ have co-commissioned an eight-part drama, Safe, which was…

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Netflix opens Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy

Netflix has ordered a ten-part live-action series based on Gerard Way’s graphic novel The Umbrella…

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Game of Thrones writer preps new HBO show

Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin will act as executive producer for the show Who…

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Netflix orders Central Park Five drama

Subscription VOD service Netflix has ordered a five-part drama based on the true story of…

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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy

More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…

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UFA Fiction exec transfers to Beta

Beta Film has tapped a producer from German compatriot UFA Fiction to become its international…

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Series Mania to challenge Cannes from Lille

French drama forum Series Mania is relocating to Lille after being named as the winning…

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Warner Bros. plans live-action Jetsons revival

Warner Bros. Television is reportedly shopping a live-action revival of classic animated family comedy The…

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Genius prodco Imagine names new TV chief

Anna Culp has become the new executive VP of television at Genius producer Imagine Television….

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ITV Studios hires USA & ABC execs for scripted

ITV Studios America (ITVSA) has hired USA Networks’ Jed Valdecantos and ABC Studios’ Jim Dietle….

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Amazon takes CBS summer drama – again

Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has again secured rights to a CBS summer drama…

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Landgraf’s FX ups trio

US cable channel FX Networks has promoted a trio of executives, with two execs who…

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Rai orders Endemol Shine crime drama

Italian pubcaster Rai has tapped Endemol Shine for a crime drama. Set in an idyllic…

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Fremantle ups scripted buyer

FremantleMedia International (FMI) has promoted Rebecca Dundon to director of scripted acquisitions, and hired an…

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Reel One hires Mary Kills People execs for int’l push

Montreal-based Reel One Entertainment has hired Mary Kills People producer Adam Fratto as senior VP…

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Netflix drama will prove Everything Sucks!

Netflix is going back to the 1990s with a coming-of-age drama original titled Everything Sucks!….