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Hello Sunshine
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Evolution Media recruits Hello Sunshine’s Bree Frank
Amazon MGM Studios-owned unscripted production firm Evolution Media has hired Hello Sunshine’s Bree Frank as…
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Amazon & Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine develop ‘Legally Blonde’ series spin-off
Amazon and Reece Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine have paired up to develop a spin-off from 2001…
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Lion Forge raids Hello Sunshine for kids’ animation veterans & launches global sales division
Lion Forge Entertainment, the US-based studio behind the Oscar-winning Hair Love, has hired three new…
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Roku partners with Reese Witherspoon & Charlie Puth for unscripted originals expansion
Roku has commissioned and returned a slew of new original unscripted series, including projects from…
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Deals round-up: Netflix orders ‘The Corps’ & renews ‘The Diplomat’; ‘Morning Show’ returns to Apple; ‘Black Snow’ travels
Netflix orders ‘The Corps’ & renews ‘The Diplomat’ Netflix has ordered comedy drama series The…
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Disney’s Lauren Kisilevsky joins Hello Sunshine to lead family & kids push
Candle Media-owned Hello Sunshine has hired former Disney exec Lauren Kisilevsky to lead its kids…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why M&A activity doubled in two years
The global TV industry is streamlining, with a sharp uptick in M&A activity over the…
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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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Hello Sunshine hires ex-C4 format chief to lead unscripted push into UK
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is moving into the UK and has hired a Channel 4…
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Roku expands originals with Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Maven & All3’s Lime
AVOD operator Roku is expanding its originals push with three new unscripted shows in the…
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Disney+ boosts originals with unscripted & kids orders
Disney+ and Disney Channels have commissioned a slew of new content across unscripted, kids &…
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine strikes $900m sale with US investment firm
Private equity firm Blackstone Group has acquired Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, with former Disney exec…
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Lebron James’ SpringHill Company explores sale, valued at $750m
NBA star LeBron James and business partner Maverick Carter are reportedly in talks with Nike…
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News round-up: All3’s ‘Van Der Valk’ returns; Apple TV+ unveils Julia Roberts drama and more…
More Van Der Valk detected ARD Degeto in Germany, Masterpiece in the US and ITV…
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Reese Witherspoon prodco Hello Sunshine acquires SKR in unscripted boost
Hello Sunshine, the US-based production company co-founded by actor Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere), has…
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Apple TV+ orders first competition show, with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine
Apple TV+ is expanding its offering by ordering its first competition show, which is being…
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Amazon snaps up rights to Witherspoon’s Daisy Jones
Amazon Studios’ Jennifer Salke says the streaming service has agreed a pre-emptive series order for…
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Reese Witherspoon to launch VOD channel with AT&T
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and AT&T will be debuting two new female-driven series on DirectTV,…
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Apple orders another drama from Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine
Apple has ordered a thriller hailing from Reese Witherspoon’s prodco Hello Sunshine, making it the…
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Hulu lands Reese Witherspoon & Kerry Washington drama
Hulu has beat the competition to give a straight-to-series order to Reese Witherspoon (pictured) and…
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AT&T digital chief to lead Chernin’s Otter as CEO
US-based digital media investments firm Otter Media has appointed a new CEO, who will transfer…
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TBI Weekly: The future is female for global prodcos
Production companies with a female focus are cropping up at a startling rate as female perspectives…
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine hires CEO
Reese Witherspoon’s (pictured) production company has hired Sarah Harden as its permanent CEO, following her…
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Chernin-backed Otter buys up Fullscreen & Ellation
Online content companies Fullscreen and Ellation are now a fully owned subsidiary of web video…
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Apple adds second Witherspoon scripted original
Apple’s push into original scripted television has continued by putting a second series from Reese…
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Apple sets first official drama series
Apple has officially signed off on its first drama series, the long gestating scripted series…
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Reese Witherspoon, Chernin JV form content firm
Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon has created a female-focused content company, tapping the COO of a…