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Netflix orders reboot of Maupin’s Tales Of The City
SVOD platform Netflix has greenlit a new TV version of Tales Of The City, Armistead…
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Endemol Shine & Viu to adapt The Bridge for Asia
Asian VOD service Viu has teamed with Endemol Shine Group (ESG) to produce a localised,…
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UK’s high-end drama boom leads to £2.6m in levy funds
The UK’s booming production schedule in television drama saw a record £2.6 ($3.63) million paid…
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AMC’s Sundance picks up Sharon Horgan’s Motherland
Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ premium video streaming service, has picked up Sharon Horgan’s British TV…
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Amazon greenlights Utopia remake by Gone Girl scribe
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order for Utopia, based on the British series of…
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Netflix to launch new Euro originals including Julian Fellowes drama
Netflix is set to launch a new string of European originals including a Julian Fellowes…
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OWN orders Will Packer duo
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has ordered two new series from Straight Outta Compton producer…
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BT premieres The Terror on YouTube in UK first
BT is giving the public a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s thriller…
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Netflix orders Nomadic horror series
Netflix has ordered horror series The Order, produced by Nomadic Pictures. The 10x 60 minute…
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Federation & Drama Team back new Omri Givon series
Federation Entertainment has joined forces with Israel’s Drama Team productions to co-produce The Grave, an…
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Comedy Central inks first look deal with Broad City duo
Comedy Central has set a “comprehensive” development deal with Broad City creators Ilana Glazer and…
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HBO greenlights comedy pilot from Fleabag duo & eOne
HBO has ordered a romantic comedy thriller from Fleabag duo Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones,…
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Germany’s Beta Film secures rights to French Victor Hugo series
Beta Film has secured worldwide rights for the high-end French scripted series Victor Hugo –…
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UKTV picks up slate of Sony dramas for Alibi
UK-based multichannel network UKTV has acquired three Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shows for its crime…
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MTG unveils Those Who Kill reboot for Viaplay
Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced plans for a new original series based on the…
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Gaumont hires Miramax exec for senior production role
Narcos producer Gaumont has appointed former Miramax and Shine exec Leslie Belzberg to the position…
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Antenna & Tony Jordan team for Albanian mafia thriller
The Antenna Group has partnered with TV writer Tony Jordan (Eastenders, Hustle) to produce original…
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Amazon greenlights Spielberg and Bardem miniseries
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order of a four-hour miniseries based on the epic…
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Apple plans Spring/Summer 2019 launch for originals slate
Apple is set to release its range of TV titles for Spring or Summer 2019,…
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Ex Machina’s Alex Garland lands drama pilot with FX
US cable net FX has given a pilot order for a drama from Ex Machina…
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CBS to ramp up originals as it bids to top OTT ‘arms race’
CBS COO Joseph Ianniello revealed that the company will increase investment in digital originals to…
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BBC picks up Phoebe Waller-Bridge thriller Killing Eve
BBC has acquired Killing Eve, a new thriller by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to premiere on…
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SVOD net Acorn cops British comedy No Offence
RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn TV has acquired exclusive digital rights in North America for the first…
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Apple orders thriller drama from Sixth Sense director
Apple has ordered its latest original by Sixth Sense writer and director M. Night Shyamalan….
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Britbox hits 250,000 US subs & eyes int’l expansion
Britbox, the SVOD service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and AMC Networks, claims to have gained…
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Fleabag duo & eOne pair for rom-com series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (pictured) and Vicky Jones, the duo behind UK hit show Fleabag, are developing…
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Facebook brings in Elizabeth Olsen dramedy
Facebook is set to bring in a drama-comedy starring and executive produced by Elizabeth Olsen…
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ITV orders Christopher Hampton drama The Singapore Grip
ITV has commissioned The Singapore Grip, a drama that will be adapted by Atonement screenwriter…
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Apple hires Paramount exec as comedy chief
Apple has hired Dana Tuinier from The Paramount Network as creative executive for comedy within…
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Paramount & Anonymous land rights to Margaret Atwood trilogy
Paramount Television, along with Anonymous Content have acquired the rights to develop a series based…