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Beta Film
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Show of the Week: Tell Me Who I Am
With a globe-trotting story spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s and action taking place…
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ITV adapts Spain’s ‘Game Of Talents’ and Belgium’s ‘Professor T’ formats
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local adaptation of Spanish gameshow format Game Of Talents,…
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Show of the Week: Dead Mountain – The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Everyone loves a good mystery and there are few stories quite as mysterious as the…
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Beta Film’s production arm strikes deal for ‘The Minister’ prodco Sagafilm
Beta Film-backed Beta Nordic Studios (BNS) has taken a minority stake in Icelandic production company…
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Canadian drama ‘Hudson & Rex’ finds home in UK, Nordics & Spain
UKTV’s Alibi, TV4 in Sweden, TV2 in Denmark and Forta in Spain have picked up…
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AMC’s Acorn TV orders Cannes drama from Patrick Nebout’s Dramacorp
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV has ordered a romantic drama set in the French city…
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HBO Max adds raft of international shows, incl ‘Gomorrah’ & ‘Singletown’
HBO Max has bagged a raft of international programming for its new service including hit…
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Walter Presents picks up eight Beta Film series
UK-based non-English language streamer Walter Presents has acquired eight new series following a multi-territory deal…
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News round-up: France builds ‘Lego Masters’; ITV’s ‘Professor T’ travels to Nordics; ZDF snags ‘Bank Hacker’ & ‘The Weekly’
France’s M6 builds Lego Masters deal M6 in France has become the eighth broadcaster to…
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Beta Film hires ‘Fauda’ exec Koby Gal-Raday from Israel’s Yes
Atlantic Crossing and Babylon Berlin producer Beta Film has appointed the chief content officer at…
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News round-up: TF1, Globo take Beta drama; BBCS extends in Russia; Two Rivers gets ‘Top Dog’; MTV’s Gobstopper deal
BBCS extends Russian deal with Friday! Russian free-to-air channel Friday! has extended its deal for…
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Deals round-up: Germany turns on ‘Switch’; Kino Polska’s Disney deal; ‘La Unidad’ lands on HBO Lat Am
Germany turns on Belgium’s Switch German broadcaster WDR has ordered a local remake of Belgian…
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Slates round-up: Beta lands on Russian comedy; Cineflix gets ‘Happily Married’; Orange Smarty’s boss move
Beta Film lands on 257 Reasons To Live Russian producer Start Studios, part of the…
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Show of the week: La Unidad
A truly international drama, La Unidad combines locations across France, Spain and Morocco with a…
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Deals round-up: Eleventh Hour strikes Chris Atkins deal; NRK format extended in US; Amazon adds Spanish titles
Eleventh Hour picks up Chris Atkins’ rights Sony Pictures Television (SPT)-backed Eleventh Hour Films has…
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Drama round-up: ‘Fleabag’ sells into Japan; UKTV moves into ‘The Gulf’; Magenta lands on Mars
Fleabag jumps into Japan Wowow in Japan has picked up Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s series Fleabag for…
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Beta Film takes stake in Zoë Rocha’s drama prodco RubyRock
Germany’s Beta Film has expanded its scripted interests by taking a stake in UK-based drama…
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Exclusive: Shine, BBC Worldwide alum lands at Bantry Bay
Former Shine International and BBC Worldwide exec Dorit Schilling has re-emerged at Bantry Bay, the…
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Arte acquires ‘The Pleasure Principle’ from Beta Film
Franco-German network Arte has picked up crime series The Pleasure Principle from Germany’s Beta Film….
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Beta Film buys into Fisher King, launches Nordic Studios
Beta Film in Germany has taken a majority stake in Finnish film and TV production…
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Autentic ups Sky Vision alum after sales and production rejig
Beta Film’s non-fiction producer and distributor Autentic is rejigging the senior management team at its…
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Exclusive: Beta Film’s ‘Agent Hamilton’ picked up across Nordics
Nordic broadcasters TV2 Norway, DR in Denmark and MTV3 in Finland have all boarded Beta…
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Sales round-up: RTL snags Spanish shows; ‘Leaving Neverland’ goes global; DocuBay sails with Ananda
RTL doubles down in Spain German broadcaster RTL has picked up two original series by…
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Sales round-up: Beta scores for drama trio; Wag TV inks 50-hour Polish deal
Germany’s Beta Film seals deals for drama trio Beta Film has struck a series of…
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Beta Film’s ‘Empire Oktoberfest’ begins production
Beta Film has begun production on drama series Empire Oktoberfest for BR/ARD Degeto. Set in…
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Cannes Series winners revealed
The winners for the second edition of Cannes Series Awards have been revealed, with Beta…
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A “new game” for German drama
The floodgates have opened for premium German drama after a comparatively slow start in the…
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Telefonica’s Movistar+ unveils response to Netflix Spain expansion
Telefonica’s Spanish premium PayTV service Movistar+ has unveiled a strategic alliance at MIPTV with Germany-based…
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TBI Weekly: Berlinale spotlights Netflix’s sour reception amidst Europe’s scripted boom
The growing influence of European series was evident at Berlinale’s fourth TV market, which hosted…
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Berlinale: Gangster drama Big Bones heads to Series Mania
David Schalko’s historical crime drama Big Bones, which was pitched at the Berlin Co-Pro Series event, is…