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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…
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Show of the week: Black West
While most will be familiar with the image of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood riding…
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Blue Ant International buys Ben Barrett & Lilla Hurst’s Drive
Canada’s Blue Ant International has bought Drive Media Rights, the UK-based financier and distributor founded…
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UK broadcasters must ‘step up’ & play with Europe more on coproductions
UK-based broadcasters need to “step up” and refocus their efforts on the European market rather…
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News round-up: AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows; Voot strengthens comedy offering; Banijay Germany forges influencer pact
AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows AMC Networks International Southern Europe and Australia’s Foxtel have struck separate…
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Exclusive: UK’s Drive plans $2m series investment for 2022
UK-based distributor & financier Drive is expecting to invest more than £1.5m ($2m) on programming…
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UK financier & distributor Drive & VFX firm Polar Media explore ‘Giant Science’
UK-based financier and distributor Drive has partnered with VFX and animation producer Polar Media to…
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Deals round-up: Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz; Brazil’s Globoplay acquires Serbia’s ‘Civil Servant’; Lime Pictures to adapt ‘Planet Omar’
Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz SBS in Australia, Sweden’s SVT, DR in Denmark and NRK in Norway, along…
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Sales round-up: Drive strikes Asia deals; HBO Europe visits ‘Hollywood On Set’
Drive strikes Asia deals Broadcasters across Asia have acquired more than 35 hours of factual…
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TBI Weekly: Navigating the changing world of buyers
Streamers dominate the headlines with big budget originals, but delve deeper and it’s spending on acquisitions that has…
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Streamers surge with more than 700 US, UK & EU services launched since 2017
The number of VOD services launched in the US, UK and EU territories has increased…
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News round-up: Sky, Yes TV buy ‘Cured’; Walter Presents strikes deal with NTV; BBC expands Mary Berry’s cooking
Sky, Yes buy Cured from Drive Sky in the UK and Italy has picked up rights…
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Factual round-up: Drive strikes global sales for Diana doc; Sky Crime seeks Woodcut’s ‘Killer Within’; Blue Ant to shop search and rescue series
Drive strikes global sales for Diana doc Channel Nine in Australia, Reelz in the US,…
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Show of the week: Cured
This documentary reveals the story behind the battle between LGBTQ activists and the American Psychiatric…
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News round-up: China extends ‘Got Talent’; Daro launches AVOD streamer; Drive takes ‘Shared Planet’; Hits enters India
China’s Got Talent extended Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have revealed a seventh season of China’s…
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Exclusive: UK financier & distributor Drive reveals record-breaking 2020
UK-based distributor and financier Drive has revealed it is lining up a record-breaking 2020 after…
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Exclusive: Smithsonian Channel buys ‘Greek Island Odyssey’ from Drive
Smithsonian Channel in the US and Movistar in Spain have picked up a six-part docuseries…
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News round-up: Fox Turkey remakes Nippon’s ‘Abandoned’; Sooner takes ‘Red Zones’; Drive deals
Fox Turkey unveils latest Nippon TV adaptation Fox Turkey has again partnered with Nippon TV…
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UK’s Drive ‘Chops’ into expanded factual formats slate
UK-based funding and sales company Drive has acquired global distribution rights to three new factual…
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Drive hires former Twofour Group’s Eniela Bella for sales in Europe, Lat Am
UK-based production-funding and distribution agency Drive has hired an exec from ITV Studios-owned Twofour Group…
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Drive sells more than 50 hours of factual content worldwide
Multiple networks in Europe and Australasia have picked up a range of factual content after…
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News round-up: True Royalty cuts prices, adds shows; ‘Denmark Stands Together’ on TV2; Autentic, Drive deals
Royal streamer picks up Harry & Meghan docs Streaming service True Royalty TV has acquired…
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Deals round-up: Dave expands ‘Expedition’; ‘Epic Yellowstone’ sales; Drive preps ‘Shackleton’ project
UKTV’s Dave returns to Expedition With Steve Backshall UKTV has ordered a second season of…
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NATPE deal round up: TCB Media, Cineflix, Drive, Kew Media, All3Media, Keshet and more
Distributors including TCB Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Drive, Kew Media, All3Media International, Keshet International, GRB…
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Channel 5 boards Blink Films’ Titanic feature documentary
Channel 5 in the UK has ordered a feature documentary from UK-based Blink Films that…
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Why this year’s MIPCOM could be an industry game-changer (Column)
Drive co-MD Lilla Hurst breaks down the top trends du jour – from the end…
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Drive gets down with ‘Downton Abbey’ special
Ben Barrett and Lilla Hurst’s Drive has picked up a Downton Abbey special for international…
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UK financier Drive appoints DRG alum for sales push
Funding and distribution agency Drive has added the former senior VP of sales at UK-based…
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Nat Geo picks up ‘USS Indianapolis’ doc from Drive
Nat Geo has bought a doc special about the tragic fate of cruiser USS Indianapolis,…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix takes ‘Ordinary Woman’ down under; More4 acquires Drive’s ‘Lost Worlds’
Cineflix Rights has struck deals at MIPTV to take Russian drama An Ordinary Woman to…
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