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AMC UK promotes two for new roles
AMC Networks International UK (AMCNI UK) has appointed Sam Rowden (pictured) and Alina Florea to newly…
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Viewer demand: Blue Planet II vs Planet Earth II
After Blue Planet II’s record breaking ratings for its premiere, is it fair to say…
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Kew acquires Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights
Kew Media Group has struck a deal to buy Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights for…
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Fremantle invests in factual indie Label1
FremantleMedia is set to invest in ‘fast-growing’ UK indie Label1. Fremantle will take a 25%…
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Plimsoll hires ex-BBC exec as specialist factual chief
Plimsoll Productions has appointed ex-BBC’s Rachel Morgan as head of specialist factual and documentaries, with…
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Holloway exiting Thames after 20 years
Richard Holloway is leaving FremantleMedia UK producer Thames after 20 years with the business. During…
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BBC Studios poaches Boundless MD for factual
BBC Studios has hired Boundless managing director Hannah Wyatt as the new genre director for…
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Agatha Christie chief joins Bob & Co as CEO
Agatha Christie Ltd chief executive Hilary Strong is joining UK-based production group Bob & Co…
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BBC orders host of drama & factual titles
EDINBURGH: The BBC’s drama and factual controllers, Piers Wenger and Alison Kirkham, announced a host…
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Sky Vision & Welsh gov’t partner for factual slate
Sky Vision, the international distribution and production arm of Sky, and the Welsh Government will…
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Networks explore factual with GRB
GRB Entertainment has made wildlife and extreme nature programme sales to broadcasters in Japan, China,…
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UK factual indie hires BBC exec for kids TV
Scotland-based indie Maramedia is blending its natural history programming roots with children’s television for the…
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Smithsonian leads Terranoa doc deals
The US’s Smithsonian Network is getting a 45-minute version of Terranoa-sold factual show Tokyo Phoenix….
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Raw targets US docs with Norman promotion
UK-based prodco Raw has promoted executive producer Louise Norman in a bid to secure more…
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Ex-Darlow Smithson, Atlantic execs join UK prodco
Former Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) senior exec Ulla Streib Atlantic Productions’ Ruth Roberts are joining…
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A+E adds ex-Fox exec to run History Japan
A+E Networks has appointed former Fox and Liberty Media exec John Flanagan as general manager…
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Mediawan moves to buy Apocalypse prodco
Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the prodco behind…
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Leftfield names new co-presidents
A pair of Leftfield Pictures producers has been upped to co-presidents at the ITV America…
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CEE nets gobble up All3 factual
Hungary’s TV2 has become the new local home of Gordon Ramsay series The F Word,…
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ZDF buys into UK indie World Media Rights
ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has made its first investment in the UK production market, taking a…
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US non-scripted bodies merge to create NPACT
The Non-Fiction Producers Association (NPA) and PactUS are merging to create a new US-based non-scripted…
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Boat Rocker consolidates factual units
Canada-based Boat Rocker Media is bringing its factual assets together as a new unit, Crooked…
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DRG secures first-look deal with Brown Bob
The prodco of ex-Leopard Films execs Jacqueline Hewer and Nicki Gottlieb has signed a first-look…
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Drive adds ex-Channel 5, Tigress exec to ranks
Former Channel 5 and Tigress Productions exec Lulu Prutton has joined UK-based production funding and…
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Proper closes 250 hours of deals
Canada’s Proper Rights has sold more than 250 hours of programming, including presales to Foxtel…
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Love Nature hires ex-Warner Bros., MGM exec
Factual SVOD service Love Nature has hired a director of partnerships, Vince Petersen. Operating out…
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UKTV to coproduce series with US producer
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired and will coproduce a twelve-part paranormal-themed series from New…
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HBO bags Judd Apatow music doc
US premium cable network HBO has acquired US television rights to a feature documentary from…
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Channel 4 hires Murdoch for new-look ents team
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled its new look entertainment team, with producer Karen Murdoch…
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Scandi nets visit Nordic World
Scandinavian broadcasters are flocking to Oslo-based distributor Nordic World for locally-produced factual programming. The vendor…