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Original Programming
Fremantle hires scripted trio including ex-Weinstein Co. exec
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has added three industry veterans to its scripted division, including Oliver…
TBI Weekly: Beauty is power for Netflix
This week, it was impossible to ignore Netflix’s seemingly unstoppable rise as the company’s value…
Sky moves into original films in latest content push
Sky has announced plans to commission and acquire exclusive rights to original films, in its…
Hollywood Squares heads to India via Viu
Indian on-demand service and affiliate pay TV network Star MAA are working up a local…
Paramount & Anonymous land rights to Margaret Atwood trilogy
Paramount Television, along with Anonymous Content have acquired the rights to develop a series based…
Mark Burnett’s Contender boxes clever with Epix reboot
The Mark Burnett-created boxing reality series The Contender is returning to US television screens after…
UKTV plotting to increase indie original hours by a third
British channels group UKTV is planning to increase the number of hours it commissions from…
T Group goes Everywhere with copro deal
US-based T Group Productions has signed an overall coproduction deal with Everywhere Studios, which is…
Sharon Horgan’s Merman hires Fremantle production head
Merman, the production company founded by Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford, has appointed FremantleMedia…
Netflix picks up talk show from Community’s Joel McHale
Joel McHale, the former star of NBC/Yahoo comedy Community, is set to host a new…
Keshet & Woodcut Media renew first-look deal
Following on from the success of a deal struck back in January 2016, global distributor…
Sony launches UK non-scripted label Human
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Human, a new non-scripted label in the UK that…
TBI Weekly: Facebook’s traditional values gnaw at NATPE crowd
This week, Facebook made a good fist of appearing far more like a broadcaster than…
Ampere: France says ‘Non’ to Netflix
Netflix is yet to win “the hearts and minds” of people in France, with the…
Amazon cancels comedies One Mississippi, I Love Dick
Amazon is continuing its purge of comedies, now ridding of One Mississippi, I Love Dick…
FilmRise moves to production, hires Waco’s Wolynetz
FilmRise has hired Waco (pictured), and Breaking Bad producer Vlad Wolynetz to head their newly launched television production…
The State creator Peter Kosminsky preps cyber drama for C4
The State (pictured), Wolf Hall and Britz creator Peter Kosminsky has teamed with Colin Callender’s Playground…
Vice & Nat Geo partner for LatAm series
National Geographic Partners and Vice Media have teamed up for, Explorer, a multi-platform series that…
NATPE: Nick LatAm & Mediapro partner for scripted gaming series
Nickelodeon Latin America and Barcelona-based Mediapro are set to produce N00Bees, a scripted gaming series….
Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan inks deal with Amazon
Amazon Studios has closed an exclusive two-year deal with Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan. Catastrophe is…
NATPE: Netflix spreads Telemundo drama Nicky Jam
SVOD giant Netflix has taken international rights to an upcoming drama about reggaeton singer Nicky…
NATPE: Facebook orders shows from Bear Grylls & Blumhouse TV
Facebook’s growing ambitions for its Watch video service have expanded with the commission of original…
Propagate gains backing from The Raine Group
Indie studio Propagate Content has secured “significant” financial investment from merchant bank The Raine Group….
NBCU acquires Stargate duo’s The Outpost for Syfy
NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has acquired The Outpost, a new original series for SYFY channels…
Hulu ramps up originals with Clooney title
Hulu is raising its stake in original programming as it brings in new title Catch-22,…
Peaky Blinders trio to launch indie Moonage Pictures
Peaky Blinders exec producers Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady are set to launch…
Sat.1 breeds another Super Dog
Rescue Dog to Super Dog, the Channel 4 format from Plimsoll Productions, is headed for…
BritBox squares up to rivals with Bletchley Circle original drama
Best-of-British SVOD service BritBox has commissioned its first original drama, a spin-off of ITV drama…
Ronan Farrow signs 3-year deal with HBO
Following the investigative takedown of Harvey Weinstein last year, New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow has…