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AMC channels boss Tuchman exiting
Bruce Tuchman is leaving US cable group AMC after five years running its international channels…
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Netflix Better Call Saul
Netflix will make new episodes of Better Call Saul available internationally a day after they…
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The X Files claims global ratings of 50m
The first instalments of the new series of sci-fi drama The X Files have been…
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CBS pilots Training Day reboot
US broadcaster CBS is to pilot a reworking of Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 feature film Training…
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First Instagram scripted series launches
Picture-sharing platform Instagram has had its first exclusive scripted series launched. Shield 5 debuted on…
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Dick Wolf re-ups with NBCU
Crime procedural guru Dick Wolf has signed another contract with NBCUniversal, this time tying him…
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US prodco to adapt Israeli crime drama
Canadian prodco Thunderbird is taking an Israeli-created scripted series from Armoza Formats to North America….
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Ex-Starz buyer joins expanding distributor
Canada-based distributor 108 Media has hired Starz’s former VP, programme acquisitions, Nancy Silverstone. Her appointment…
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Fox plans Euro copros out of the UK
The international arm of Fox is planning to work up European coproductions that will be…
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Rookie Blue’s Cameron sets up prodco, gets order
Rookie Blue and Degrassi: the Next Generation writer Tassie Cameron has set up a new…
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Ex-Alliance Atlantis boss invests in Norton firm
Former Alliance Atlantis entertainment CEO Peter Sussman (left) has joined the board of London-based Awesome…
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Ex-SPT exec named Endemol Shine Studios boss
The changes at Endemol Shine Studios continue, with former Sony Pictures Television and Alcon Television…
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Quebec net acquires CBS’s Limitless
TVA owner Quebecor Content has acquired high-concept CBS procedural Limitless. The CBS Television Studios-, K/O…
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Aussie SVOD service pulls off Showtime coup
Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has scored exclusive streaming rights to programming from premium US…
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Tech crime drama for on-demand net Crackle
An original drama from the newly-established Critical Content is headed to Sony-owned on-demand platform Crackle….
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Data: Walking Dead is TV’s ‘most in-demand’ show
The Walking Dead is the most in-demand television show in the world, according to exclusive…
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TF1 completes Newen deal
TF1 has completed its controversial 70% buyout of French producer and distributor Newen Group. In…
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AMC hires former MTG exec in CEE rejig
The central Europe division of AMC Networks International has rejigged its operation and will now…
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Writer’s Room: Sharon Horgan
Irish comedy star Sharon Horgan on the quirks she and production partner Clelia Mountford found…
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Justice landmark for Middle East drama
There is a tradition of local drama in the Middle East, but Heart of Justice…
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Billions gets second season
US cable net Showtime has given buzzy drama Billions a second season order. The show,…
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BBC Three reveals switchover content plans
The BBC announced two new platforms and a raft of new content for its youth…
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Details of Banijay-Zodiak structure emerge
Vivendi could ultimately take control of the soon-to-be-created Banijay-Zodiak group, according to Les Echos. Initially,…
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Pinewood in drama JV with CTC founder
British studio Pinewood Group has moved into high-end drama creation and financing through a new…
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Show of the week: Viva Hate
How Morrissey’s brand of misanthropic indie rock inspired SVT’s Prix Europa 2015 award-winning miniseries Viva…
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Zodiak-Banijay merger gets EU approval
The merger of Zodiak Media and Banijay Group has moved a step closer to completion…
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Sky, PS71, Canal+ on MIP Drama board
MIPTV organiser Reed MIDEM has put together an advisory board of six top acquisitions executives…
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Temple Street boosts scripted with ex-Bell exec
Canadian producer Temple Street Productions has hired a former Bell Media drama director to become…
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Sky inks landmark European Showtime deal
Sky and CBS have agreed a European deal that sees the pay TV operator take…
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Futuristic drama original for Netflix
Netflix has gone for a ten-part sci-fi drama based on 2002 book Altered Carbon. The…