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AMC joins BBC on Ben Whishaw-starring ‘This Is Going To Hurt’
AMC in the US has joined the UK’s BBC on an adaptation of Adam Kay’s…
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Amazon Studios strikes first-look deal with Orlando Bloom
Amazon Studios has struck a first-look deal with Carnival Row and Lord Of The Rings…
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Sky plots 32-acre film and TV studio at Elstree
Sky is developing a 32-acre film and TV studio at North London’s Elstree, set to…
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Hasbro’s $4bn Entertainment One deal to be investigated by UK competition regulator
US toy giant Hasbro’s $4bn deal for Entertainment One (eOne) is to be investigated by…
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Netflix preps sequel series to History’s ‘Vikings’
Netflix has signed up for a Vikings spin-off from MGM Television and the show’s original…
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Amazon extends ‘Lord Of The Rings’ into second season
Amazon has renewed its mega-budget TV adaptation of Lord Of The Rings, with the first…
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BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew draws record ratings
An episode of BBC Two investigative strand Newsnight that featured Prince Andrew discussing his relationship…
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Media publisher Future buys Barcroft Studios for $30m
Media publisher Future plc has wholly acquired Sam Barcroft’s award-winning production group Barcroft Studios for…
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Apple TV+ poised for production pact with HBO alum Richard Plepler
Former HBO CEO Richard Plepler, who left the US cabler in March, is close to…
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ViacomCBS expands David Nevins’ remit as Comedy Central’s Kent Alterman exits
ViacomCBS has made a swathe of changes to its senior management team, with CBS exec…
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Endemol Shine closes China office, William Tan to depart
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) is closing its office in China following a review of the…
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Vice Media names Studios president, COO as Refinery29 co-founders step down
Vice Media has appointed a president for its Studios division and promoted one of its…
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Sky confirms HBO output deal and HBO Max co-production pact
Sky has unveiled details of its new output deal with HBO-owner WarnerMedia and confirmed it…
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Banijay agrees deal to buy Endemol Shine Group
Banijay Group has agreed a deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group (ESG), creating a production…
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Exclusive: Discovery to launch Indian streamer ‘D Plus’ in 2020
Discovery is launching an Indian streaming service next year, building on its success with a…
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Banijay poised to buy Endemol Shine Group
Banijay Group is poised to buy Endemol Shine Group as the ongoing sale of the…
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Why consolidation doesn’t scare Starz
Starz is the jewel in Lionsgate’s crown, garnering interest from several deep-pocketed suitors. Superna Kalle,…
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Exclusive: Disney+ hunts ‘chaste YA’ as SVODs descend on Cannes
The streaming giants are gathering force and playing ball with producers and distributors, with the…
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WarnerMedia’s Greenblatt: HBO Max is “wide open” for global acquisitions, co-pros
WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt has set out HBO Max’s global ambitions, calling for international acquisitions…
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Exclusive: Facebook pulls the plug on trivia format ‘Confetti’
Social media giant Facebook has pulled the plug on interactive quiz show format Confetti. TBI…
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Bear Grylls partners with Banijay for new production outfit
Running Wild‘s Bear Grylls has launched a new production outfit focusing on unscripted and scripted…
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Lionsgate mulls spinning off Starz to reduce debt load
Lionsgate is mulling spinning off cable channel Starz into a separate company as it looks…
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MIPTV organisers reveal first batch of distributors signed up to reimagined market
All3Media, Discovery and Warner Bros. are among the distributors to have signed up for next…
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Britbox adds Amazon, Now TV execs to UK management team
BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has unveiled its senior management team ahead of the UK-focused…
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CBS welcomes Armoza’s scripted format ‘La Famiglia’ into the US
US broadcaster CBS has started development on a US version of Israeli scripted format La…
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Netflix, BBC team up with David Attenborough on ‘Life In Colour’
Natural history icon David Attenborough has teamed up again with Netflix on a three-part series…
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Exclusive: ‘Homeland’ co-creator Howard Gordon discusses “disgusting” binging, Sony deal and Trump
Homeland co-creator Howard Gordon has hit out at the proliferation of “binging” TV dramas, arguing…
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WarnerMedia restructures in APAC as HBO Asia boss exits after 16 years
WarnerMedia is consolidating operations out of Asia, combining Turner Asia Pacific with HBO Asia in…
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HBO Max sets out non-fiction originals team
HBO Max has bolstered its original non-fiction team with execs from CNN, Karga Seven and…
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Viacom’s Channel 5, Comedy Central join BritBox UK
Viacom’s UK channels, Comedy Central and Channel 5, have joined the BBC and ITV’s joint…