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Netflix re-teams with Harlan Coben for French thriller
Netflix has ordered an adaptation of novelist Harlan Coben’s best-selling thriller Gone For Good. The…
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Netflix to end ‘The Crown’ with sixth season
Netflix is to end The Crown, its hit drama about the British monarchy, after a…
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Netflix ends ‘Sabrina’ after two seasons, greenlights Lumiere & Nexiko dramas
Netflix has cancelled The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina after just two seasons but expanded its…
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News round-up: Netflix to end ‘Ozark’; Fred sells ‘Mega Zoo’; HBO returns to ‘Curb’
Netflix to end trip to Ozark Netflix is bringing the curtain down on Jason Bateman-led…
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Netflix orders Colin Kaepernick drama with Ava DuVernay
Netflix has commissioned a new limited drama series about the adolescent years of athlete…
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‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ to recast voice actors amid animation change
A slew of US animated series, including long-running hits The Simpsons and Family Guy, are…
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Netflix to adapt ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ video game
Netflix has teamed up with Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red and Japanese animation…
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TBI Weekly: Will China’s media giants push Netflix out of Asia-Pacific?
Netflix is, for now, the undisputed global king of streaming, boasting close to 183 million…
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‘Pandemic peak’ appears with Americans cooling off on Netflix as lockdown eases
SVOD viewing in the US has begun to dip as parts of the country begin…
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News round-up: Eccho snags Korean drama deal; Scorpion’s ‘Seahorse’ sells; TVF joins Netflix-bound David Foster doc
CJENM’s Eccho expands SBS scripted format deal Eccho Rights, the Nordic-based distributor backed by CJENM,…
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Netflix orders ‘Dirty Lines’, new Dutch original from Fiction Valley
Netflix has ordered a new Dutch original series, Dirty Lines, inspired by author Fred Saueressig’s…
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News roundup: MGM gets first-look deal with Small World IFT; Lion TV USA inks prank co-pro deal; Vuulr launches new online market event and more…
MGM signs first-look deal with Small World IFT US-based MGM Television’s unscripted and alternative television…
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TBI In Conversation: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ showrunner Mark Goffman on making the most of lockdown
In this installment of TBI’s In Conversation strand, we talk to Sleepy Hollow and Bull showrunner Mark Goffman…
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‘Cobra Kai’ finds new home on Netflix
Scripted martial arts drama Cobra Kai has moved to Netflix after the show was revealed…
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Netflix swoops for Rai’s drama chief Eleanora Andreatta to head Italian originals
Netflix has shocked the Italian TV business by swooping for Rai’s head of drama Eleanora…
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TBI Weekly: Six Reasons Why Adult Animation Is Set To Flourish
Adult animation is a well-worn medium but the unique combination of a global production shutdown,…
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Viu emerges top in Southeast Asia streaming poll, beating Netflix
Asia-focused SVOD Viu has ranked as the leading streaming service in Southeast Asia, according to…
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TBI In Conversation: ‘Hell On Wheels’ showrunner John Wirth on ‘passing the baton’
In the second installment of TBI’s In Conversation strand, we talk to Wu Assassins and…
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Netflix hires ABC exec Luu to oversee Oz originals
Netflix has hired the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) exec Que Minh Luu as director of…
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France TV appoints ex-Netflix, Canal+ exec to head programming
France Télévisions has appointed the former head of documentaries for Netflix in EMEA as programming…
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UK’s Channel 4 extends ‘The Circle’, orders celebrity edition
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a third season of Studio Lambert’s reality format The…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how Disney+ struck gold in the UK
Disney+ might still be less than three months old in the UK but that hasn’t…
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Netflix extends Spanish drama ‘Valeria’ for second season
Netflix has renewed Spanish drama Valeria for a second season. Produced by Spanish prodco Plano…
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Exclusive: Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep ‘accelerates’ move into docuseries & animation
Erik Barmack, the former Netflix exec who drove the streamer’s much-vaunted international content strategy, has…
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Disney+ becomes third-largest SVOD in the UK, report claims
Disney+ has already emerged as the third-largest subscription streaming service in the UK. According to…
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‘Next In Fashion’ latest Netflix debut season casualty
Netflix has cancelled style competition series Next In Fashion after just one season. The 10-part…
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News round-up: Global sales for Euro-thrillers; Portugal’s SIC acquires ‘Don’t Tell The Bride’ format; Finland’s YLE gets ‘Pretty & Single’ and more…
Euro-thrillers head to Netflix and others in global sales Global streamer Netflix and broadcasters around…
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Kids round-up: ‘Alien TV’ and ‘Horrid Henry’ special both land on Netflix; ‘Brainbuzz’ travels in Australia and Hong Kong; ‘Bubu And The Little Owls’ fly to Kidoodle.TV
Alien TV lands on Netflix and Nine Network Netflix and Australia’s FTA Nine Network will…
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ITV Studios snags second window sales for ‘Bodyguard’
ITV Studios (ITVS) has struck a raft of deals for its scripted series including Jed…
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Show of the week: Snowpiercer
Seven years after the world has become an uninhabitable frozen wasteland, the survivors of humanity…