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Carl Fennessy & Hugh Marks launch Dreamchaser, new Australian producer & distributor
Endemol Shine Australia co-founder Carl Fennessy and former Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks are launching…
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Discovery+ unveils ‘nature-inspired’ reality format & documentary thriller
Discovery+ has unveiled a reality dating series inspired by nature and a two-part documentary thriller for…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from MIPTV 2022
While the first MIPTV in three years might have attracted folk from more than 80 countries to the French Riviera,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils top execs, hands key roles to JB Perrette & Kathleen Finch
Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its leadership team under CEO David Zaslav, with JB Perrette…
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Exclusive: NFT’s are ‘future of content distribution & financing’, says Fox
Fox Entertainment is preparing for a world in which non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) dominate the way…
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Exclusive: NATPE eyes Bahamas instead of Miami for January conference
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) is looking to move its annual January…
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Exclusive: HBO Max Int’l boss on subs growth, scale & Discovery synergies
HBO Max has scaled quickly since launch but its international chief believes the importance placed on…
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Paramount+ unveils latest UK originals, with drama duo & unscripted series
Paramount+ has unveiled it latest slate of scripted and unscripted UK original series ahead of…
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TelevisaUnivision’s streamer ViX rolls out AVOD offer with 40,000 hours of Spanish-language shows
The newly merged Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision has formally launched its new OTT service ViX, complete with…
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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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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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Leonine Studios hires RedSeven exec to run rebranded Odeon Entertainment
Leonine Studios has restructured and renamed Germany’s Odeon Entertainment and hired a former RedSeven Entertainment…
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Japan’s Nippon TV unveils dramedy format & unscripted duo
Japan’s Nippon TV has unveiled three new formats, including a scripted dramedy. Tall Older follows…
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TBI Weekly: How Disney+, Netflix & others are opening up Japan’s TV industry
Japanese TV businesses are going global, with Netflix, Disney+ and France Télévisions among those striking…
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SkyShowtime reveals key execs as Paramount & Sky streamer preps for launch
SkyShowtime, the soon-to-launch joint venture streamer from Comcast and Paramount, has revealed its senior management…
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Kids round-up: Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’; CBC revives ‘Street Cents’ on TikTok; Latoya Raveneau inks Disney deal
Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’ Disney+ has commissioned The Muppets Mayhem, a new comedy series…
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Asylum’s Content Group hires NBCU duo for production & partnerships
Asylum Entertainment Group-owned The Content Group (TCG) has hired two NBCUniversal (NBCU) execs to lead…
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Deals round-up: Amazon & HBO Max snag ‘The Tourist’; Italy goes Beyond; CBC & Blue Ant unveil ‘Evil’ doc
Amazon, HBO Max & Naver snag The Tourist NPO in the Netherlands, VRT in Belgium…
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Show of the Week: The Friedmanns
This moving eight-part drama starts off where some shows might end, resulting in a unique,…
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Netflix halts Russian shows & acquisitions, as Banijay joins sales boycott
Netflix has paused all production and acquisitions in Russia while Banijay is joining a swathe…
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‘Euphoria’s ADD & Blue Ant link for North American remake of Israel’s ‘The First Family’
Producer-distributor ADD Content and Blue Ant Studios in Canada have struck a scripted format development…
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Fremantle Int’l rejigs scripted with BBCS alum hire & Rebecca Dundon promotion
Fremantle International has expanded its scripted team with the promotion of Rebecca Dundon and the…
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‘Euphoria’ firm A24 hires BBC’s drama chief Piers Wenger & film boss Rose Garnett
Euphoria producer A24 has dealt a double blow to the BBC by hiring its drama…
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Sky strikes BBCS deal in Germany to provide ‘backbone’ to factual channel line-up
Sky in Germany has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will provide the…
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Exclusive: Banijay Rights expands FAST network in UK with Samsung
Banijay Rights is moving further into Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) with the launch of…
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TBI Weekly: Why FAST is the talk of the town
This time last year, FAST channels were on the periphery for many in the content…
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Starzplay expands programming pact with Viaplay across Nordics
Nordic streamer Viaplay has extended its pact with Starzplay to provide full access to the…
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News round-up: Mercurio’s ‘Ray’ goes global; HOT snags ‘Algiers Confidential’; BlackBox unveils poison drama; Espresso doc pick-up
Jed Mercurio’s Ray goes global SBS Australia, VRT Belgium and NPO Netherlands have picked up…
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BBCS names global distribution CEO, Paul Dempsey takes performance role
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its sales operations, with long-standing global distribution president Paul Dempsey…
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Scripted round-up: Nordic nets buy ‘Estonia’; Viaplay takes ‘Shadowland’; AMC orders drama duo
C More, TV4, MTV, Telia & Beta link for Estonia Broadcasters including C More in…