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News round-up: Amazon picks up Witherspoon comedy; Fox courts ‘Farmer Wants A Wife’; HBO Max renews ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Amazon picks up Witherspoon comedy Amazon has handed a two-season order to half-hour comedy series…
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‘Normal People’ prodco Element lands rights to Nicola Dinan’s debut novel ‘Bellies’
Normal People producer Element Pictures has acquired film and TV rights to Nicola Dinan’s debut…
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BBC developing Biafra War drama with newly-launched Argo Films
UK pubcaster the BBC is in development with Biafra, a limited event series, which will…
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Round-up: ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format; A+E among Beyond’s 250-hour UK sales; Dance Revolution moves to Baltic, Africa beat
ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format ITV in the UK is prepping an eright-part theatrical competition…
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Astro returns Fremantle format ‘Family Feud’ to Malaysia
Astro in Malaysia has acquired Fremantle’s entertainment gameshow format Family Feud, with plans to return…
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Fremantle buys ‘This England’ outfit Passenger, expands team in US & UK
Fremantle has acquired This England producer Passenger and expanded its team in the US and…
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Fremantle ups veteran exec to CEO of Asia & Latin America
Fremantle has promoted veteran exec Ganesh Rajaram to CEO of Asia and Latin America. In…
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Fremantle’s Naked hires ‘The Apprentice’ exec as first head of entertainment
Fremantle-owned UK producer Naked has hired Paul Broadbent as its first head of entertainment. Broadbent…
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Scripted round-up: ‘A Spy Among Friends’ goes global; Eagle Eye scores double recommission; M-Net extends ‘Reyka’
A Spy Among Friends goes global Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has sold drama A Spy…
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Denmark’s TV 2 searches for ‘The Lost Ones’ in new Fremantle adventure format
Danish pubcaster TV 2 has commissioned The Lost Ones (aka Flokken), a new adventure format…