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Netflix & YLE order first scripted series for Endemol Shine Finland
Netflix has partnered with Finnish broadcaster YLE on a 10-part drama from Endemol Shine Finland,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Exploring MENA’s booming content market
MENA’s streaming potential is being tapped across AVOD and SVOD, but who are the main…
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Norway’s Rubicon hires NRK drama chief as CEO, after Håkon Briseid joins Netflix
Beforeigners and Lillyhammer producer Rubicon has hired the head of drama at Norwegian pubcaster NRK as its…
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Sky strikes first Netflix copro with Wendy Darke’s ‘Predators’ amid factual flurry
Sky is ramping up its factual output with a flurry of commissions, including its first…
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Netflix growth stalls in UK as Amazon Prime makes headway, says Kantar
Netflix’s growth in the UK is stalling, with Amazon Prime Video catching up and expected…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix orders Buteau comedy; SyFy boards ‘The Ark’; Hulu seeks ‘Saint X’
Netflix orders Buteau comedy Netflix has ordered Survival Of The Thickest, a new scripted comedy…
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Netflix & Propagate prep first Spanish casting for Latin talent show ‘La Firma’
Netflix has launched its first open casting in Spanish across Latin America, the US and…
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Netflix plans ‘Squid Game universe’ as shares dive 20% amid stalling growth
Netflix’s share price dived almost 20% yesterday as it predicted a slowdown in subscriber growth,…
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Netflix doubles down on Korea, with 25 dramas, films & unscripted shows
Netflix has unveiled plans to launch 25 South Korean shows this year, as the global…
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Netflix’s ‘Flinch’ gets Russian remake after CTC deals with SPT & Stellify
Netflix series Flinch is getting remade in Russia by local broadcaster CTC, after striking a…
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How to secure investment in your company, by those who’ve done it
Scripted costs have surged over recent years, with streamers’ demands supercharging the market. Nick Edwards…
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Netflix remakes UK improvised crime comedy ‘Murderville’
Netflix has ordered a reboot of UK crime comedy Murder In Successville, which will star…
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Scripted round-up: Fox seeks ‘Hell Or High Water’; Apple TV+ returns ‘The Morning Show’; Treasure to adapt ‘Glorious Guinness Girls’
Fox seeks ‘Hell Or High Water’ Fox in the US is developing a TV adaptation…
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Exclusive: US broadcast groups, Sony & Netflix mooted among The CW suitors
US broadcast groups, along with Sony and Netflix, have been tipped to be among potential…
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BBC & Netflix to explore ‘Cunk On Earth’ with new mockumentary
UK comedian Diane Morgan will reprise her Philomena Cunk role for the BBC and Netflix…
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TBI Weekly: TBI’s favourite shows of 2021
It has been another rollercoaster of a pandemic-hit year and yet the quality of programming…
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BBC’s content cuts fuel $511m ‘third-party funding’ surge
Content cuts at the BBC are set to make up more than 40% of its…
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Netflix to adapt western comic ‘The Hated’
Netflix has acquired the rights to adapt David F Walker’s western comic book The Hated…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Exploring the soaring cost of content
As competition in the subscription streaming market heats up, production budgets are getting bigger. Omdia’s…
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Netflix axes anime adaptation ‘Cowboy Bebop’ after one season
Netflix has cancelled Cowboy Bebop less than a month since its debut on the streamer….
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Netflix expands Mexican originals with 1970s detective show
Netflix has started production on a Mexican drama set in the 1970s that is based…
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Netflix & Nine Network travel to ITVS show ‘Love Island USA’
Netflix has picked up rights to the third season of CBS’s US version of Love…
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ moves from Netflix to WOW Presents Plus in UK
The next series of World of Wonder’s drag competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race will make…
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Netflix fulfils pledge to Black community with $100m support
Netflix said it has fulfilled its pledge to the Black community by moving two per…
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Netflix continues ‘Money Heist’ with ‘Berlin’ spin-off series
Netflix has commissioned a spin-off to hit Spanish crime drama series Money Heist (aka La…
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Netflix orders ‘One Day’ series among five UK originals
Netflix has commissioned a slew of new UK-based productions, as it continues to build upon…
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BBC & C4 shows thrash Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ for viewers, according to new UK data
The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off have beaten…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking Netflix & Amazon’s European drama plans
WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal are ramping up competition in an already crowded streaming ecosystem in…
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Russia investigates complaint that Netflix broke controversial ‘gay propaganda’ law
Russia is investigating a complaint made against Netflix over accusations that the streamer has violated…
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Disney’s content spend to hit $33bn in 2022, doubling Netflix’s target
Disney plans to increase its overall content spend to around $33bn in 2022, marking an…