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ITV extends ‘The 1% Club’ quiz format for two further seasons

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has extended quiz format The 1% Club for two further seasons. Produced by Magnum Media, the show’s third series is currently airing on Saturday nights on ITV1, and will now return for a fourth and a fifth run, with each new series also including a Christmas special. Presented by comedian Lee […]

BBCS eyes investments as $760m debt facility secured for 2024

BBC Studios (BBCS) has ramped up its borrowing capability to almost £600m ($760m) this year as the UK broadcaster’s commercial arm looks to increase investment in UK and international programming. It comes after BBCS secured a shock acquisition of ITV Studios’ stake in streaming service Britbox for £255m last week, marking the company’s largest acquisition […]

BBC Studios Eniela Bella joins PBS Int’l for copros & sales

US-based PBS International has hired BBC Studios exec Eniela Bella to work across its coproductions and distribution efforts. Bella becomes director of co-production finance & sales and will set strategy, forecasting and negotiations for co-financing of non-scripted projects with a focus on the French and German markets. She will also manage existing client partnerships and […]

Fox to share Prime Video show & snags ‘Baywatch’ remake

Fox has struck an innovative deal with Amazon Prime Video to secure rights to the streamer’s upcoming remake of The 1% Club, as well as unveiling a reboot of Baywatch. The arrangement with Prime Video will see Fox airing episodes of the BBC Studios format eight days after they are released on the streamer in […]

BBC writers to get 10% payrise & improved residuals as WGGB negotiates new deal

Writers working on shows commissioned by UK public broadcaster the BBC and for its commercial production arm BBC Studios have received a 10% pay increase and improved residuals, following a renegotiation of its deal with the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). The WGGB said that it had clinched a “significant increase on minimum fees […]

The TV Collective opens fourth annual Breakthrough Leaders programme

The TV Collective – the network of UK TV professionals of colour – has partnered with Fremantle, BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Amazon streamer Prime Video and Sky for its fourth annual Breakthrough Leaders programme. The initiative, devised by British producer and format creator Remy Blumenfeld, aims to “identify and empower 50 exceptional individuals from Black, […]

BBC Studios Factual Productions promotes Nicola Pinn to new COO position

BBC Studios Factual Productions has elevated Nicola Pinn to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Currently serving as director of production, the promotion expands Pinn’s remit to lead on production and business management across the factual portfolio at BBC Studios. She will also oversee all aspects of financial and creative goals, governance, and […]

BBC Studios buys ITV’s BritBox stake for $322m

BBC Studios (BBCS) is taking full ownership of streamer BritBox International, acquiring ITV’s 50% share for £255m ($322m). The deal comes seven years since ITV and BBCS launched the streamer, which claims 3.75 million subscribers and is available in eight countries. Following BritBox International’s move into BBCS’s Global Media & Streaming division, its global CEO […]

London TV Screenings deals round-up (PM)

Movistar Plus+, Canal+ find Murder Is Easy Movistar Plus+ in Spain and Canal+ in France are among buyers of Mammoth Screen drama Murder Is Easy. The Agatha Christie adaptation, sold by Fifth Season, has also been acquired by Network4 (Hungary), Canal+ Polska, TV2 (Denmark), TV2 (Norway), CANAL+ (France), Kanal 2 (Estonia), RUV (Iceland), TV4 (Sweden), […]

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