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Factual
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UKTV hires Baby Cow’s Waddell in originals push
British broadcaster UKTV has hired Kerry Waddell from UK indie Baby Cow Productions. Waddell (pictured)…
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Avalon Factual Television exec moves to Woodcut
Avalon Factual Television features and daytime chief Matthew Gordon is moving to another UK prodco,…
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C4’s Katz appoints Webb-Lamb as deputy in rejig
Channel 4 (C4)’s Ian Katz has appointed Kelly Webb-Lamb (pictured) to the new role of…
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Podcast prodco Gimlet launches TV arm
US-based podcast producer Gimlet Media has launched a television and film production arm. Chris Giliberti…
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Amazon usurps Hulu Japan as exclusive HBO home
Amazon Prime Video’s Japanese wing has struck a deal to bring major HBO titles such…
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Netflix goes to the Rapture with hip-hop doc
Netflix will bring in an eight-episode documentary series based on hip-hop culture and produced by…
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October hires Atlantic’s Peachey in senior rejig
London-based October Films has hired the CFO of Atlanic Productions and promoted development bosses in…
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Ex-Reef MD Hanrahan joins Tin Roof Media
Former Reef Television managing director Paul Hanrahan has joined another UK-based producer, Tin Roof Media,…
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NHNZ hires ex-Discovery exec for US production role
Kiwi prodco NHNZ has hired ex-Discovery exec Liz Brach in a newly created VP of…
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Brent Montgomery leaving ITV America to launch venture
Brent Montgomery is exiting his CEO spot at ITV America to create a new entertainment…
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Amazon fares badly in NPACT factual survey
Amazon’s approach to factual commissioning is leaving plenty much to be desired, according to a…
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Paul Greenberg departs A+E’s FYI to launch video consultancy
A+E Network’s FYI channel head, Paul Greenberg, is departing from the company to launch a…
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Blue Ant’s Solange Attwood promoted to int’l EVP
Blue Ant International has promoted Solange Attwood from senior vice president to executive VP of…
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Ex-Endemol Shine topper Brass joins Antidote’s board
Former Endemol Shine Group international operations chief Martha Brass has joined the increasingly prolific UK…
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Ex-Warner Bros. exec to open German office for Gaumont
Former Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Deutschland scripted director Sabine de Mardt is opening…
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All3Media America bosses exit
All3Media America’s CEO and COO are leaving the LA-based production and distribution business. Chief exec…
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Netflix orders some magic with Derren Brown specials
Netflix has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Vaudeville Productions for three specials with magician…
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Canada’s Rogers Media drops Viceland with JV terminated
Rogers Media and Vice Media are terminating their joint venture, meaning linear network Viceland will…
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Sundance kicks off with deals for US cable networks
A host of factual deals have been announced during the Sundance Film Festival in 2018,…
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UKTV plotting to increase indie original hours by a third
British channels group UKTV is planning to increase the number of hours it commissions from…
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Keshet & Woodcut Media renew first-look deal
Following on from the success of a deal struck back in January 2016, global distributor…
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Sony launches UK non-scripted label Human
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Human, a new non-scripted label in the UK that…
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NATPE: Facebook orders shows from Bear Grylls & Blumhouse TV
Facebook’s growing ambitions for its Watch video service have expanded with the commission of original…
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Nat Geo & Fox bring back Seth MacFarlane’s Cosmos
Fox and National Geographic have announced that they will bring back Emmy Award-winning series Cosmos,…
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Warner Bros. prodco taps Boundless development head
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has hired the development chief at FremantleMedia UK-owned Boundless,…
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Ronan Farrow signs 3-year deal with HBO
Following the investigative takedown of Harvey Weinstein last year, New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow has…
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Fremantle taps ex-CMT exec for unscripted post
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has hired former CMT development head Jayson Dinsmore as president of…
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Discovery leaving Maryland HQ after three decades for New York
Discovery Communications is planning to relocate from its home in Maryland to New York City…
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Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
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Apple heads for Home with original docuseries
Apple has gone straight-to-series on a ten-part docuseries about boundary-pushing home builds. Home will take…