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A+E plots scripted pact with Harlequin
A+E Networks has created a creative partnership with book publisher Harlequin. This will see the…
Zodiak Rights takes buyers to Wolf Creek
Zodiak Rights is taking Australian SVOD horror Wolf Creek to Cannes next week. The 6x60mins…
First int’l remake of NBCU’s House
House M.D., the US medical procedural about a grumpy but brilliant doctor, is being remade…
Castle team coming to Cannes with Studiocanal
Castle creator Andrew W. Marlowe and executive producer Terri Edda Miller (pictured) are heading to…
Federation opens The Bureau ahead of MIP
Federation Entertainment has sold Canal+ spy drama The Bureau to a raft of broadcasters before…
Sky buys US drama Colony
Sky’s latest US drama acquisition is Colony, the futuristic drama from Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse….
Series Mania to showcase 16 projects
Sixteen projects, ranging from historical dramas to procedural thrillers, have been selected for presentation at…
Amazon, HBO go Into the Badlands
Amazon Prime in Germany and HBO Europe are among buyers of AMC martial drama Into…
Grace and Frankie studio raises $700m
Skydance Media, the US film and television studio behind series such as Grace and Frankie…
Sonar makes interim chief’s role permanent
US producer Sonar Entertainment has appointed interim CEO Thomas Lesinski to the chief executive role…
German drama sells to Scandis
Beta Film has shopped 40 hours of scripted content to broadcasters in Scandinavia. Public broadcasters…
Starz repositions channels
Starz has repositioned its channels line-up and brought all of its offering under the Starz…
Hitler, Marcella head to Cannes with Cineflix
Cineflix Rights is launching ITV serial killer drama Marcella at MIPTV and a new doc…
Eccho reveals Black Heart
Scandinavia-based Eccho Rights’ latest Turkish drama for the international market is Aka Film’s series for…
NHK fantasy series gets 4K MIPTV screening
The TV adaptation of fantasy novel Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit will get a 4K…
Sky, ex-DNI boss buy into Sugar Films
European paycaster Sky and former Discovery Networks International CEO and president Mark Hollinger have bought…
Federation taking buyers to Bordertown
Pascal Breton’s production and distribution group Federation Entertainment will give new Scandi crime drama Bordertown…
Endemol Shine launching Fox’s Turkish drama
Endemol Shine International is launching buzzy Turkish drama Intersection at MIPTV, and the three leads…
Amazon snags Doctor Who rights
Amazon has bagged exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who, the iconic UK sci-fi series….
Lionsgate, Joel Silver developing transgender drama
Lionsgate and Joel Silver’s prodco are developing New People, a family drama about a transgender…
Australian sci-fi web drama heads to TV
Australian-produced a sci-fi web drama Airlock has been repurposed and will run as a TV…
ZDF, WDR prep for MIPTV’s German Focus
Key German distributors, including ZDF Enterprises and WDR Mediagroup, are prepping for a MIPTV during…
ITV Studios to crown Victoria in Cannes
Queen Victoria will appear in Cannes on ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s MIPTV slate. Victoria, a…
Ellender exits producer Slingshot
Former FremantleMedia sales chief David Ellender has left the LA-based content producer he launched two…
BBC Two delivers Victorian medicine comedy
UK terrestrial BBC Two ha ordered a comedy from Lucky Giant about four pioneering young…
Series based on Heathers movie in the works
TV Land has ordered a pilot of Heathers, a series based on the movie of…
SundanceTV acquires mafia drama Gomorrah
US cable net SundanceTV has acquired the first two seasons of Italian crime drama Gomorrah….
Sky buys J-Lo’s NBC cop series
Sky has acquired Shades of Blue, the US cop thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray…
Fox preps global Outcast launch
Fox Networks Group is preparing a 125-country launch for Outcast, the upcoming drama from The…
Dan Mintz firm linked to $2bn Paramount stake
Dan Mintz’s DMG Entertainment has been named a potential buyer of a 40% stake in…