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HBO Max strikes overall deal with Lisa Ling, greenlights travel series
HBO Max has greenlit travel series Birth, Wedding, Funeral as part of an overall deal…
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The New Yorker unveils documentary strand
US magazine The New Yorker is rolling out an online doc strand showcasing issue-driven stories…
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HBO Max expands doc offering with Schumer doc, travelogue series
HBO Max is ramping up its documentary offerings with a number of talent-led commissions including…
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Sky Atlantic readies longitudinal doc series ‘This Is Our Family’
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a 4 x 60-minute docuseries on families in Britain filmed over…
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Passion snaps up ITV’s ‘Harry & Meghan: An African Journey’
Passion Distribution has snapped up UK broadcaster ITV’s documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey….
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MTV UK, Timberland team on two-part doc from Rumpus Media
MTV UK has teamed up with global lifestyle brand Timberland on an ad-funded documentary. The…
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Showtime commissions Lightbox for limited docuseries on 6ix9ine
Showtime Documentary Films has commissioned Lightbox for a limited docuseries profiling hip-hop artist Tekashi 6ix9ine,…
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Blue Ant scores Japanese sales with NHK, FNG Japan
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has swooped for Blue Ant International’s blue chip natural history doc…
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GRB, Zig Zag team up for unscripted co-productions
US producer-distributor GRB Studios has struck an unscripted co-production pact with UK indie Zig Zag…
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Exclusive: Netflix eyes Minnow’s ‘The Detectives’ for India
Netflix is eyeing an Indian take of Minnow Films’ BAFTA-nominated BBC Two doc series The…
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Twofour’s Melanie Leach, Andrew Mackenzie depart to set up South Shore
Twofour bosses Melanie Leach and Andrew Mackenzie are exiting the business to launch a new…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ star launches ‘True Viking’ format with Zig Zag, Wildflame
Game Of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju and his TV presenter partner Gry Molvær Hivju have…
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Showtime swoops for HBO’s cancelled Vice news show
US cable channel Showtime has picked up news magazine series Vice following its HBO cancellation….
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MGM promotes Barry Poznick to lead expanded non-scripted drive
MGM’s Barry Poznick has been promoted to lead unscripted and alternative television for the business…
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HBO Max sets out non-fiction originals team
HBO Max has bolstered its original non-fiction team with execs from CNN, Karga Seven and…
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Tom McDonald appointed director of factual for BBC Studios Production
BBC Studios Production has tapped long-time specialist factual commissioner Tom McDonald as director of factual….
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Sales round-up: Hat Trick’s Morgan-Ronaldo interview goes global; Red Arrow’s French ‘Departure’
Hat Trick goes global for Piers Morgan interview with Cristiano Ronaldo Hat Trick International has…
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TCB Media Rights boosts legal and rights team, unveils 40-show slate for MIPCOM
TCB Media Rights is heading to next month’s MIPCOM market with a 40-title slate that…
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AMC’s Spektrum TV swoops for Rabbit Films’ ‘Beyond Human Boundaries’
AMC Networks International-owned doc channel Spektrum TV has swooped for doc reality series Beyond Human…
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Zig Zag scores A+E Networks UK branded content commission
A+E Networks UK has commissioned Zig Zag Productions for a branded content spot for Kia…
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How space programming evolved from no-go zone to no holds barred
Ahead of his ‘Space On The Big Screen’ session at IBC later today (16 September),…
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Industrial Media taps ‘Wahlburgers’ producer to head East Coast division
UTA-backed Industrial Media has named Wahlburgers EP Devon Hammonds as SVP of development and current…
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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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Insight TWI CEO Jon Ossoff to run for US Senate
Jon Ossoff, CEO of Stacey On The Frontline: Girls, Guns and ISIS prodco Insight TWI,…
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DCD Rights launches four MIPCOM titles under Producer Support Initiative
DCD Rights has helped to finance a slate of four factual projects heading to MIPCOM…
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Apple buys Bryce Dallas Howard’s feature doc ‘Dads’ out of TIFF
Tech giant Apple has swooped for global rights to Bryce Dallas Howard-directed feature doc Dads…
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Channel 5 takes weekend breaks with ‘MasterChef’ presenter Gregg Wallace
MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace is linking with Rumpus Media for a four-part travelogue series for Channel…
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Lightbox scores Netflix Original with feature doc ‘Tell Me Who I Am’
Netflix has commissioned Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox for a feature doc on memory…
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New SVOD DocuBay hunts for global rights to premium projects
As Mumbai-headquartered SVOD DocuBay rolls out across 180 countries, it is entering the fray as…
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Plimsoll Productions appoints Electus alum to head LA office
Plimsoll Productions has hired former Electus and Covert Media exec Saul Goldberg to head its…