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ZDF & Rai strike pre-sale deals for TF1 manga adaptation ‘Cat’s Eyes’
Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s Rai have struck pre-sale deals for Cat’s Eyes, the live action…
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News round-up: Prime Video returns ‘The Bad Guy’; Acme & Lightbox team on ‘Mr Doodle’; CBS orders ‘Young Sheldon’ spin-off
Prime Video returns ‘The Bad Guy’ Amazon streamer Prime Video has returned Italian original drama…
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How the TV industry is financing drama in a choppy market
As scripted execs hit London TV Screenings this week, Richard Middleton explores the industry’s next…
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Hulu joins France TV, ZDF & Rai drama ‘The Kollective’, with A+E distributing
Hulu has picked up US rights to The Kollective, the upcoming thriller about the journalist…
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Council Of Europe unveils projects to receive $3.3m from new Pilot Programme
Council Of Europe’s new Pilot Programme for series co-productions has unveiled seven shows that will…
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Federation Studios brings YA drama ‘We Are Legend’ to market
Federation Studios has picked up Italian young adult fantasy series We Are Legend for distribution…
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Rai links with Endemol Shine Italy for AI-powered entertainment format ‘Fake Show’
Rai in Italy has ordered a comedy entertainment show that uses AI to create unpredictable…
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News round-up: BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’; France TV, RAI & RTBF enter ‘The Age Of Anger’; ‘Baltic Crimes’ sells into 95 countries
BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’ BritBox International in the US and…
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Fox orders US remake of Rai & Lux Vide’s medical drama ‘Doc – Nelle Tue Mani’
Fox has ordered an adaptation of Rai’s Italian medical procedural Doc – Nelle Tue Mani…
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Show of the Week: The Sea Beyond – Season 3
Back for a third season, Italian young-adult prison drama The Sea Beyond is continuing its…
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BBC & Rai partner on animation ‘Super Happy Magic Forest’
UK and Italian pubcasters the BBC and RAI have co-commissioned Super Happy Magic Forest, a…
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Exclusive: What the future holds for Europe’s public broadcasters
Public broadcasters face pressure like never before, with squeezed budgets and their very funding models…
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TBI Weekly: Six key takeaways from MIA Market in Rome
Rome has been a hotbed of discussion for the international TV industry this week, as European and…
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Exclusive: Italy’s Rai joins Global Doc initiative with nuclear fusion doc
Italian public broadcaster Rai has joined France Télévisions, ABC in Australia and numerous others in the Global…
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Exclusive: France TV, Rai & ZDF pick up Bellingcat drama ‘The Kollective’
France Televisions, Italian pubcaster Rai and Germany’s ZDF have picked up Bellingcat drama The Kollective,…
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News round-up: Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’; ScreenSkills predicts HETV spend growth; Paramount+ debuts Putin inner circle doc
Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’ French broadcaster Canal+ and Italian public broadcaster RAI…
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The TBI Interview: Manuel Alduy, France Télévisions
France Télévisions has a new international team and a rejuvenated global scripted strategy to attract…
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Serious Kids takes global rights to UK-Italy co-pro kids show ‘The Sound Collector’
UK distributor Serious Kids has acquired The Sound Collector, the first production from local indie…
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Kids round-up: Dandelooo feels ‘Gaston’s Emotions’; ‘Bluey’ bounds onto RAI & ERT; Cyber adapts ‘Phobos’
Dandelooo feels ‘Gaston’s Emotions’ French animation prodco and distributor Dandelooo is to adapt the children’s…
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Exclusive: France TV & Rai drama ‘Germinal’ secures first international sale
French-Canadian network Radio-Canada has become the first international buyer of Germinal, the new six-part drama…
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Kids round-up: Beyond shops ‘The World According To Grandpa’; Cyber launches animation studio; Rai welcomes ‘Pablo’
Beyond Rights shops ‘The World According To Grandpa’ Beyond Rights has acquired worldwide distribution rights…
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Rai names Maria Pia Ammirati to replace Eleanora Andreatta as head of drama
Rai in Italy has appointed Maria Pia Ammirati to lead its scripted output, replacing the…
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Rai & Mediaset in Italy snag raft of factual deals with distributor TVF
Italian pubcaster Rai and commercial rival Mediaset have struck deals for a raft of programming…
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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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Exclusive: Rai, Asacha Media’s Stand By Me prep first Italian Covid-19 drama
Italian pubcaster Rai is preparing to air the first scripted series to be filmed and…
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Netflix forges Fandango pact for Elena Ferrante novel, orders Swedish drama
Netflix has linked up with My Brilliant Friend producer Fandango to adapt another novel from…
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News round-up: Série Series cancelled; Fred sells ER shows to UK; HBO & Rai renew ‘My Brilliant Friend’
Série Series 2020 cancelled, online replacement announced French scripted drama event Série Series has been…
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Slate round-up: Rai reveals virtual offerings; TVF unveils Covid-19-driven shows
Rai rides Piaggio onto virtual portal Rai Com, the distribution division of Italian pubcaster Rai,…
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Coronavirus hits events in Italy & Korea, Series Mania ‘monitors’ & MIPTV to refund
TV conferences and markets around the world are being postponed amid concerns over the spread…
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Europe’s Alliance looks to Spain as it navigates different priorities
The fledgling Alliance of European public broadcasters is looking to get into business with Spain…