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South Africa’s ‘Paradys’ wins Series Mania’s $55k Co-Pro Pitching prize
South Africa-based drama Paradys has been named as the winning project of Series Mania Forum’s annual…
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Netflix & EPC partner to support European women producers
Netflix is partnering with the European Producers Club (EPC) on a new initiative to create…
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Tomorrow Studios inks first-look deal with ‘Ozark’s Julia Garner & her Alma Margo
US-based Tomorrow Studios has inked a first-look deal with Ozark star Julia Garner, and the…
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Banijay buys Matteo Rovere & Sydney Sibilia’s Italian producer Grøenlandia
Banijay has acquired Romulus producer Grøenlandia Group in a deal that also hands it control…
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‘Call My Agent’ writer Quoc Dang Tran strikes first-look deal with Universal International Studios
Call My Agent writer Quoc Dang Tran has signed a first-look deal with Universal International…
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Exclusive: NENT’s ex-head of drama development & ‘Litvinenko’ exec departs
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group’s former head of drama development and Litvinenko producer Josephine Zapata Genetay…
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Chinese streamer iQiyi targets originals at Lat Am & Spain
Chinese streaming service iQiyi is to bring its original content to Spanish-speaking regions. The company…
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ABC developing medical drama from SMAC Entertainment
Disney-owned ABC is in development on The Front Line, a new medical drama from Michael…
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ZDFE & Red Arrow’s Endor join forces on ‘D.I Helen Grace’ adaptation
Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) and Red Arrow Studios-owned Endor Productions have teamed up to develop…
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Deals round-up: Hulu buys DCD’s ‘Love Me’; Aggressive TV moves into series; All3 takes Shinawil format global
Hulu buys DCD’s Love Me Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has acquired rights to Australian romantic…
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Series Mania & Beta Group link on $110,000 film-to-TV funding scheme
French drama event Series Mania Forum has linked up with Germany’s Beta Group on a…
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APX Capital details $276m US-Italian fund after buying Music World Entertainment
Investment fund APX Capital Group has unveiled details of a €250m ($276m) TV and film…
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Gaumont to adapt Quebecor Content scripted format ‘About Anthony’
French production and distribution giant Gaumont has acquired the rights to upcoming comedy-drama format About Anthony. …
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TBI Weekly: Showrunner Emma Frost on ‘Six Feet Under’, ‘The Shield’ & her proudest moment
Showrunners provide the backbone to the global scripted industry, but while we regularly see their…
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Amazon completes $8.5bn deal for MGM
Amazon has formally completed its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM after the US Federal Trade Commission…
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News round-up: Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay; Halcyon preps Ellroy & Hemingway dramas; Film & TV Charity launches mental health toolkit
Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay Australian indie Photoplay has appointed Karen Radzyner as head of development….
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Pulse Films founders exit as Vice Media Group completes acquisition
Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford, the founders and CEOs of London-based Pulse Films, are stepping…
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Tellycast unveils new London-based Content Funding Festival
Leading TV podcast TellyCast has unveiled a unique new industry event designed to bring content…
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Netflix orders UK erotic thriller from Gaumont & Moonage Pictures
Netflix’s UK-based VP of scripted Anne Mensah has ordered a three-part erotic thriller from Gaumont…
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RTL Group to triple original spending, as Fremantle hits $2.1bn revenue
RTL Group saw its profits soar to €1.5bn ($1.6bn) in 2021, with production arm Fremantle…
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News round-up: Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’; HBO preps Jodie Comer drama; Rai orders political thriller
Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’ Disney-owned streamer Hulu and Amazon Prime Video…
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NBCUniversal expands content pact with US producer-director Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow, the US director, producer and screenwriter behind The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The King…
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Universal Int’l Studios & Buendía Estudios strike Spanish-language development & co-pro deal
Universal International Studios has partnered with Spanish prodco Buendía Estudios to co-develop and co-produce Spanish-language…
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ITVS’s Cattleya hires Warner Bros. & ‘His Dark Materials’ execs for Spanish arm
ZeroZeroZero and Suburra producer Cattleya has hired veteran producer Denis Pedregosa and Warner Bros. exec…
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Amazon greenlights Harlan Coben’s ‘Shelter’ from MGM Int’l Productions
Amazon Studios has greenlit Harlan Coben’s Shelter, with soon-to-be in-house studio MGM producing. The show…
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News round-up: Pluto TV sets Nordics launch; ZED to sell Zelenskyy doc; Federation shops ‘Good People’
Pluto TV sets Nordics launch Paramount Global’s AVOD service Pluto TV will launch in Sweden,…
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Fox-owned AVOD Tubi to double originals output, but retain acquisition focus
Fox-owned AVOD service Tubi plans to double its originals output to around 80 projects in…
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Amazon & MGM’s $8.5bn deal gains European Union approval
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and…
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Sister invests in Netflix’s Pamela Anderson doc prodco Dorothy St Pictures
Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Sister Pictures has acquired a minority stake in…
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London TV Screenings reveals attendance numbers & confirms 2023 event
The distributors behind The London TV Screenings have claimed that more than 500 buyers attended…