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TBI Weekly: Women’s World Cup shows FTA broadcasters’ enduring appeal
The ratings success of the Women’s World Cup shows the power that free-to-air broadcasters around…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix’s rare transparency serves “global inspiration” to producers
Netflix’s unprecedented transparency in detailing its documentary strategy at this week’s Sunny Side of the…
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Exclusive: Discovery “making changes” in commissioning post-UKTV split
Discovery Networks Europe is rejigging its commissioning team on the back of its UKTV channels…
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Sales round-up: Beta scores for drama trio; Wag TV inks 50-hour Polish deal
Germany’s Beta Film seals deals for drama trio Beta Film has struck a series of…
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Cracking down on co-productions
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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Exclusive: Canal+ scales Pyramids series from Pernel, Vivendi Ent
Samuel Kissous’ Pernel Media and Vivendi Entertainment have partnered on a 4K series delving into…
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China’s CCTV-9 boards Zed’s ‘Wild Treasures Of China’
French producer-distributor Zed and China’s CCTV-9 have teamed for blue-chip series Wild Treasures Of China….
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Inside Netflix’s original documentary strategy
Netflix exec Diego Buñuel has called for “insane” contemporary stories that can “punch through the…
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Kew Media Distribution: Beyond ‘Neverland’
Tim Dams explores the rise of documentary powerhouse Kew Media Distribution Halfway through 2019, there’s…
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TBI Factual Hot Picks – June 2019
With Sunny Side of the Doc kicking off in France, TBI Magazine picks out a…
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TBI Factual Hot Pick: ‘Psycho Pussies: Cats Behaving Badly’
Psycho Pussies: Cats Behaving Badly (1 x 52 minutes) is an “EPG jumper”, reckons Karen…
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Love Nature, Smithsonian, Arte team on ‘Stormborn’ series
Love Nature has partnered with Smithsonian Channel, France’s Arte and BBC Scotland on a blue-chip…
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Show of the week: ‘The Curse Of The Vologne’
Documentary series The Curse Of The Vologne (4 x 45 minutes) centres on one of…
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US greenlights: A&E bets on live, ID explores NXIVM, Paramount reins cowboy competition
A&E bets on live with daredevil series A&E is betting on live events in a…
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Channel 4 unveils access documentary slate
Channel 4 has unveiled a slate of access documentaries that investigate policing, mental health, the…
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Sales round-up: Fremantle seals Balkans deals; Passion lands ‘Moon’ sales
Fremantle sells ‘Jamie Oliver’ and ‘Got Talent’ into Balkans Fremantle has struck two deals across…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest, Banff announce 2019 award winners
Luke Lorentzen’s film about a family that attempts to make a living operating a private…
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Cineflix Rights signs first-look with Finestripe
Cineflix Rights has signed an exclusive first-look development deal with popular factual indie Finestripe Productions. The…
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Dragonfly, Optomen and IWC land BBC commissions
Dragonfly TV and Optomen are among the prodcos to have scored recent documentary commissions with…
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Off The Fence’s Ludo Dufour boards Blue Ant International
Long-time Off The Fence exec Ludo Dufour has boarded Blue Ant International and will relocate…
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Discovery swoops for Zig Zag’s ‘Killing Michael Jackson’
Discovery Networks has picked up Zig Zag Productions’ Killing Michael Jackson for the UK, Italy, Germany…
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Channel 4 commissions Barcroft Studios for slate of ‘4Real’ films
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Studios for a slate of short-form digital shorts under the…
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Indian SVOD DocuBay expands with Journeyman, Kwanza titles
Fledgling Indian SVOD service DocuBay has acquired content packages from French distributor Kwanza and the…
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Cineflix Rights hires Fremantle exec for acquisitions
Cineflix Rights has appointed Fremantle’s Felicia Litovitz to oversee acquisitions for North America. The exec…
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BBC One explores a year in the life of Sainsbury’s supermarket
BBC One has commissioned ITN Productions to produce 6 x 60 minute access documentary Inside the Supermarket. The…
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Nat Geo’s Igal Svet boards Discovery
Nat Geo exec Igal Svet is boarding Discovery. Svet has been appointed VP of production…
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ITV rebrands Shiver label as MultiStory Media
ITV Studios has rebranded its production label Shiver as MultiStory Media, as part of a…
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A&E greenlights ‘Biography’ doc specials on Farrah Fawcett, JFK Jr.
A&E has greenlit documentary specials for its rebooted ‘Biography’ banner on Farrah Fawcett and John…
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Flame Distribution scores global sales post-MIPTV
Flame Distribution has secured a raft of international sales on the back of MIPTV. …
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Nat Geo Wild scoops up DRG’s ‘Predator Land’
National Geographic has acquired natural history series Predator Land from DRG for its global Nat…