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Ex-Channel 4 drama exec joins Working Title
UK-based Working Title Television UK has hired the former head of drama development at broadcaster…
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Netflix explores German History X
Netflix has bagged exclusive SVOD rights to ARD drama NSU German History X in six…
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UKTV buys Red Tent for Drama
UKTV has acquired Sony Pictures Television miniseries The Red Tent for its thematic Drama network….
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The A Word gets Greek remake
Greek channel Alpha TV has ordered a local remake of Kehset International’s Israeli scripted series…
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Netflix extends CW content pact
Netflix will remain the exclusive US subscription on-demand home of programming from broadcast network The…
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German Netflix rival makes originals move
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1-owned subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome has commissioned its first original series. The broadcaster-owned service…
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Blue Eyes sparkle for Yes
Israeli pay TV platform Yes has bought Scandi political drama Blue Eyes. The deal, struck…
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Baywatch to Pop onto US cable
US cable net Pop has done a deal for classic lifeguard drama Baywatch. Pop, which…
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Telefonica buys StudioCanal drama package
Telefonica has acquired a package of drama series from StudioCanal for its Spanish pay TV…
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Lethal Weapon puts US TV back in ITV primetime
ITV has bought the film-to-TV series adaptation of Lethal Weapon, a major deal that marks…
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Netflix commits to Korean originals
Netflix has said it will make original programming out of South Korea. Visiting the country…
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Netflix UK courts Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Netflix has bagged exclusive UK rights to The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The first season…
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Amazon brings Roadies to UK
Amazon Prime Video has bought rock and roll drama Roadies for its UK feed. The…
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Show of the week: Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun represents the first Franco-Swedish drama coproduction, says Katrina Neylon, executive VP, sales and…
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Universal TV drama EVP exits
Changes at Universal Television continue, with executive VP of drama development Russell Rothberg the latest…
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SVT buys Turkish drama
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired another Turkish drama from Scandinavia-based distributor Eccho Rights. Having already…
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UK soap Corrie adds extra weekly ep
Coronation Street, the UK’’s longest running soap, will run for six days a week from…
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Federation scoops rights to cybercrime drama
Federation Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind Netflix’s Marseille, has scooped the rights to Unit…
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Netflix orders Lost in Space reboot
Streaming service Netflix has ordered a drama reboot of the 1960s Irwin Allen sci-fi drama…
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Dramacorp hires Blue Eyes co-creator
Fledgling prodco Dramacorp has hired the co-creator of SVT political drama Blue Eyes. Mia Sohlman…
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Turner takes Israeli drama to Lat Am
Turner Broadcasting Latin America has acquired Israeli drama Mossad 101 (Hamidrasha) to air across the…
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BBC poaches Channel 4 drama chief
Channel 4’s drama chief Piers Wenger is leaving the UK broadcaster to join the territory’s…
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Amazon accrues Girlfriend Experience
Amazon Prime Video has acquired Starz drama The Girlfriend Experience. The deal covers the UK,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 copros chief exiting
The senior VP of international coproduction and documentaries is exiting the German broadcast group in…
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Fox scoops UK Wolf Creek as Outcast goes big
Fox UK has bought Wolf Creek, the Australian series based on the eponymous horror movie…
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German miniseries Ku’damm 56 continues
Following strong ratings and international sales, German period miniseries Ku’damm 56 will continue in a…
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AMC to feel Terror in Europe, Lat Am
AMC Global has acquired rights to upcoming anthology drama The Terror, which the pay TV’s…
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YouTube orders first SVOD drama original
YouTube has ordered a series adaptation of the Step Up movie for its Red service,…
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eOne, Endemol Shine execs to run Blumhouse TV
US producer Blumhouse Productions is building out its TV arm by hiring heavy hitters Jeremy…
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Sky, Bavaria prepare €25m Das Boot drama
Sky’s German arm is working on an €25 million (US$28.4 million) 8x60mins TV version of…