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ITV Studios
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TBI’s 2020 Wrap: GloboPlay’s Ana Carolina Lima; ITVS’s Julian Bellamy; Starz’s Superna Kalle
As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs…
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Deals round-up: Globoplay buys ‘Coroner’ & ‘Wynonna Earp’; Abacus to sell Nick Broomfield doc; Viaplay preps ‘Estonia: The Last Wave’
Globo grabs Coroner & Wynonna Earp Brazilian streamer Globoplay has picked up drama duo Coroner and…
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News round-up: ITV Studios sells 300+ hours in India; Newen Connect to distribute Italy’s ‘Christian’ and more…
ITV Studios sells 300+ hours in India Soon-to-launch streamer Discovery+, Lionsgate Play and Viacom 18…
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Deals round-up: Salto takes slew of ITV Studios shows; Olympusat adds Ukrainian drama trio; SBS6 to adapt ‘Project Cupid’ format
Salto takes slew of ITV Studios shows Nascent French SVOD Salto has acquired a range…
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Belgium’s DPG Media opts to ‘Let Love Rule’ with ITV Studios
DPG Media in Belgium has acquired ITV Studios’ reality dating format Let Love Rule. The…
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Banijay, All3, eOne, Fremantle & ITVS unveil London Screenings event
Distribution giants All3media International, Banijay Rights, Entertainment One, Fremantle and ITV Studios have joined up…
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UK’s ITV Studios and Japan’s Nippon TV form co-pro pact
UK producer and distributor ITV Studios and Japan-based multi-platform entertainment company Nippon TV have inked…
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UK drama drives record-breaking export figure to $2bn
UK dramas such as Chernobyl, His Dark Materials and The Feed have powered the country’s TV…
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ITV Studios appoints Cardiff Productions’ Pat Younge to board
ITV Studios (ITVS) has appointed former Sugar Films CEO Pat Younge as a non-executive director…
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Drama round-up: ITV makes ‘Long Call’ with Silverprint; STV & BBMM partner for ‘Frankenstein’; Platform Europa+ buys from Mediaset
ITV makes ‘Long Call’ with Silverprint ITV in the UK has ordered four-part crime drama The…
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Twofour expands reality, entertainment by hiring ‘I Can See Your Voice’ exec
ITV Studios-owned Twofour is expanding its reality and entertainment activities and has appointed Louise Hutchinson…
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ITV Studios revenues down 19% as pandemic buffets UK broadcaster
ITV Studios (ITVS) revenues were down almost 20% for the first nine months of 2020,…
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Israeli streamer Izzy snags Armoza Studios scripted & docureality shows
Recently launched Israeli SVOD Izzy has picked up a raft of content from ITV Studios-owned…
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News round-up: ‘Model Railway’ goes Dutch; Sky scores Liverpool FC doc; South Africa opens ‘Love Island’; Oz Directors’ Guild hire
Great Model Railway Challenge leads to Netherlands NPO Max in the Netherlands has optioned rights…
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John de Mol’s Talpa Entertainment taps ITVS exec to lead global distribution
John de Mol’s Talpa Entertainment Productions has hired a former ITV Studios (ITVS) exec to…
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‘Love Island’ format picked up in French-Canada
Canada’s Quebecor Content has commissioned a French-language version of hit ITV reality dating format Love…
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Viasat World’s Epic Drama welcomes ‘Singapore Grip’ as part of ITVS deal
Viasat World has acquired more than 150 hours of scripted series from ITV Studios (ITVS)…
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BritBox appoints Emily Powers to lead streamer in North America
UK content streamer BritBox has named the new chief for its North American operation, replacing…
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UK’s ITV restructures to focus on streaming, with Kevin Lygo taking new role
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to restructure its business around streaming and has named the…
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Go big or go small? Sales chiefs talk global deals
Covid-19’s impact on production coincided with US studios going direct-to-consumer, creating what appeared to be…
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ITV to commission AVOD originals & eyes more BritBox coproductions
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has said the UK commercial broadcaster will start to commission original…
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Possessed hires Remarkable & Expectation alum Nick Mather to lead creative
ITV Studios-backed UK producer Possessed has appointed former Remarkable TV and Expectation Entertainment exec Nick…
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BritBox North America president & CEO Soumya Sriraman departs
BritBox president & CEO for North America Soumya Sriraman is leaving the BBC Studios and…
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ITV Studios strikes pact with Jin Woo Hwang’s Something Special
ITV Studios (ITVS) is expanding its format catalogue by striking a co-development deal with South…
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Discovery Italy sets sail for local ‘Love Island’
Discovery Italy has commissioned a local adaptation of ITV Studios reality dating format Love Island….
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News round-up: ‘Vigil’ and ‘Pembrokeshire Murders’ global pre-sales; Netflix orders Good Times animated reboot; Sony brings ‘Candice Renoir’ to LatAm
‘Vigil’ and ‘Pembrokeshire Murders’ in raft of global pre-sales Broadcasters around the world have acquired…
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Studiocanal UK exec Nicola Shindler to join ITV Studios, launch new drama label
UK producer Nicola Shindler is to launch a new scripted label within ITV Studios. Based…
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Boomerang closes; slate split between Boom and Twofour
UK production company Boomerang, a part of ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned Twofour, is to close and…
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BBC One returns to Leopard’s ‘Worzel Gummidge’ with Mackenzie Crook
The UK’s BBC has ordered a third one-hour adaptation based on the Worzel Gummidge novels….
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Show of the Week: The Pembrokeshire Murders
Delving into two real-life unsolved double-murders from the 1980s, The Pembrokeshire Murders follows the cold-case…