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Kudos
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Featherstone reunites with another Kudos exec
Jane Featherstone is reuniting with former Kudos colleague Naomi de Pear, who is launching a…
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Night Manager wins Emmy, prodco hires Wolkoff
The Night Manager scooped a second Emmy last night (Sunday), with Susanne Bier getting the…
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Australia’s Seven buys UK drama prodco
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired a stake in British production company Slim Film…
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Kudos backs Derek Wax drama prodco
Kudos executive producer Derek Wax has launched a UK-based drama prodco that will sit within…
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Elba, Ridley lead major Sky drama investment
Sky has commissioned six dramas that feature talent including Idris Elba, John Ridley, Julia Stiles,…
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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NBCU’s Working Title gets new UK boss
NBCUniversal-backed drama prodco Working Title Television UK has hired former Kudos prodcuer Andrew Woodhead as…
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Isaacs exits Kudos, reunites with Featherstone
Dan Isaacs (below left) is leaving his post as co-CEO of Endemol Shine Group-owned Kudos…
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Liz Murdoch ‘investing in Featherstone firm’
Shine Group founder Liz Murdoch is set to reunite with Jane Featherstone by investing in…
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Jane Featherstone creates new prodco
Former Kudos boss Jane Featherstone has unveiled her new production company, which is named Sister…
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Troy among a raft of BBC commissions
The BBC has ordered several new shows including Fall of a City, an epic period…
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Kudos in development rejig
Endemol Shine Group drama label Kudos has reshuffled its development team, with divisional head Naomi…
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AMC populates global nets with Humans
AMC has landed exclusive first-run rights to sci-fi drama Humans for its international channel feeds….
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Acorn buys EST for ESI’s Humans
US streaming and download service Acorn has acquired electronic sell-through rights to Humans, the English-language…
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Featherstone’s Kudos replacements named
Diederick Santer and Dan Isaacs are jointly replacing Jane Featherstone at the top of Endemol…
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Sky, Canal+ pick through Debris with Tunnel 2
European pay TV players Sky and Canal+ are joining forces to make another series of…
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Robinson out as Endemol Shine reveals UK team
Tim Robinson is leaving the Endemol Shine Group as the mega-indie this morning revealed its…
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Featherstone, Conrad exit Shine
Prolific drama producer Jane Featherstone is leaving Shine Group as its merges with Endemol and…
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Fox leaves Gracepoint
US broadcast network Fox has cancelled crime drama Gracepoint after one season. The show failed…
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DreamWorks sale talks ‘stall’
Discussions that may see Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation sold to Japan’s SoftBank Corp. have “cooled”,…
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Canadian, Oz buyers reach Gracepoint
Canada’s Global TV and Australian pay TV provider Foxel have acquired Gracepoint, the US remake…
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Shine has Parti to nurture Asian talent
Shine Group drama prodco Kudos Film & TV will work with indie Parti Productions to…
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Channel 4, Xbox to adapt Swedish sci-fi
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios are readying Humans, a sci-fi series…
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Kudos co-founder Garrett to exit
Shine Group’s UK drama producer Kudos will say goodbye to its co-founder and chairman later…
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News brief: Shine’s Kudos preps series based on Sathnam Sanghera novel
UK-based drama producer Kudos has optioned Marriage Material and will develop the Sathnam Sanghera novel…
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Kudos strikes deal with Broadchurch producer
Shine-backed drama producer Kudos has inked a first-look deal with Imaginary Friends, the UK production…
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BBC America buys ITV drama Broadchurch
US cable network BBC America has acquired Broadchurch, the upcoming British drama series starring David…
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The vision for Sky Vision
Carl Hall and Sophie Turner Laing tell TBI about how the freshly minted Sky Vision…