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Roku Channel pulls more than 30 shows including Quibi content as part of cost-cutting strategy
A day after Roku said it would be reviewing its content strategy, more than 30…
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Lionsgate’s Pilgrim & Sean Perry’s 2500 Media strike unscripted partnership
Lionsgate-owned production firm Pilgrim Media Group has inked an exclusive unscripted deal with Sean Perry’s…
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Apple TV+ taps UFA Fiction for ‘Where’s Wanda?’, streamer’s first German-language commission
Apple TV+ has made its first German-language commission with a UFA Fiction dark comedy titled…
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Sky orders comedy-drama about Hollywood production in small town Ireland, from Chris O’Dowd
European pay-TV giant Sky has commissioned Small Town, Big Story, a new original comedy-drama for…
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Keshet Int’l recruits Paramount & Armoza execs as sales team expands
Keshet International (KI) has bolstered its distribution arm with the appointment of Paramount’s Elena Antonini…
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Exclusive: Private equity & trade buyers circle Asacha Media as potential sale explored
Private equity companies and a clutch of trade buyers are understood to be circling Asacha…
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News round-up: MIA 2023 registration open; Paramount+ extends ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’; OnlyFans streamer OFTV goes ‘Off The Hook’
MIA 2023 registration open Registration is now open for the 2023 MIA International Audiovisual Market…
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Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas exits Greek production unit
Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas is leaving the company, two years after setting up the…
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Roku to cut 300 staff & pull programming as rising costs continue to bite
Streaming operator and smart TV manufacturer Roku is making further staff cuts, with plans to…
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Disney & Comcast set Hulu talks for 30 September with $27.5bn valuation set to rise
Hulu’s future could be decided sooner than had been previously thought, after Comcast CEO Brian…
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Warner Bros. suspends top overall deals, with Berlanti, Abrams & Bill Lawrence among those affected
Having recently admitted that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes will cost it up to $500m,…
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‘Ginny & Georgia’ outfit Critical Content lands Dorsey exec amid development rejig
Critical Content, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia and MTV’s Catfish, has hired…
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European Writers Club hires Danish Film Institute alum Noemi Ferrer
The European Writers Club (EWC) has hired Noemi Ferrer, the former head of international at…
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Viaplay’s head of scripted in Norway becomes latest exec to depart Nordic streamer
Viaplay’s head of scripted content in Norway, Tanya Nanette Yildiz Badendyck, has become the latest…
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Steve Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategy Capital buys 5.5% stake in Lionsgate
Liberty Strategy Capital, a Washington DC-based private equity firm set up by former US treasury…
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Canada’s Super Channel ups comms chief Kim Ball to content boss, replacing retiring Jackie Pardy
Super Channel in Canada has named its chief communications officer Kimberley Ball to replace chief…
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Paramount+ takes streaming rights to ‘South Park’ in Canada
Paramount+ has become the exclusive home of long-running adult animated comedy series South Park in…
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CBS drafts ‘NCIS Sydney’ to plug scheduling gap amid impact of US strikes
CBS has lined up NCIS Sydney to plug one of its primetime gaps, as the…
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Israel’s Reshet13 strikes co-pro & co-financing pact with ‘Devil’s Confession’ firm Sipur
Israeli broadcaster Reshet13 and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur have struck a multi-year co-financing and co-production…
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French scripted deals fuel record $231m int’l sales, as streamer deals power growth
French programming enjoyed strong sales last year driven by scripted although pre-sales and international coproductions…
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec; ‘Great Songwriters’ sales; History Channel Iberia buys museum doc
Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec Martijn Plaizier Belgian format distributor Be-Entertainment has hired ITV Studios Global…
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Disney & Charter Communications dispute raises questions over pay TV future in US
A major carriage deal battle has broken out in the US between content/channel provider Disney…
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Beyond’s Michael Murphy departs to relaunch consultancy Rockabill Media
Beyond Distribution’s former manager Michael Murphy is leaving the business to relaunch consultancy firm Rockabill…
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Netflix makes “most significant expansion” into Africa with new slate & content partnerships
Netflix has announced a slate of new African programming at MIP Africa, including a new…
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Opinion: Why ‘light crime’ is arresting audiences in Germany and beyond
With German audiences increasingly tuning in to more upbeat, less violent, crime programming, Kerstin Grünwald,…
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Federation’s ‘Bardot’ travels across Europe with AMC Iberia, TVP & Nova among deals
AMC Iberia in Spain, TVP in Poland and Nova in Greece are among companies to…
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Mediaset España brings the drama with Turkish hit ‘One Love’
Mediaset España has acquired Turkish drama series One Love. The series, which is produced by…
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German SVOD subscribers to overtake UK by end of 2023, research reveals
Germany will have more SVOD subscriptions than the UK by the end of this year,…
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Pluto TV launches on Philips Smart TVs in 25+ European & Lat Am countries
Paramount-owned FAST service Pluto TV is to launch on Philips Smart TVs in more than…
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‘Smurfs’ prodco Ellipse Animation creates int’l financing role for Xilam’s Morgann Favennec
Ellipse Animation, the French studio behind The Smurfs, has appointed Xilam Animation alum Morgann Favennec…