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Acquisitions
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Scorpion TV lands live-music series featuring Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys
UK-based independent distributor Scorpion TV has acquired the first season of Landmarks Live in Concert,…
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MTG takes full control of Zoomin.TV
MTG has upped its stake in Zoomin.TV from 51% to 100% after agreeing to buy…
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Boat Rocker acquires majority stake in Insight
Boat Rocker Media has acquired a majority stake in Insight Productions, a Canadian TV production…
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Mediapro enters Eastern Europe with prodco acquisition
Mediapro is set to acquire Slovenian production company VPF PRO as it makes its first…
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BBC Studios invests in drama start-up Moonage Pictures
BBC Studios has acquired a minority stake in British scripted drama start-up Moonage Pictures. Moonage…
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UKTV strikes multi-show deal with Disney UK
UKTV has struck a multi-show deal with Disney UK, which will see new and returning…
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Arte picks up rights to BBC drama Trust Me
Producer/distributor Studiocanal has licensed four-part limited series Trust Me to European cultural channel Arte. The…
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Federation secures distribution rights to Italian thriller
Federation Entertainment has acquired the global rights to distribute Don’t Leave Me (Non Mi Lasciare),…
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Kew Media acquires Essential Quail for $24m
Canada’s Kew Media Group has agreed to acquire Essential Quail Media Group for an initial…
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Kew preps Cannes non-fiction slate with Dames doc
Kew Media Group has acquired worldwide sales rights to six documentaries ahead of the Cannes…
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BBC Studios secures volume sales deal with HOOQ India
BBC Studios and Asian SVOD platform HOOQ have agreed a content deal that will give…
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Netflix ordered more sci-fi after genre hits, says Ampere
Science fiction and fantasy has become the most popular genre among Netflix subscribers and this…
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Propagate looks to Europe and invests in Incognita
Propagate is to invest in Edouard de Vésinne’s prodco, Incognita, as it looks to expand…
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DLT Entertainment acquires indie prodco Vera
DLT Entertainment has acquired independent production company Vera Productions. The deal will see Vera MD…
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Nat Geo orders string of drama & factual titles
National Geographic has announced a string of new titles across its channels including a Ridley…
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Channel 5 & eOne team for two titles
Entertainment One has reached a licensing deal with the UK’s Channel 5 for the female-driven…
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EbonyLife and Sony seal scripted series pact
EbonyLife Ltd, owners of Africa’s Global Black TV Network and Sony Pictures Television (SPT), are…
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Playground to adapt The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock
UK and US-based producer Playground has gained film and TV rights for Imogen Hermes Gowar’s…
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Syfy UK lands premiere rights for Disney trio
NBCUniversal International Networks’ Syfy UK has acquired exclusive UK premiere rights to three new dramas…
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Epix among nets going Deep State with Fox
MGM-owned cable channel Epix has bagged exclusive US rights to Fox Networks Group Europe &…
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Amazon welcomes ABC’s American Idol back to the UK
Amazon Prime Video UK has secured exclusive rights to ABC’s rebooted American Idol. The UK…
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Red Arrow hires ex-Sky Vision acquisitions head
Red Arrow Studios International has appointed former Sky Vision acquisitions head Alex Fraser to the…
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SVOD net Acorn cops British comedy No Offence
RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn TV has acquired exclusive digital rights in North America for the first…
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Endemol Shine International boss Cathy Payne in profile
Cathy Payne was the first winner of the Content Innovation Awards’ Content Leader of the…
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AMC set to buy $60m-valued RLJ
AMC Networks is set to acquire outstanding shares of RLJ Entertainment not currently owned by…
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Netflix kids films to Chinese SVOD net through Air Bud deal
Four kids films recently produced for Netflix are headed for China through a deal on-demand…
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First ever Bell/CTV format deal secured through Sony in UK
A deal that will see Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shopping Canadian format The Launch internationally…
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Beyond rejigs with Hemperek hired from eOne
Beyond Distribution has hired Entertainment One’s Justina Hemperek as head of acquisitions, with Sarah McCormack…
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Goalpost moves to All3Media first-look deal
Cleverman coproducer Goalpost Pictures has signed a first-look deal with All3Media International. Following the agreement,…
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Sky UK picks up James Corden highlights series from CBS
Sky UK has signed a licensing agreement with CBS Studios International for a new exclusive…