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Harmon, NCIS to remain on CBS

NCIS will remain on CBS for two more seasons after the US broadcast network secured…

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Sky Vision, Merman sign script deal

UK-based distributor Sky Vision has signed an exclusive three-script development deal with Merman, the transatlantic…

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Viki orders Kirkman pre-apocalypse original

International online video platform Viki has exclusively bagged a Robert Kirkman-created original drama set in…

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Netflix bags Jason Bateman drama

Streaming service Netflix has landed a Jason Bateman-created drama that comes from the production company…

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Cesar Diaz’s 7A to distribute VIP 2000’s drama

7A Media, the distributor set up by Cisneros veteran Cesar Diaz, has inked a deal…

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Fox burying Bones

Fox has ordered a new season of Bones, which the network said will be the…

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Houlind takes Banijay Zodiak Nordic top job

Jacob Houlind has been named group CEO of a merged Nordic division at fledgling super-indie…

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Sky Deutschland appoints content supremo

Sky’s German unit has upped Elke Walthelm to executive VP, content, filling a role vacated…

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New prodco teams with Bond producers, Red Arrow

Producers Patrick Milling-Smith and Brian Carmody have formed a new prodco, Cove Pictures, with backing…

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News brief: US SVOD deal for Detectorists

Acorn TV has acquired the second season of UK comedy series Detectorists for its US…

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SVT, Viaplay co-order restaurant drama

Swedish broadcaster SVT and its commercial on-demand rival Viaplay have co-commissioned a period drama set…

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Warner Bros. buys DramaFever SVOD service

Warner Bros. has acquired DramaFever, the US-based SVOD service that specialises in South Korean TV…

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Endemol Shine creates Oz drama unit with Banks

Endemol Shine Australia has created a new drama division and signed respected local producer Imogen…

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Netflix confirms German original

Netflix is following Amazon Prime Instant Video into the German originals market. The US-based streaming…

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Showcase: BBCWW on dramatic crime spree

Broadcasters around the world have acquired premium crime drama programming from UK-based BBC Worldwide this…

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Sky-backed VR firm confirms original

An episodic virtual reality series from American movie director Doug Liman is going into production….

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Cleverman studio appoints scripted dev chief

Pukeko Pictures, the New Zealand-based producer behind new drama Cleverman, has appointed a head of…

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Nat Geo preps global Malala launch

National Geographic Channel is prepping a global launch for feature doc He Named Me Malala….

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Hulu becomes HBO’s SVOD home in Japan

HJ Holdings – aka Hulu Japan – has become the exclusive local SVOD licensing partner…

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Amazon bags new Woody Allen movie

Woody Allen’s latest feature film will go out exclusively in North America on Amazon Prime…

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Netflix ‘sets first German original’

Netflix’s latest original content play is reportedly the streaming platform’s first German-language drama from an…

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Hungry for horror

What is whetting the appetite of horror fans? Zombies? Demons? Monsters? Jesse Whittock looks for…

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Berlin: Shine France discovers DR’s DNA

Shine France is set to board a new Danish drama from pubcaster DR. TBI understands…

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VH1 takes hip-hop film to series

VH1 is making The Breaks, a hip-hop series that will follow on from its original…

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SVOD rewrites the drama script

In three years Netflix and its SVOD counterparts have turned the TV drama world on…

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CBS, Showtime get a big Yes in Israel

Israeli pay TV platform Yes has inked a new volume deal with CBS that gives…

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Spanish fiction: dramatic times

With the country’s recession now over, Spanish TV producers are cautiously resuming plans for growth….

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HBO Europe to make Scandi originals

HBO Europe will soon make an original scripted series from Scandinavia, delegates here at the…

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SVOD data: Jessica Jones tops High Castle

Netflix action drama Marvel’s Jessica Jones is the most in-demand original streamed series in the…

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Berlin: Sony to pepper buyers with Salt pitch

Sony Pictures Television is planning to take action spy thriller Salt to television. Diego Suarez,…