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Amazon gets European exec teams in place as it “bulks up” unscripted
Amazon is staffing up across Europe with commissioning and business affairs teams in major markets,…
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Chinese think tank seeks UK partner for $1.5m doc
A Chinese think tank is searching for a UK specialist production company to partner with…
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Amazon Studios greenlights James May travel doc
Amazon Studios has commissioned a six-part unscripted series with The Grand Tour presenter James May,…
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Michael Jackson doc draws 2.4m to Channel 4 amid London protests
Dan Reed’s feature doc Leaving Neverland garnered a peak audience of 2.4m for the UK’s…
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Kew Media receives “unprecedented” interest in Jackson doc
Kew Media Distribution says it has received “unprecedented” interest in Channel 4/HBO doc Leaving Neverland…
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Australia’s ABC reveals new slate of factual content
Australian broadcaster ABC has revealed a new slate of high-end docs with a focus on…
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Nine Network, UKTV link for ‘Outback Vet’
Australia’s Nine Network is partnering with UKTV’s natural history channel Eden on docuseries Outback Vet. The…
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Factual SVOD iwonder launches down under
A new documentary and current affairs streaming service, iwonder, has launched in Australia, New Zealand…
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Zed strikes distribution deal with Saint Thomas Productions
French producer-distributor Zed has struck a distribution deal with Saint Thomas Productions. Under the deal,…
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Off the Fence rejigs management structure
Two months after its acquisition by Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), specialist factual distributor Off the…
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Smithsonian links with BBC for Europe in Chaos
Smithsonian Channel and the BBC have teamed to explore the origins of Brexit and the…
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Nat Geo wins first Oscar with Free Solo
Nat Geo has picked up its first Academy Award with rock climbing doc Free Solo….
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Michael Jackson estate threatens HBO with $100m lawsuit over Leaving Neverland
Michael Jackson’s estate is threatening to sue HBO for $100m over its controversial sex abuse…
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BBC Studios: Attenborough’s BBC ties “won’t change” amid SVOD threat
BBC Studios execs have assured that Sir David Attenborough has a “huge and deep relationship”…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix sells to Nordics, Scorpion strikes Landmark sales
Cineflix Rights strikes Nordic sales The distributor has struck a raft of sales deals with…
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UK Screenings: Diversity is key for Passion projects
An eclectic slate of thought-provoking and entertaining content will lead the way for the Passion…
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Drive forges Back2Back sales in Europe, Asia
Indie distributor Drive has sold a slate of Back2Back titles, including The World’s Deadliest Weather, into…
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Fremantle rolls out global event titles
Fremantle is taking buyers around the world with a slate of scripted and unscripted titles…
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SBS orders Australia in Colour from Arrow
Australian broadcaster SBS has commissioned Arrow Media for four-part series Australia in Colour. The programme (4…
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British royalty SVOD debuts on Comcast’s Xfinity platform
A niche SVOD offering around British royal programming has launched om Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform….
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BBC Studios Showcase: Drone’s eye-view on natural history
Newly appointed unscripted portfolio director Mark Reynolds tells TBI the merged BBC Studios is “more…
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Channel 5 uncovers Pompeii, Tutankhamun in ambitious history slate
Viacom-owned broadcaster Channel 5 has unveiled a slate of history programming including series on Tutankhamun,…
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TCAs: CuriosityStream, Nat Geo, BritBox unveil slates
CuriosityStream finds Speed with Arrow Media Factual SVOD CuriosityStream – which made its debut at the TCAs…
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BBC Two visits Japanese gardens with Blink Films
BBC Two has commissioned Blink Films for a Monty Don-fronted series on Japanese gardens. The John…
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Exclusive: Netflix expands UK docs team as unscripted priorities emerge
Netflix has hired BAFTA and Grierson Award-nominated producer-director Jonny Taylor as part of its UK…
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Al Jazeera commissions Earthrise series from Talesmith
Al Jazeera has commissioned a six-part environmental series, earthrise, from high-end factual prodco Talesmith. earthrise…
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Argonon’s Leopard takes Mormon Love to Facebook Watch
Facebook Watch has picked up Leopard USA’s Mormon Love, a documentary series that looks at…
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BBC Two orders doc on the Murdoch media empire
BBC Two has commissioned a 3×60-minute social history series from 72 Films, which explores the…
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Cineflix gains global rights to White Boy Rick doc
Cineflix Rights has acquired the worldwide rights to White Boy, a feature-length doc on the…
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Netflix acquires doc on Fyre Festival controversy
Netflix has acquired a documentary film about the unravelling of the Fyre music festival….