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ITV Studios Global Entertainment
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News round-up: Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec; ‘Great Songwriters’ sales; History Channel Iberia buys museum doc
Be-Entertainment recruits ITVS exec Martijn Plaizier Belgian format distributor Be-Entertainment has hired ITV Studios Global…
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ITVS Global Entertainment rehires Talpa exec as VP licensing
UK-based ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has rehired Talpa exec Milan Vollebregt as VP of…
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ITVS Global Entertainment names eOne alum as new format sales director
ITV Studios (ITVS) Global Entertainment in the UK has appointed Charlotte van Weede as sales…
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ITVS Global Entertainment ups Arjan Pomper to MD
UK-based ITV Studios (ITVS) Global Entertainment has promoted Arjan Pomper to become divisional MD with…
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ITV orders twins docuseries from Blink Films
ITV in the UK has ordered a two-part series about conjoined twins from domestic factual…
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ITVSGE hires K7 Media’s head of strategy Girts Licis to oversee licensing
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has appointed K7 Media’s Girts Licis to work across its…
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ITV Studios Global Entertainment names DAN exec Arjan Pomper as COO
Arjan Pomper has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of Global Entertainment at the…
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News round-up: ‘The Voice’ returns to South Korea; Oz soap ‘Neighbours’ resumes production
‘The Voice’ returns to South Korea Reality talent format The Voice is returning to South…
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ITV defends itself in wake of Caroline Flack death, as ‘Love Island’ returns
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has defended itself against growing criticism that it did not do…
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ITVS GE strikes Asian sales for ‘India’s Wild Karnataka’, ‘Gold Digger’
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has struck a raft of sales for the likes of drama…
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‘Dancing On Ice’ scores Dutch remake
Dancing On Ice is heading to the Netherlands. Dutch network SBS6 has commissioned a local…
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Scripted deals: BBC First, RTL add ITVSGE drama; W9 acquires ‘The Hunting’; ‘Project Blue Book’ sales
BBC First, M-Net, RTL among ITVSGE deals BBC First, M-Net in Africa and Germany’s RTL…
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ITV Studios kickstarts major distribution restructure as Talpa’s John de Mol exits
ITV Studios has kickstarted a major restructure of its distribution business that sees the catalogues…
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Rabbit Films hires ITVSGE’s Ferguson for international sales
Finnish producer-distributor Rabbit Films has appointed an ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec to join its…
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ITVS drama ‘World On Fire’ finds home in the US
PBS in the US, BBC First in Australia and SVT in Sweden are among companies…
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ITV orders ninth series of ‘Cold Feet’
ITV has recommissioned its BAFTA winning comedy drama, Cold Feet for a ninth series from…
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Ensemble cast lines up for ITV family drama ‘Flesh and Blood’
ITV has lined up an ensemble cast including Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, Russell Tovey and…
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ITVS GE builds out APAC team with Discovery, BBC Studios execs
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has expanded its Asia Pacific sales team, hiring top…
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Sky explores Rome’s origins in ITVS GE-distributed ‘Romulus’
Sky Italia’s latest original drama, Romulus, will tell the origin story of Rome. Produced by…
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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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ITVS GE sends ‘Snowpiercer’ to China
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold the broadcasting rights to forthcoming sci-fi series…
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ITVS GE sends ‘Bodyguard’ to China
Bodyguard is heading to China. ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold mainland Chinese…
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CBS ‘Love Island’ reboot heads to Canada
Canadian broadcaster CTV has picked up rights to the US reboot of Love Island. The…
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Jed Mercurio: Nothing surprises me
The Line Of Duty and Bodyguard creator tells Manori Ravindran about his relationship with the…
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ITV’s Love Island heads to New Zealand
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group’s format Love Island has been commissioned by Three in…
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Harlots finds UK home on Starzplay
Lionsgate’s Starzplay SVOD has swooped in to air Hulu drama Harlots in the UK. The…
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ITV takes slate of content to Korea and Japan
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has extended its exclusive output deal with Korean pay-TV…
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Distributors: the new producers?
A growing number of distributors are involved in activities that look more like development, production…
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Netflix picks up BBC1 thriller Bodyguard
Netflix has picked up World Productions’ BBC1 drama Bodyguard. The streaming giant, which boarded the…
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ITVS GE hires NBCU’s Wilcox for EMEA sales
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed NBCU’s David Wilcox as senior vice president…