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Round-up: Noovo reopens ‘Big Brother’ house; C4 remakes Israel’s ‘Little Mom’; ‘Love Island’ to debut ITV’s shoppable TV
Noovo reopens ‘Big Brother’ house Quebec network Noovo has ordered a second season of reality…
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Netflix, Amazon & Disney+ face UK regulation as gov’t addresses ‘blatant disparity’
The UK government has confirmed it will explore tighter regulation on streamers such as Netflix,…
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Round-up: ‘Moominvalley’s Gutsy snags $6m from Rovio; ‘Undercover Boss’ returns in UK; Discovery+ investigates Hillsong scandal
Moominvalley’s Gutsy snags $6m from Angry Birds firm Moominvalley prodco Gutsy Animations has secured €5m ($6m)…
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ITV spins-off ‘Mummy Diaries’ reality series as star quits
UK-based ITV-owned FTA channel ITVbe has commissioned Billie & Greg: The Family Diaries, a spin-off…
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Commissioning round-up: Netflix orders Mike Myers series; Discovery+ cooks up culinary shows; ITV doc marks Princess Diana 60th
Netflix orders Mike Myers series Netflix has commissioned The Pentaverate, a new limited series created…
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ITV & BritBox board Eagle Eye Drama’s original debut ‘Hotel Portofino’
UK-based ITV and BritBox have boarded Hotel Portofino, a new drama set on the Italian…
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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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Round-up: BritBox hires from AMC; BBCS appoints ITV duo for unscripted; Acorn TV Launches in Spain
BritBox hires from AMC BritBox North America has hired Nada Arnot to become its SVP…
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TBI In Conversation: How Banijay is building its global format empire
Banijay’s global head of content development, James Townley, discusses streamers, pandemic protocols and the popularity…
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‘Sanditon’ revived by PBS & BritBox for two more seasons
British period drama Sanditon has been saved from cancellation, with the show recommissioned for a…
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UK’s ITV cautions public service future & urges ‘radical, urgent’ reforms
UK commercial operator ITV has warned it could stop being a public service broadcaster (PSB)…
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UK’s ITV details ‘on-demand first’ commissioning plan, preps ITV2 drama & factual shows
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed it is to start commissioning directly for its ad-supported…
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Show of the Week: Professor T
Original Death In Paradise leading man Ben Miller returns to the detective genre with this…
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TBI Weekly: How AVOD is starting to pull out the big guns
If it hadn’t been for the double-barrel effect of a global pandemic and the launch…
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Piers Morgan’s anti-Meghan rant on ITV becomes UK’s most complained about TV moment
Controversial UK media personality Piers Morgan has become the most complained about TV figure in…
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ITV orders romantic drama ‘You & Me’; first commission for Happy Prince label
UK comcaster ITV has ordered relationship drama You & Me, the first commission for Dominic…
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‘2020: The Story Of Us’ producer Katie Buchanan on filming an unfolding crisis
Docsville Studios’ Katie Buchanan, producer on 2020: The Story Of Us, a co-production with Altitude Factual and…
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Drama round-up: FX orders ‘Fleishman’ drama for Hulu; OWN visits Napa Valley; ITV scales ‘The Tower’
FX orders Fleishman Is In Trouble for Hulu FX is adapting Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel Fleishman Is…
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Round-up: Seven.One strikes five-season ‘Top Model’ deal; Buccaneer to adapt ‘The Burning Girls’; ITV re-enters ‘The Cube’
Seven.One strikes five-season ‘Top Model’ deal Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment Group has renewed Germany’s Next Top…
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ITV Studios revenues down by 25% as COVID impact revealed, but BritBox subs grow
ITV Studios (ITVS)’s revenues have taken a 25% hit over the past year after COVID…
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News round-up: ITV orders ‘The Masked Dancer’; Humble Bee hires Stephen McQuillan; Rocket welcomes ‘Cops’
ITV orders The Masked Dancer UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a seven-part remake of…
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News round-up: ITV buys ‘Oprah With Harry &; Meghan’; Banijay picks up ‘Name That Tune’ rights; Reelz to visit ‘Titanic’
ITV buys Oprah With Harry & Meghan ITV in the UK has acquired Oprah Winfrey’s recently…
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BritBox appoints ITV SVOD chief Reemah Sakaan to become international CEO
BBC Studios (BBCS) and ITV have appointed the latter’s group director of SVOD Reemah Sakaan…
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BBCS & ITV prep BritBox for 2021 roll-out in South Africa
UK content streamer BritBox is to launch in South Africa later this year, marking the…
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UK’s ITV orders pawnbroking docuseries from TwoFour
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned Million Pound Pawn, a new factual series exploring the British…
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News roundup: Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world; Sweden’s SVT enters ‘The Red Room’; Marathon sets first scripted project
Abacus takes Raymond Blanc around the world Amcomri Media Group-owned Abacus Media Rights has acquired…
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UK’s ITV pulls ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ as pandemic hits production
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to cancel its hit entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent (BGT)…
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CDN report slams UK broadcasters for “significant imbalances” in racial & gender roles
The number of contributions from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds working…
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ITV orders factual special on Irish baby deaths; RTÉ and Topic onboard
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned a documentary about the Irish mother and baby home scandal…
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‘Up’ documentary director Michael Apted dies, aged 79
Michael Apted, the documentarian and film-maker behind the long-running UK factual series Up, has died aged…