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HBO Max scores major licensing coup for BBC content
HBO Max has scooped up exclusive streaming rights to Doctor Who via a major licensing…
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Legendary Television, SpectreVision team for scripted series
Carnival Row producer Legendary Television has struck a first-look deal with Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision (pictured)…
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Exclusive: NBCU International Studios COO to exit
NBCUniversal International Studio’s (NBCUIS) chief operating officer Sarah Cooper is to step down from her…
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TBI opens submissions for MIPCOM Hot Picks
It’s that time of year again. TBI is now accepting submissions for our upcoming MIPCOM…
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Sales round-up: ESG scores for ‘Younger’, ‘Stripped’; BBCS starts ‘Revolutions’
Endemol strips in Spain Endemol Shine International has sold social experiment format Stripped into Spain,…
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Sales round-up: DRG strikes ‘Remarkable’ deals in Europe; DCD secures UK sales for Oz drama
DRG serves up sales for ‘Remarkable Places To Eat’ BBC Two’s Remarkable Places To Eat…
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Awesome expands into graphic novels with ‘Retrograde’
Awesome Media & Entertainment is expanding into the graphic novel space with a bespoke studio….
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Netflix unveils ambitious, high-profile originals slate out of India
Meet The Patels director Ravi Patel and Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment are behind…
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ITV serves up thriller from ‘Luther’ creator Neil Cross, Euston Films
UK broadcaster ITV has ordered contemporary thriller Because The Night from Luther creator Neil Cross. Produced by Kate Harwood’s Hard…
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Newen fast-tracks English expansion with Reel One acquisition
Newen Group’s acquisition of Reel One Entertainment sees the TF1 Group-backed producer-distributor look to crack…
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20th Century Fox TV drama exec Chloe Dan to exit studio
20th Century Fox Television exec Chloe Dan is exiting the studio. The SVP of drama…
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HBO stands by ‘Big Little Lies’ edit after details of creative struggle emerge
HBO has stood by its edit of series two of Big Little Lies after it emerged…
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Series Mania launches Franco-Israeli writing residency
French drama festival Series Mania is launching a Franco-Israeli writing residency initiative. In partnership with…
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Comedy Central firms up original content team
Viacom-owned Comedy Central has promoted two execs to oversee content for both the network and…
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ABC pulls plug on ‘How To Get Away With Murder’
Shonda Rhimes’ hit drama How To Get Away With Murder is coming to an end after…
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Newen acquires Reel One Entertainment
French media giant Newen has acquired Canadian scripted producer-distributor Reel One Entertainment. Founded in 2001…
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CBC streamer Gem bolsters YA slate with CW samurai drama, Sonar sci-fi
CBC streaming service Gem is launching a slate of young adult programming, including a contemporary…
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ITV Studios champions future of flexible backing for producers
ITV Studios is positioning itself as a flexible partner to international producers against a competitive…
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‘Happy Valley’ set to return with Lookout Point
Happy Valley creator and writer Sally Wainwright has confirmed that the gritty drama starring Sarah…
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Channel 5: Greenlight for ‘All Creatures Great And Small’; My5 adds Pluto TV
Channel 5 is adapting James Herriot’s iconic collection of stories All Creatures Great And Small…
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Showtime takes Denmark’s ‘Rita’ to US
US cabler Showtime has handed a pilot order to a remake of hit Danish drama…
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Sales round-up: Beta scores for drama trio; Wag TV inks 50-hour Polish deal
Germany’s Beta Film seals deals for drama trio Beta Film has struck a series of…
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Lionsgate strikes first-look TV deal with Mary J. Blige
Lionsgate has struck a first-look deal with singer-actor Mary J. Blige and her fledgling Blue…
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Canada’s WAM Media Group opens scripted arm with Muse exec
Canada’s WAM Media Group, producers of Netflix and Investigation Discovery’s Real Detective, has formed a…
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Wattpad strikes Mediaset agreement
Web-based storytelling platform Wattpad has struck its latest partnership, this time agreeing a first-look deal…
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ITV orders honour killing drama
UK broadcaster ITV has ordered a two-part crime drama about an honour killing from the…
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TBI Weekly: Premium aspirations elevate global-facing LatAm drama
The appeal of scripted Spanish-language programming, with premium budgets and global-facing stories, was more apparent…
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Russian crime thriller Silver Spoon picked up for South Korean remake
South Korean producer Supermoon Pictures has acquired remake rights for hit Russian crime thriller Silver…
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How can Canada’s golden age of comedy go global?
Jamie Brown, CEO of Baroness von Sketch Show producer Frantic Films, says more broad-appeal experimentation is required…
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Viacom International Studios hunts “alliances” to bolster global roll-out
Viacom has made it crystal clear that its in-house global production banner is open for…