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The pilgrims of coproduction at Contecta Fiction
Much like the determined pilgrims of Galicia’s famous Camino de Santiago, Spanish-language TV companies in…
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In-demand chart: Eastern Europe (June 19-25, 2017)
Two shows clearly stand out from the crowd in Central and Eastern Europe right now….
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Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
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Acorn is Keeping Faith with BBC, S4C drama
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) has become a coproducer on BBC Wales and S4C thriller drama…
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Canal+ drama Belfer tops Polish demand list
A local Canal+ drama is the most in-demand series in Poland, according to exclusive new…
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Writer’s room: Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern has a reputation for tackling social issues head-on. Through Hillsborough, The Accused, Dockers…
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Downward Dog needs new home after ABC end
The makers of Downward Dog are searching for new owners of the US network comedy…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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Netflix makes it Rain as Danish drama nears
Production has begun on streaming service Netflix’s first Scandinavian original, a dystopian drama. The Rain…
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ABC Studios and Hoodlum sign global first look deal
ABC Studios International and Australian prodco Hoodlum Entertainment have signed a worldwide first look deal,…
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YouTube Red orders batch of new originals
Subscription video service YouTube Red has ordered a live action kids series featuring YouTube star…
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Captive audience: the Spanish SVOD boom
Spain’s drama production sector is moving swiftly towards international television’s top tier, fuelled by the…
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ITV Studios, Sky execs join Lookout Point
High-ranking production execs at ITV Studios (ITVS) and satcaster Sky are joining UK drama house…
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eOne inks multi-year deal with StoryBy
Global independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) has entered a multi-year TV first-look deal with US-based…
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ITV Studios promotes Oldfield in drama push
Catherine Oldfield has been promoted to creative director of ITV Studio’s drama label, Tall Story…
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Amazon Prime picks up Israeli drama
Amazon Prime Video has picked up Israeli romantic comedy series The Baker and The Beauty,…
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NCIS named ‘most watched’ drama series again
US procedural NCIS has been named the most-watched drama series for the eighth year in…
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Vice plans scripted push after $450m investment
North American millennial content giant Vice Media has received US$450 million from investment firm TPG,…
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HBO Europe buys Breakthrough, Lionsgate dramas
Pay TV business HBO Europe has acquired dramas from North America’s Breakthrough Entertainment and Lionsgate….
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Night Manager prodco adds ex-Film4 exec
The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory has hired a former Film4 commissioner for a…
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Local series overshadow US in Spanish TV market
Half of the most in-demand series in Spain are Spanish-language originals, exclusive new stats show….
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Netflix & ABC coproducing motherhood comedy
Streaming service Netflix and Australian pubcaster the ABC are coproducing a comedy series about motherhood….
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Sony Pictures Television co-presidents out
Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht are leaving their roles as co-presidents of Sony Pictures…
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Mid East SVOD player bags Sony package deal
A new package of Sony TV series and movies are headed to Etisalat’s Middle East…
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The view from the Riviera
It’s hard to find a more beautiful and glamorous location to shoot than the Côte…
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In the spotlight: The Shield creator and Timeless writer Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan was destined to revolutionise US crime drama when he dreamed up The Shield…
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CEE broadcaster bags A+E’s Knightfall
Central and Eastern European broadcaster SPI / Filmbox has acquired A+E Networks’ period action drama…
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Endemol Shine dismisses Turkish chiefs
Endemol Shine Group has dismissed the CEO and commercial chief of its Turkish division after…
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ABC poaches Fox studio exec for comedy
US broadcaster ABC has hired Jennifer Carreras Twentieth Century Fox Television to bolster its comedy…
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BBC Studios names comedy development chief
BBC Studios has gone in-house to appoint a head of development for its comedy unit….