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Dating Game Killer Discovery ID’s first original movie
ITV-owned prodco ThinkFactory is making Dating Game Killer, the first original movie for the US…
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Le Carré meets Bourne’ drama first for Fox
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has ordered The Nine, a ‘Le Carré meets Bourne’…
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Amazon buys Keshet’s A Word
Amazon has acquired The A Word for its US streaming service. The e-commerce giant has…
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Sony and iQIYI in China streaming first
Sony’s TV arm has teamed with Chinese ISP iQIYI and the pair will make a…
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NBCU Intn’l, RTL, TF1 order first procedural
The international production arm of NBCUniversal and European powerhouse broadcasters RTL Deutschland and TF1 have…
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Red Arrow, MTG team for thriller series
Red Arrow International and the Modern Times Group have joined forces to make Embassy Down,…
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HBO Spain hires original programming chief
HBO is preparing original programming for its new Spanish service and has hired Miguel Salvat…
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Ran Telem sets up first ever Finland/Spain drama
Drama exec Ran Telem is working up a Finnish-Spanish crime drama. Former Keshet exec Telem…
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Nobel drama win for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show…
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New Canal+ mobile TV service set for 20 countries
Canal+ has launched its vaunted premium TV-over-mobile service Studio+ in France, and said it will…
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Nurses producer Yellow hires ex-YLE drama chief
Nurses creator Yellow Film & Television has a new chief creative officer in the shape…
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Channels ditching imports for local drama – study
Local dramas are increasingly pushing imported programmes off channel schedules, a new report suggests. Eurodata…
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Afrostream bags French first-run rights to Black-ish
French-language SVOD service Afrostream has secured exclusive first-run rights in France for ABC Studios’ show…
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HBO Europe orders cocaine dealer drama
HBO Europe’s latest original drama is Blinded by the Lights, a Polish-originated six-parter about a…
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Canal+ inks international Disney deal
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights…
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DRG seeks copro partners as drama pact renews
UK-based distributor DRG is looking for coproduction partners on a range of new drama projects…
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TNT orders Snowpiercer series from ITV prodco
US cable net TNT has ordered a pilot of Snowpiercer, a futuristic drama based upon…
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Left Bank lands Amazon Indian original
Amazon has ordered an original drama pilot for its soon-to-launch Indian service, with Slumdog Millionaire…
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Nordic drama veterans found Fire Monkey
Two of Scandinavian drama’s biggest-name producers, Roope Lehtinen and Mikko Pöllä, have joined forces to…
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SVT names Wikander replacement
Swedish pubcaster SVT has named Avanti Films & TV exec Anna Croneman as its new…
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Sonar pacts with Robert Downey Jr.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. will create scripted and unscripted programming for television and digital platforms…
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AMC buys into Funny or Die
AMC Networks has bought a minority stake in comedy online VOD site Funny or Die….
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Fox UK grabs CBS’s Bull by the horns
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has secured exclusive first-run rights to new season US…
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AMC in league with BBC’s McMafia
US cable channel AMC has joined BBC One on an organised crime drama series. The…
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19-2 prodco hires development chief
Canadian prodco Sphère Média has hired Tara Woodbury as its English-language head of development. Sphère…
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Westworld one of three HBO recommissions
Westworld’s stellar season one ratings have lead to the HBO sci-fi/mystery drama getting a second…
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Breton’s Federation adds distribution exec
France-based producer and distributor Federation Entertainment has hired Leyla Formoso to head up its drama…
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New ABC Marvel drama to launch on IMAX
US broadcast network ABC has commissioned Marvel Television to produce a live-action comic-inspired drama that…
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Amazon buys SVOD foreign language films
Amazon has acquired a raft of foreign-language movies for its Prime Video streaming service. The…
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Stan OTT service is on Good Behavior
Australian streaming service Stan has acquired US drama series Good Behavior. The SVOD service scooped…