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AMC to cut 20% staff, with ‘content monetisation mechanisms in disarray’
AMC Networks is cutting around a fifth of its US workforce and is to implement…
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ITV expands drama team ahead of ITVX launch, with Mammoth Screen’s TV chief among hires
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is expanding its drama team ahead of the launch of streamer…
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Warp Films lands BBC drama commissioner to lead development
The Last Panthers producer Warp Films has tapped BBC drama commissioner Siobhan Morgan as its…
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Scripted round-up: Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’; UKTV’s Drama gets ‘Outrageous’; StudioCanal & Frank Miller team for ‘Corto Maltese’
Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’ Viaplay has commissioned Bullshit from Nordisk Film Creative Alliance as its next…
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Rainmaker makes first indie investment with Saffron Cherry deal
UK-based Rainmaker Content has taken a minority stake in Saffron Cherry Productions, the indie founded…
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Keshet reveals $29m strategy for scripted, as filming on ‘A Body That Works’ wraps
Keshet Media Group (KMG) is spending 100M NIS ($29m) on a slate of scripted titles…
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Alta Global Media developing ‘Jane The Virgin’ for South Africa
Alta Global Media has acquired the rights to develop a South African adaptation of the…
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MGM’s Mark Burnett steps down following Amazon’s $8.5bn acquisition
MGM topper Mark Burnett is stepping down from the company, six months after its $8.5bn…
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Jakob Mejlhede Andersen & ex-Shine Int’l CEO launch prodco The Yard Films
Former Viaplay and Shahid exec Jakob Mejlhede Andersen has linked up with former Shine International…
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News round-up: Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’; Canela Kids strikes Mondo TV deal; ZDF Studios launches ‘Naked – Generation Gender’
Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’ Abacus Media Rights has acquired comedy drama Faithless for international distribution….
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France’s TF1 & Belgium’s RTBF link for ‘Les Disparus De La Forêt Noire’
France’s TF1 has partnered with Belgium’s RTBF and Banijay on a Black Forest-set crime drama…
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Keshet Int’l back first project from former Viacom UK exec Jill Offman
Israel’s Keshet 12 and global distributor Keshet International (KI) have partnered with Jill Offman’s Sixty-Six…
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UK’s Channel 5 orders Story Films thriller ‘Black Cab’
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned Black Cab, a new thriller series about a Liverpool…
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Show of the Week: Summer Of Sorrow
Hailing from Finland, this 10-part drama was first written more than a decade ago and…
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Warners veteran lands at Italy’s Bamboo to lead int’l operations
Italian prodco Bamboo Production has hired former WarnerMedia exec Thomas J Ciampa as chief of…
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The Ink Factory & Amusement Park reunite for ‘A Most Wanted Man’ TV adaptation
London and LA-based indie The Ink Factory has reunited with German prodco Amusement Park to…
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Canal+ duo C8 & Planete+ order Joan of Arc docudrama
Planete+ and C8 in France have ordered a docudrama special retelling the epic story of…
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Zeitsprung Pictures to adapt ‘Euphoria’ for German audiences
German production firm Zeitsprung Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a local adaptation of…
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Finland’s Take Two Studios strikes financing deal, plans ‘Hildur’ adaptation
Finnish producer Take Two Studios has inked a multi-year, multi-project financing deal with local venture…
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TBI Asia 2022
This special issue contains The TBI interview: Shibasish Sarkar, CEO, IMAC Shibasish Sarkar talks to…
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News round-up: Escapade boards ‘Grassroots’; RTL II plays ‘Finder$ Keeper$’; NBCU & Disney strike Lat Am kids deals
Escapade boards ‘Grassroots’ Sydney-based distributor Escapade Media has boarded Storyfirst and Hispter Films’s upcoming six-part…
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Marblemedia & Fae Pictures team for political drama ‘Salt’
Canadian prodco Marblemedia and LA & Toronto-based Fae Pictures have partnered to develop Salt, an…
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Buccaneer & Halcyon Studios partner to adapt CJ Tudor’s ‘The Drift’
London-based Buccaneer and LA’s Halcyon Studios are teaming up to adapt CJ Tudor’s upcoming post-apocalyptic…
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Passion Pictures expands animation push with Circus Studios first-look deal
UK prodco Passion Pictures has inked a first-look deal with Paris-based Circus Studios as part…
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ITVX makes double Wag true crime order & bulks up with WB shows
Soon-to-launch UK streamer ITVX has ordered two true crime titles from Wag Entertainment and struck…
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Newen Connect hires ITVS & BBCS alum for English-language acquisitions
TF1-owned French distributor Newen Connect has appointed former ITV Studios and BBC Studios exec Josephine…
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FilmRise takes US rights to ‘Hannibal’ & ‘Hemlock Grove’
New York-based streamer and producer FilmRise has acquired domestic distribution rights to two horror thrillers,…
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Disney+ to adapt ‘To Cook A Bear’ as first Nordic original
Disney+ has commissioned an adaptation of Swedish author Mikael Niemi’s murder mystery novel To Cook…
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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon launch LA-based indie, backed by RedBird Capital
Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are launching an LA-based indie with backing from…
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Roku to axe 200 jobs as US enters economic slowdown
Roku has become the latest US media firm to cut jobs, with 200 roles –…