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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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We’re going on a millennials hunt
With Planet Earth II beating reality TV programmes to audiences – including those crucial, lucrative…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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The Generation Game returning to BBC
UK pubcaster the BBC is bringing back The Generation Game, a family game show that’s…
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Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
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BBC Studios restructures entertainment arm
BBC Studios is splitting its entertainment, music and events arm into two, with current divisional…
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BBC wants ‘demonstrably broader’ channel
UK pubcaster the BBC wants its flagship network, BBC One, to have a “demonstrably broader…
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BBC’s Webb: ‘fewer but bigger kids commissions’
The head of UK pubcaster the BBC’s kids department has said her division’s commissioning focus…
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Reaction to major BBC Children’s TV investment
There has been a glowing reaction to the BBC’s pledge of an additional £34 million…
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BBC tackles kids SVOD threat with £34m boost
BBC Children’s will receive its largest cash boost “in a generation”, with an extra £34…
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Betty hires Channel 4 exec after rejig
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive prodco Betty has hired Alex Menzies from UK broadcaster Channel 4…
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BBC commerce chief: focus is on online, talent & finance
The BBC needs to respond to the fragmentation of audiences and theemergence of global competition…
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Writer’s room: Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern has a reputation for tackling social issues head-on. Through Hillsborough, The Accused, Dockers…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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Factual Hot Picks
Following the Sunny Side of the Doc event in La Rochelle, France, TBI profiles five hot…
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Time Warner to produce shows for Snapchat
US media giant Time Warner will produce a series of original programmes for social media…
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Night Manager prodco adds ex-Film4 exec
The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory has hired a former Film4 commissioner for a…
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BBC Studios names comedy development chief
BBC Studios has gone in-house to appoint a head of development for its comedy unit….
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Luther will return to BBC
British detective drama Luther will return to BBC One in the UK and BBC America…
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eOne hires DRG’s Hedges
Entertainment One Television has hired DRG acquisitions chief Noel Hedges for a senior post. Hedges…
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Jay Hunt to leave Channel 4
Jay Hunt is to leave her post of chief creative officer at Channel 4 after…
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BBC to broadcast One Love Manchester concert
UK broadcaster BBC One and a host of international channels will broadcast the One Love…
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Kirkham: no topic ‘taboo’ for BBC Factual
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham has pledged that “no subject should be taboo” for the…
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TVF secures swathe of deals in Australia and New Zealand
London-based factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate of shows to broadcasters in Australia…
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BBC Studios taps Red for drama hire
BBC Studios is adding Red Production Company’s Tom Sherry to its drama ranks. The BBC’s…
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BBC to roll out iPlayer password controls
The BBC will soon make iPlayer users create passwords and log-in in order to access…
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Netflix copro among raft of BBC drama commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new drama series including Duty/Shame, a copro with…
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Discovery Lat Am scores BBC Worldwide deal
Discovery Networks Latin America / US Hispanic (DLA / USH) has entered into a first-look…
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BBC drama launch in India
BBC Worldwide is launching its BBC First brand in India for the first time, and…
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BBC celebrates Gay Britannia
UK pubcaster the BBC is to run a season of programmes celebrating gay culture in…