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Newen Distribution
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Wheelhouse Entertainment opens Newen’s ‘Wonderbox’
US-based Wheelhouse Entertainment has optioned the US rights to French outfit Newen Distribution’s primetime entertainment…
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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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Newen to merge distribution with TF1 Studios, appoints Studiocanal alum to oversee process
French production giant Newen has appointed former Studiocanal and Global Road exec Rodolphe Buet to…
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Hulu Japan gets ‘Filthy Rich’ from Newen Distribution
Hulu Japan has bought two seasons of New Zealand family drama Filthy Rich from Newen…
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Amazon Prime Video France picks up Newen’s ‘Inside Game’
Amazon Prime Video France has scored first-window SVOD rights to thriller The Inside Game from…
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MY and Newen hit the Dancefloor with Nigel Lythgoe
New York-based MY Entertainment has acquired US rights to format Dancefloor Date from Newen Distribution,…
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Fox to adapt French detective drama from France 2
Fox Network is set to adapt French detective drama Witnesses, created by Hervé Hadmar and…
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Newen acquires Spain’s The Room
TF1’s Newen Distribution has acquired Spanish series The Room, written by Víctor García, Eduardo Villanueva…
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Julien Leroux exiting Newen Distribution UK
Julien Leroux is leaving his post as executive VP of sales and content at the…
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INTV: Keshet Int’l launches $55m high-end drama fund
Keshet International’s big week is continuing with the launch of a US$55 million global content…
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English Class: French drama
The rise in high-end English-language drama has seen well-financed French producers enter the space, despite…
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Amazon buys first local French dramas
Amazon Prime Video is going a step further in the French market, with its first…
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Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
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France Télévisions, MarVista execs join Gaumont
Narcos studio Gaumont has hired execs from France Télévisions and MarVista Entertainment as it expands…
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Newen debuts €50m UK drama fund
France’s Newen Group has created a €50 million (US$54.8 million) drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned…
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Netflix creates 400 Euro jobs, new originals
SVOD giant Netflix is on a European charm offensive, creating 400 jobs at a new…
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Gaumont, FremantleMedia set for Monte Carlo event
Christophe Riandee, the vice-CEO of French studio Gaumont, and Jens Richter, the boss of FremantleMedia…
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New Witnesses come forwards in Europe
More channel groups in Europe have acquired French drama Witnesses from Newen Distribution. Following a…
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Al Jazeera kids channel visits Mysterious Cities
Al Jazeera’s children’s channel Jeem and Israeli net Zoom have acquired the second season of…
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News brief: Newen acquires France 2 drama
Newen Distribution has acquired rights to Witnesses, a 6x52mins drama from France 2. Newen has…
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News brief: Newen plays Polo with Euro broadcasters
France’s Newen Distribution has launched an animated children’s series that has France’s PIWI+, Sweden’s SVT…
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TVFI awards Zodiak, PGS and France Télévisions
French TV exporters group TVFI has bestowed its annual awards for most successful TV export…