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Recorriendo el sendero de la coproducción
En un mercado en el que habitualmente las televisiones y plataformas han acaparado todos los…
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ABC to conclude medical drama ‘The Good Doctor’ with seventh season
ABC in the US is to bring its hit medical drama series The Good Doctor…
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Ecuador enacts ‘military operations’ against gangs after gunmen storm broadcaster TC live on air
Ecuador’s president has enacted “military operations” against armed criminal gangs, after a group of masked…
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News round-up: WBD & ITVX bring back ‘Bean’; ITV returns ‘Stand Up Sketch Show’; UKTV extends ‘Special Ops’ series
WBD & ITVX bring back Bean Warner Bros. Discovery and ITVX have ordered a fourth…
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Prime Video lands Octavia Spencer & Skydance drama starring Hannah Waddingham
Amazon Prime Video has picked up an eight-episode scripted series from Octavia Spencer and Skydance…
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ZDF Studios, Boogie Entertainment & France TV Distribution partner for ‘Blood Red Thread’
ZDF Studios, Boogie Entertainment and France TV Distribution have partnered to co-produce Blood Red Thread,…
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Skydance eyes Paramount assets as potential sale sends shares up 14%
Paramount Global’s majority owner National Amusements has reportedly held talks over a sale of its…
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Fifth Season strikes $225m deal to sell 25% stake to ‘Godzilla’ firm Toho
Severance and Normal People producer Fifth Season has sold a 25% stake in the business…
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TBI Weekly: Why AI, copros & soft money can deliver a better 2024
As NEM Zagreb wraps up the industry calendar for 2023, TBI’s Richard Middleton explores the…
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‘Betray the original’ to succeed with novel adaptations, suggest producers
Producers adapting novels should not be afraid to “betray the original” material to deliver unique…
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S4C preps BlackLight’s Welsh & English-language drama ‘Cleddau’
S4C in Wales has unveiled BlackLight Television’s six-part drama Cleddau (aka The One That Got…
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TBI Weekly: Reliving the ’90s and the ‘everything that came after’ in Formatland
As 2023 nears its final month, TBI’s format expert Siobhan Crawford relives her youth by…
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Spanish Sales Insights: Onza Distribution’s head of sales, Béatrice Nouh
Earlier this month, TBI and Audiovisual From Spain brought you deep-dive insights into the latest…
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Spanish Sales Insights: Zona Mixta’s MD, Robert Fonollosa
Earlier this month, TBI and Audiovisual From Spain brought you deep-dive insights into the latest…
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Exclusive: TF1’s ‘Star Academy’ extends audience engagement with US firm LiveLike
France’s TF1 Group has partnered with audience engagement firm LiveLike on its singing competition show,…
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BBC Studios tweaks EMEA digital & on demand team with Kasia Jablonska promotion
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its streaming strategy team in EMEA with the promotion of…
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News round-up: ZDF Studios, Non Stop & La Sagrada Familia team for F1 doc; Newen Studios acquires Digital Banana & takes Brain Comet stake; WE tv picks up ‘S.W.A.T’
ZDF Studios, Non Stop & La Sagrada Familia team for F1 doc ZDF Studios, Non…
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Exclusive: SPT rejigs distribution with UK chief Holly Comiskey taking expanded remit in Europe
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has rejigged its sales team with an expanded role for its…
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Sony & Zee’s $10bn merger back on track (again) after Indian giant’s CEO cleared by regulators
Sony’s $10bn merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises looks to be back on track, after the…
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Acorn TV & Multichoice extend African drama ‘Recipes For Love And Murder’ as NHK snags first season
Acorn TV and South Africa’s Multichoice has extended its mystery drama Recipes For Love And…
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Banijay unveils global accelerator program for female-led format creation
Banijay has launched a global accelerator program led by Endemol Shine North America’s Sharon Levy…
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ProSiebenSat.1 outlines strategy to survive ‘unprecedented decline’ of German ad market
ProSiebenSat.1 is to invest upwards of €1bn ($1.05m) in programming next year that can work…
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US producers eye ‘nimble’ approach amid ‘extreme market contraction’
Nimbleness will be the key “weapon” for production firms as they look to survive the…
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WGA ends US writers strike & reveals details of far-reaching new deal with AMPTP
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has formally ended its strike action against the Alliance…
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WBD’s Andrew Georgiou says ‘eventual’ Max UK launch part of thinking around TNT Sports
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) exec Andrew Georgiou has discussed the rationale behind the creation of…
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BBC chief Tim Davie eyes US streamer roll-out ‘potential’ amid ‘fight for business lives’
BBC chief Tim Davie has said further streamer roll-outs in the US offer “great potential”…
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Fremantle’s UFA hires RTL’s Sascha Schwingel to replace Nico Hofmann
Fremantle has appointed RTL Deutschland’s deputy chief content officer, Sascha Schwingel, as CEO of German…
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Italy’s Movimenti lands Rainbow’s Cristiana Buzzelli as COO among three new hires
Banijay-owned Movimenti Production has appointed Rainbow’s Cristiana Buzzelli as its new COO, one of three…
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Paramount’s Nicole Clemens & Imagine’s Sara Bernstein join MIA line-up in Rome
Italian production, financing and sales event Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) has unveiled the line-up for…
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How Rendez-Vous in Biarritz marked a time of transition for France
Rendez-Vous in Biarritz attracted hundreds of European buyers to the French coast last week for…