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NBC sets new Thursday night block
US broadcaster NBC is looking to take a “stabilising” 2016/17 season to another level with…
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Drama development chief exits 20th TV
Brandon Brito is leaving Twentieth Century Fox Television ten months after being promoted to senior…
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BBC Studios taps Red for drama hire
BBC Studios is adding Red Production Company’s Tom Sherry to its drama ranks. The BBC’s…
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Netflix takes US rights to Babylon Berlin
Streaming service Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to big-budget German drama Babylon Berlin. The series…
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Amazon heads to Carnival Row with Legendary
Subscription VOD service Amazon has greenlit a neo-Victorian fantasy drama Carnival Row. The original one-hour…
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Dynamic tests new development model
LA-based Dynamic Television is working on what it describes as a new scripted television development…
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ITVS creates studio with Walking Dead prodco
ITV Studios America has created a joint venture with Circle of Confusion, the Walking Dead…
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Critical holds The Left Hand of Darkness
US producer Critical Content is developing a television version of Ursula K. LeGuin’s novel The…
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eOne strikes Brad Peyton pact
Entertainment One Television has secured a multi-year first-look TV and digital deal with writer-director Brad…
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Judge Dredd headed for TV
Television is set for a dose of street justice, with IMG Global and games firm…
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AMC’s Stillerman headed for Hulu
AMC Networks’ Joel Stillerman is joining streaming service Hulu as chief content officer. The new…
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Endemol Shine creates Successville comedy label
Endemol Shine Group has created a production company with the team behind BBC Three comedy…
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Hulu snags eOne’s Cardinal and Gap Year
Hulu has inked a multi-series deal with Entertainment One and will take almost 250 hours…
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The CW axes Frequency, No Tomorrow
High-concept dramas Frequency and No Tomorrow will not return to US broadcast network The CW….
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Syfy UK heads to Midnight, Texas
Pay TV channel Syfy UK has bought network drama Midnight, Texas from Comcast cousin NBCUniversal…
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Rebus back on duty with Eleventh Hour
Grizzly Scottish detective inspector John Rebus is set for a TV comeback. UK producer Eleventh…
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The Barcelona Connection sets up UK-Spanish copro
London-based independent producer Nevision and Barcelona-based Diagonal TV are developing The Barcelona Connection, a new…
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Netflix copro among raft of BBC drama commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new drama series including Duty/Shame, a copro with…
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UK remake for Nordic drama Valkyrien
High concept NRK drama Valkyrien looks set for a UK remake. Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures…
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HBO confirms ‘multiple’ Game of Thrones spin-offs
HBO has confirmed it will return to Westeros after Game of Thrones ends. The US…
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NBC selects drama pair & shuts Emerald City
US broadcaster NBC has given the greenlight to a pair of dramas, and also cancelled…
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All3Media strikes German drama JV
The German arm of All3Media has agreed a joint venture with Hamburg-based Bon Voyage Films,…
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Fox sells thousands of hours of Turkish drama
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has sold over two and half thousand hours of Turkish…
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Shapiro exits NBCU’s Seeso as strategy shifts
Evan Shapiro, the head of NBCUniversal-owned comedy SVOD service Seeso, is to leave his post….
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Netflix & Syfy enter Ghost Wars
Netflix has taken exclusive worldwide rights to a new hour-long psychological drama that’s set for…
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Canal+ becomes French Showtime home
Pay TV giant Canal+ is to bring the Showtime channel brand to France for the…
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Amazon Studios scores first-look drama deals
Amazon Studios has signed first-look deals with three production companies. The deals are with Bona…
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ITV buys Line of Duty prodco
UK broadcaster ITV has acquired Line of Duty producer World Productions. World CEO Roger Charteris…
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Strike averted as WGA agrees ‘tentative’ deal
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has struck a “tentative” deal with Hollywood’s film and…
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HBO Europe expands originals strategy
HBO Europe has extended its strategy of working up local originals and is developing new…