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UK streamer ITVX inks first int’l acquisition for Australian drama ‘Bali 2002’

UK broadcaster ITV has acquired Bali 2002, a four-part exploring the lives directly impacted by…

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Drama round-up: ‘Fleabag’ sells into Japan; UKTV moves into ‘The Gulf’; Magenta lands on Mars

Fleabag jumps into Japan Wowow in Japan has picked up Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s series Fleabag for…

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Netflix & ABC conspire to create thriller

Netflix and Australian pubcaster the ABC are once again working together, this time on a…

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Fox scoops UK Wolf Creek as Outcast goes big

Fox UK has bought Wolf Creek, the Australian series based on the eponymous horror movie…

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Irish Screentime exits Banijay fold

Banijay Group’s Screentime ShinAwiL has been sold back to the Irish prodco’s management. CEO Larry…

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Wolf Creek remake is Stan’s debut original

Australian SVOD platform Stan is getting into the originals game by working up a pair…

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UK’s More4 acquires Oz’s ANZAC Girls

UK channel More4 has acquired Australia World War I miniseries ANZAC Girls from All3Media International….

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Popstars returns to Denmark after a decade

Music reality format Popstars is returning to Danish screens after ten years away. SBS Discovery…

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Des Monaghan leaving Screentime

Des Monaghan is leaving Screentime, the Australian production business he founded 18 years ago. Monaghan…

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Screentime poaches ABC ents boss, promotes Steel

Banijay-owned Australian producer Screentime has poached ABC Television’s head of entertainment to become its new…

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Australia and NZ take a seat at the drama table

Producers in Australia and New Zealand are creating a new wave of international-friendly scripted series…

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Nine preps Underbelly spin-off

Australia’s Network Nine is working on Fat Tony and Co, a spin-off of its crime…

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Screentime targets digital growth

Banijay-owned producer Screentime has launched a new digital division that will aim to develop apps…

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French network orders Popstars

  Canal+’s French digital network D8 has ordered a local version of the Popstars singing…

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Banijay wins Popstars format dispute with Talpa

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that Talpa cannot launch ‘The Next Popstar’ format…

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DRG wins back Underbelly rights

DRG has picked up international rights to the latest two seasons of popular Australian crime…

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Banijay acquires Underbelly producer Screentime

International producer and distributor Banijay Group has acquired Australian producer Screentime, the company behind hit…