Amazon Prime Video has acquired the upcoming BBC2 football documentary series Fever Pitch! The Rise Of The Premier League for Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The 4 x 60-minute from All3Media-backed Story Films and David Beckham’s Studio 99 is currently in production ahead of its debut later this year, with distributor All3Media International signing multiple […]
RTL orders ‘Top Dog Germany’ RTL in Germany has picked up A+E’s canine competition format Top Dog for local adaptation. The six-part series, which will be known locally as Der Beste Hund Deutschlands (aka Top Dog Germany), is being produced by RTL Studios and will debut this coming Friday – 23 July. The series sees […]
BBC, RTL join The Hunt For A Killer BBC Four in the UK is among broadcasters to have picked up Yellow Bird’s Swedish true crime drama series, The Hunt For A Killer. The show, sold by Banijay Rights, will air on the channel this summer and will also be available via BBC iPlayer. It has also been […]
Netflix buys Israel’s Blackspace Netflix has picked up rights around the world to Federation Entertainment’s Israeli drama Blackspace. The 8 x 60-minute psychological thriller is set in an Israeli high school and has been written by Anat Gafni and Sahar Shavit, with Drama Team and Federation producing for local network Reshet 13. It has now been acquired […]
RTL Group has struck a deal to take full ownership of German FTA network brand Super RTL, which had been operated as a joint venture with Disney. RTL Deutschland has entered into a binding agreement with Disney-owned BVI Television Investments to acquire the outstanding 50% of Super RTL that it does not already own. Financial […]
Fremantle-owner RTL Group has seen positive growth for its streaming services, with TV Now and Videoland up 34% year-over-year to reach 1.53 million subscribers, but the production and distribution firm’s revenue has slightly dipped. The company said that the introduction of lockdown measures in mid-March has contributed to a higher growth rate of its streaming […]
Apple launches Oprah Talks Covid-19 Oprah Winfrey has launched an Apple TV+ show exploring the Coronavirus pandemic, with Idris Elba the programme’s first guest. Oprah Talks Covid-19 launched over the weekend and featured the veteran talkshow host, who has an existing deal with the streamer, interviewing Elba and his wife who are in quarantine after […]
German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local adaptation of Israeli black comedy Stockholm for its streaming platform TVNOW and linear TV channel Vox. The format, which is also being adapted in the US, is sold by Keshet International (KI) and is being produced by Keshet Tresor Fiction (KTF), the German scripted division launched by KI […]
German broadcaster RTL is merging its linear and streaming divisions for scripted content, with the company’s head of fiction Philipp Steffens set to leave as a result. Steffens has led RTL’s fiction team since 2014 and has been behind shows including Deutschland ’83, The Teacher and Alarm For Cobra 11. His next move is not […]
US broadcaster PBS, Seven Network in Australia and CBC in Canada are among broadcasters to have picked up 19th Century crime drama, Miss Scarlet And The Duke. The show marked A+E Networks International’s first scripted co-production and was created by Grantchester writer Rachael New, who was attached as showrunner to the 6 x 60-minute first […]
