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Fred Media hires TCB’s Mem Bakar as European sales boss
TCB Media Rights exec Mem Bakar has landed at Australian distributor Fred Media. Bakar is…
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BBC Scotland exec boards IWC to head factual
BBC Scotland’s Pauline Law has joined Banijay-owned IWC as head of factual. The exec most…
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Channel 5’s Frow: Savings from ‘Big Brother’ cancellation didn’t go the distance
Channel 5 director of programmes Ben Frow has called the cancellation of Big Brother a…
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BBC Two commissions Dolly Parton doc, boards Lena Dunham’s HBO thriller
The BBC has revealed a slate of new projects, including HBO drama Industry, which it…
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YouTube Originals on the hunt for education-focused programming
YouTube is taking an education-focused approach to originals and leaning into “self-motivated learning” on the…
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Factual SVOD CuriosityStream strikes distribution deal with Altice USA
John Hendricks’s factual streamer CuriosityStream is getting wider distribution in the US via broadband operator…
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Sales round-up: DRG sells Khoo’s ‘Kitchen’; BBC out for RASI’s ‘Vienna Blood’
DRG scores first sales for Khoo’s ‘Swedish Kitchen’ Japan’s NHK, Germany’s RTL and Australia’s SBS…
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Cineflix snaps up ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’, ‘Extreme Tribe’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a pair of Channel 4 factual series from Spelthorne Community Television…
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Rabbit Films hires ITVSGE’s Ferguson for international sales
Finnish producer-distributor Rabbit Films has appointed an ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec to join its…
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Channel 5 readies IWC’s ‘Greatest Warships’
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from Banijay Group-owned IWC that explores famous war…
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Discovery serves up Woodcut’s ‘British Police: Our Toughest Cases’
Discovery has commissioned Woodcut Media for a Quest Red series on the British police, and…
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Steve Turney rejoins Power Entertainment
Steve Turney has rejoined Power Entertainment after four years away. The TV veteran has boarded…
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Banijay exec replaces Arthur Smith as CEO of A. Smith & Co.
Tinopolis-owned American Ninja Warrior prodco A. Smith & Co. has appointed Banijay North America’s Caroline Baumgard…
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Canadian TV vets set up factual prodco BirdDog
Canadian TV veterans Stephen Ellis and Clark Bunting have launched factual prodco BirdDog Media Ventures….
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ITV explores Britain’s jails with Chalkboard TV
UK broadcaster ITV is exploring life in Britain’s jails with Chalkboard TV’s Inside Prison: Britain…
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EOne grows UK unscripted team with Boomerang, 12 Yard execs
Entertainment One (eOne) is growing its unscripted footprint in the UK with the appointments of…
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Sky Studios makes first prodco investment
Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in Wendy Darke’s natural history prodco True to…
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Documentary veteran D. A. Pennebaker dies at 94
D. A. Pennebaker, a titan of documentary cinema, has died at the age of 94….
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Exclusive: Red Arrow’s Harry Gamsu joins Fremantle
Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) exec Harry Gamsu has boarded Fremantle. After five years with…
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Lifetime orders R. Kelly ‘Aftermath’ special, develops Jeffrey Epstein film
Lifetime has ordered a four-hour follow-up special to its Emmy-nominated series Surviving R. Kelly alongside…
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BBC Studios teams with James Cameron for first Nat Geo commission
BBC Studios has secured its first Nat Geo commission, teaming with Titanic director James Cameron (pictured)…
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TBI opens submissions for MIPCOM Hot Picks
It’s that time of year again. TBI is now accepting submissions for our upcoming MIPCOM…
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Doc streamer DocuBay expands distribution with Foxxum
Fledgling documentary streamer DocuBay has linked with smart TV solutions provider Foxxum for a distribution…
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Sales round-up: ESG scores for ‘Younger’, ‘Stripped’; BBCS starts ‘Revolutions’
Endemol strips in Spain Endemol Shine International has sold social experiment format Stripped into Spain,…
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Doc/Fest’s Luke Moody exits, calling out lack of global vision for fest
Sheffield Doc/Fest’s director of programming Luke Moody has quit the UK documentary festival, calling on…
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Mental health for documentary field in the spotlight via week-long forum
US documentary forum The D-Word is rolling out a widespread discussion on mental health that…
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Sales round-up: DRG strikes ‘Remarkable’ deals in Europe; DCD secures UK sales for Oz drama
DRG serves up sales for ‘Remarkable Places To Eat’ BBC Two’s Remarkable Places To Eat…
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A+E’s Crime+Investigation launches in German-speaking markets
A+E Networks’ true crime channel has expanded its European footprint, launching in Germany, Austria and…
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Netflix makes debut commission from ‘Blue Planet II’ creator James Honeyborne
The first project for Netflix from Blue Planet II creator James Honeyborne has emerged. The…
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TCB Media Rights expands into feature doc space
TCB Media Rights is edging into the feature-length documentary space after acquiring BBC Two’s 90-minute…