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TBI Weekly: Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist revealed
The Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist has been unveiled ahead of the ceremony at MIPCOM…
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TBI reveals Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist, with record-breaking number of submissions
Television Business International (TBI) has unveiled the shortlist for the Content Innovation Awards 2023 (CIA’s),…
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Warner Bros. Discovery extends HBO Go reach in Malaysia & expands channels with Unifi
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is expanding its channels operation in Asia, while also extending the…
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Discovery+ dramedy ‘Everyone But Us’ travels to Germany & Netherlands
Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Germany have picked up Swedish comedy drama Everyone But Us,…
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AMC strikes SAG-AFTRA deal to allow ‘Walking Dead’ spin-offs & ‘Interview With The Vampire’ to resume production
AMC Networks has struck an agreement with US actors union SAG-AFTRA that will allow three…
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Banijay revamps in France, landing ITV Studios exec as COO & reshuffling ALP team
Banijay has overhauled its management team in France by appointing ITV Studios exec Sébastien Petiot…
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Keshet Int’l forms scripted unit in Germany to be led by Axel Kühn & Christina Christ
Keshet International (KI) is launching a standalone scripted production company in Germany, which will house…
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Fremantle & Israel’s IBI Investment House launch $165m scripted content fund
Fremantle has joined forces with Israel-based IBI Investment House to launch a €150m ($165m) scripted…
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Viaplay’s SVP of scripted content Camilla Rydbacken departs
Viaplay’s SVP of scripted content, Camilla Rydbacken, has become the latest exec to leave the…
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SPT’s UK producer Eleventh Hour lands C.M Ewan’s thriller ‘The House Hunt’
Alex Rider producer Eleventh Hour Films has optioned author C.M Ewan’s new thriller The House…
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‘Miss Holland’ prodco Particle6 hires BBC Studios, TRBC Ukraine and Digitas trio
Gender Bias Riddle and Miss Holland firm Particle6 Productions has landed staff from BBC Studios,…
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Hulu cancels ‘The Great’ after three seasons
Hulu has cancelled period drama The Great, with its third season released in May now…
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News round-up: Polsat lands on ‘Temptation Island’; C4 & SBS visit Women On The Frontline; BBC returns ‘The Newsreader’
Polsat lands on Temptation Island Polsat has ordered a local version of Banijay format Temptation…
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NATPE Global adds Amazon Studios, ViX & Warner Bros. Discovery execs to line-up
NATPE Global organiser Brunico has added execs from Amazon Studios, TelevisaUnivision and Warner Bros. Discovery…
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Stan in Oz orders drama trio including show from ‘Bluey’ prodco Ludo Studios
Australian streamer Stan has ordered a trio of scripted series, including a drama from Bluey…
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Avalon’s Tess Charman joins Eccho Rights to lead European sales
Eccho Rights has hired Avalon’s Tess Charman to lead its distribution across Europe. Charman has…
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‘Sherlock’ prodco Hartswood Films explores future, with potential sale among options
Sherlock and The Time Traveler’s Wife producer Hartswood Films is exploring its future, with a…
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GRB Studios & Media Ranch merge distribution teams to create GRB Media Ranch
US-based GRB Studios and Canada’s Media Ranch are creating a new joint distribution venture that…
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News round-up: NPO extends ‘Anonymous’; Euro buyers snag Paramount’s ‘Ex-Wife’; Canada’s Gem preps ‘Telling Our Story’
NPO extends Anonymous Dutch broadcaster has NPO extended its thriller Anoniem (aka Anonymous) into a…
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HBO cancels music drama ‘The Idol’ after one season
HBO has cancelled its much-discussed music industry drama The Idol after just one season. The…
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Netflix alum Nina Wolarsky joins Mediawan & Brad Pitt’s Plan B as president of TV
Mediawan and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has landed former Netflix exec Nina Wolarsky as…
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Disney+ pulls ‘Nautilus’ & ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ as cost-cutting bites
Disney+ has pulled UK show Nautilus and The Spiderwick Chronicles from its launch slate despite…
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TBI Weekly: From UK slowdown to global reset at the Edinburgh TV Festival
The 2023 edition of the Edinburgh TV Festival is wrapping up after four schedule-busting days…
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WGA labels AMPTP’s proposal as ‘neither nothing, nor nearly enough’
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has provided further detail on the recent counteroffer from…
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BBC unveils Sally Wainwright drama ‘Hot Flush’ & detective series ‘Virdee’ among scripted slate
The BBC has unveiled a raft of new scripted projects, with a show from Happy…
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‘Severance’ prodco Fifth Season cuts 12% of staff & blames ‘impact’ of US strikes
Severance and Omnivore producer Fifth Season is cutting around 12% of its workforce, or 30…
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Sky UK reveals cut in scripted & factual programming hours
European pay-TV giant Sky expects to commission fewer hours of scripted and factual programming in…
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Louis Theroux calls for “confrontational, surprising & upsetting” TV in MacTaggart Lecture
Broadcaster and filmmaker Louis Theroux has called on the TV industry to take more risks…
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Exclusive: ‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong on HBO hit’s ending, ‘constant anxiety’ & Logan Roy vs Malcolm Tucker
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong would not change anything about his hit HBO drama’s ending, admitting…
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Max renews ‘And Just Like That…’ for third outing
Warner Bros. Discovery streamer Max has renewed US comedy-drama And Just Like That… for a…