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ITV Studios
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ITV Studios unveils hybrid Fall Festival for drama, unscripted & formats
ITV Studios (ITVS) has unveiled its upcoming Fall Festival line-up, which will be a hybrid…
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Formats round-up: Rabbit’s Atlantic format sails into Poland; Russia enters ‘I’m A Celebrity’; TVNZ takes Beauty And The Geek Australia
Rabbit’s Atlantic format sails into Poland TVN in Poland has commissioned a local version of…
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Sales round-up: Salto takes Russian ‘Sherlock’; ‘Unusual Suspects’ bought by Canada’s Bell; ‘Line Of Duty’ lands on US AVOD
Salto takes Russian Sherlock French streamer Salto has picked up rights to eight-part mystery thriller…
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Sales round-up: Hulu lines up ‘The Unusual Suspects’ for US debut; ‘Attila The Hun’ travels the world
Hulu lines up ‘The Unusual Suspects’ for US debut Hulu has picked up Australian comedy…
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BritBox UK orders comedy-drama from ‘Normal People’ producer Element
ITV and BBC joint-venture streamer BritBox UK has commissioned The Dry, an original comedy-drama series…
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ITVS sales to streamers surge by 84% in six months
ITV Studios, the production and distribution arm of UK comcaster ITV, increased its sales to…
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ITVS & ProSieben joins period dating trend with ‘Love Is King’
German broadcast giant ProSieben has picked remake rights to an ITV Studios period dating format….
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ITV Studios pulls out of MIPCOM as travel uncertainty affects planning
ITV Studios (ITVS) will not be appearing at this year’s MIPCOM, with the UK-based production…
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Sales round-up: Scotland’s STV Player makes ‘biggest ever’ acquisition deal; Mediaset visits ‘Schitt’s Creek’; ‘Legacy’ lands in Spain
Scotland’s STV Player in ‘biggest ever’ acquisition deal Scotland’s STV has revealed its biggest content…
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India’s Viacom18 draws up ‘The Big Picture’ from ITV Studios
India’s Viacom18 has ordered a local version of ITV Studios’ interactive gameshow format The Big…
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ITVS & Polter add Bavaria execs to scripted prodco
ITV Studios (ITVS) and former Bavaria Fiction exec Moritz Polter have revealed the name of…
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Remarkable execs James Fox & Dom Waugh launch ITVS-backed Rollercoaster Television
James Fox and Dom Waugh from Endemol Shine UK brand Remarkable, are to launch Rollercoaster…
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Deals round-up: ITVS takes ‘Great Barrier’ global; ‘The Wall Duet’ lands in Europe; Alchimie strikes Irida content deal
ITV Studios takes ‘Great Barrier Reef’ global UK-based ITV Studios has acquired international distribution rights…
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TBI Weekly: How Korea’s wave is changing course
South Korean producers and broadcasters make regular appearances in TBI news but recent deals suggest the…
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ITVS & BBCS strike drama adaptation pact in India
ITV Studios (ITVS) has agreed a deal that will see UK rival BBC Studios (BBCS)…
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BritBox investigates ‘Murder In Provence’ as first US-UK co-production
BritBox, the BBC and ITV joint-venture streaming service, has announced Murder In Provence, an adaptation…
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Greece & Czech Republic claim ITVS quizzer ‘The Chase’
TV Nova in the Czech Republic and Mega TV in Greece have ordered local versions…
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ITVS hires NBCUniversal exec to oversee South Asia sales
ITV Studios (ITVS) has appointed NBCUniversal (NBCU) exec Kunal Shah to work across its distribution…
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Round-up: ITVS strikes first castle-based ‘I’m A Celebrity’ deal; Disney+ expands in Asia; Hulu adds McCartney docuseries
ITVS strikes first castle-based I’m A Celebrity… deal Antenna TV in Greece has become the…
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China calls ‘Line Of Duty’ as sixth season goes global
Chinese streamer Pumpkin Film and Spain’s Movistar are among companies to have picked up rights…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Running the numbers on global formats
TBI’s deputy editor Mark Layton dives into K7 Media’s annual format report to uncover the most…
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UK’s ITV2 orders Noho teen drama, ‘Tell Me Everything’
ITV2 in the UK has commissioned a teen drama, Tell Me Everything, produced by ITV…
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ITVS’s Happy Prince hires BBC Studios Drama creative director
ITV Studios-owned drama label Happy Prince, founded by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, has hired BBC Studios Drama’s…
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TBI Weekly: How format risk & reward is changing
‘Iconic’ format reboots have become a regular event over recent months but as Tim Dams discovers,…
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News round-up: Globo returns to ‘Survivor’ after a decade; Portugal preps ‘Let Love Rule’; UK’s C5 revives ‘Watercolour Challenge’
Globo returns to ‘Survivor’ Brazilian giant Globe has ordered a new version of Banijay’s format…
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Acorn TV, ITVS-owned Route 24 explore Italy with ‘Signora Volpe’
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has ordered a detective drama starring Silent Witness’s Emilia Fox….
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‘Suburra’ prodco Cattleya hires Netflix exec for Spanish expansion
ZeroZeroZero and Suburra producer Cattleya is launching a new Spanish arm and has hired a Netflix exec to…
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ITVS-owned The Garden rejigs senior team as co-founder Magnus Temple steps down
24 Hours In A&E producer The Garden has appointed two new CEO’s after the company’s co-founder…
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News round-up: Stellify scores new format from ‘Masked Singer’ creator; Netflix renews ‘Floor Is Lava’; Eccho takes ‘The Swap’ global
Stellify scores new format from Masked Singer creator Sony Pictures TV-owned Belfast indie Stellify Media has…
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Twofour appoints Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis to lead development
ITV Studios(ITVS)-owned Twofour has hired Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis as director of development. Curtis…