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UK-Brazil coproduction treaty ratified

The UK and Brazil production treaty has finally been formalised, smoothing the way for TV and…

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Sundance orders first SVOD scripted series

New US streaming service Sundance Now has become the latest SVOD platform to order an…

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Ex-ITV Studios exec joins DRG drama club

Former ITV Studios, Shine Group and Cineflix exec Dave Clarke has joined UK-based DRG to…

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HBO Nordic, Zee take on The Good Fight

CBS has shopped The Good Fight to HBO in Europe and Zee in India. The…

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Warner lines up DC digital service

Warner Bros. Television is working on a pair of original series for a soon-to-launch DC-branded…

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BBC drama launch in India

BBC Worldwide is launching its BBC First brand in India for the first time, and…

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Globomedia co-founder creates drama unit

A cofounder of Globomedia, Daniel Écija, is creating a ‘fiction factory’ within the Spanish-language production…

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Fremantle buys a portion of Duck Soup

FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Duck Soup Films, the UK film and TV…

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Eliza Dushku sets up Black Company fantasy series

Eliza Dushku’s Boston Diva Productions and David Goyer’s Phantom Four are teaming with IM Global…

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Writers Guild vote authorises strike

The Writers Guild of America members have overwhelmingly voted to authorise a strike that would…

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Red Arrow re-ups Bastin at Fabrik

Henrik Bastin, the CEO of LA-based Fabrik Entertainment, has renewed his contract at the Bosch…

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New Lat Am vendor to shop Gaumont shows

A new Latin America-focused distribution company has landed regional rights to Gaumont’s scripted drama and…

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CBS names Europe copro chief

The international studios arm of US broadcaster CBS has named a new coproductions chief in…

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Fox, Tencent team for financial drama series

A new high end drama set in Hong Kong’s financial district has been greenlit and…

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Netflix, E4 prep for The End of the F***ing World

Streaming service Netflix and UK youth-skewed network E4 have co-commissioned a dark comedy-drama about a…

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BBC celebrates Gay Britannia

UK pubcaster the BBC is to run a season of programmes celebrating gay culture in…

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Aussie SVOD net orders eOne comedy

Australian subscription VOD service Stan sent a comedy-drama from North America’s Entertainment One Television into…

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Lifetime to tell Berlanti’s ‘twisted love story’

US cable channel Lifetime is going straight-to-series on “the most twisted love story ever”, which…

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Viaplay orders first Icelandic original

Scandinavian SVOD player Viaplay’s latest original is an Icelandic drama. The commission of Stella Blómkvist…

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Hulu adapts horror-fantasy comic for TV

US streaming service Hulu has greenlit a one-hour pilot of comic property Locke and Key….

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All3Media Int’l to plough more cash into drama

The international arm of All3Media will double its investment in drama this year, putting more…

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Hierro marks Franco-Spanish drama first

Paris-based prodco Atlantique and its Coruña-based counterpart Portocabo are joining forces to make drama series…

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Working Title UK hires ex-BBC comedy chief

Working Title Television UK has hired former BBC comedy chief Mark Freeland to run its…

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Nat Geo teams with Jay Z, ups scripted commitment

National Geographic is teaming up with rapper Jay Z and The Weinstein Company to make…

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Gomorrah writer making Gaddafi series

Roberto Saviano, the writer of Italian crime series Gomorrah, is developing a new series about…

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Sky, HBO in $250m high-end drama deal

Leading pay TV players Sky and HBO are joining forces to create a development slate…

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Cohen’s Access buys Packer out of RatPac

Access Entertainment has bought James Packer out of PatPac Entertainment, the US prodco the latter…

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BBC Studios taps Red Planet for Wales drama chief

Red Planet Pictures’ Simon Winstone is joining the production arm of UK pubcaster the BBC….

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Hollywood strike vote underway

Writers Guild of America members have begun voting on whether to strike over a labour…

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Ex-ABC exec in as Aussie prodco targets drama

Former ABC and Nine Network exec and local industry veteran Courtney Gibson has joined Australian…