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YouTube orders comedy pilot from Christina Wayne, ITV Studios US
YouTube Premium has given a pilot order to half-hour comedy It’s A Man’s World, produced…
Intaglio Films develops environmental thriller for debut production
Intaglio Films, the new scripted drama venture between Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises, and ndF…
Netflix hires ‘inclusion’ strategist, orders titles from Asian talent
After firing its former PR chief for using racist language, Netflix has now hired an…
C4 appoints Red’s Caroline Hollick as drama head
Channel 4 (C4) has hired Red Production’s Caroline Hollick as its new head of drama….
Virgin Media TV seeks pitches for drama series
Virgin Media Television (fka TV3 Group) is currently seeking submissions for a new post-watershed, six…
Tandem, Bron Studios set for thriller from The Bridge scribe
Tandem Productions, a Studiocanal company, and Bron Studios are set to produce a gritty dramatic…
Netflix orders Paul Rudd comedy series
Netflix has ordered a comedy series starring Paul Rudd, titled Living With Yourself. Rudd will…
Netflix to premiere Korean medical drama
Netflix has licensed Life, a Korean drama written by Lee Su-Yeon and directed by Hong…
Acorn TV commissions Brit drama Queens of Mystery
Acorn Media Enterprises’ (AME) Acorn TV has commissioned British drama series Queens of Mystery. AME,…
HBO lands Moffat’s The Time Travelers Wife
HBO has landed a drama adaptation of The Time Travelers Wife produced by Steven Moffat…
Netflix brings in apocalypse dramedy Daybreak
Netflix is set for a new apocalypse dramedy, Daybreak, based on the graphic novel by…
Sky to increase drama investment by 25%
Sky reported strong full-year results for its second quarter and revealed its plans to increase…
ESG hit Humans heads to China
Endemol Shine Group has revealed that Endemol Shine China will partner with local production house…
Netflix launches Spanish production hub
Netflix has established its first European production hub in Spain, after the streamer revealed that…
Shonda Rhimes reveals upcoming Netflix projects
Netflix and Shonda Rhimes revealed the projects the TV veteran has been working on since…
Landmark Rushdie novel set for Netflix treatment
The novel that established Salman Rushdie as the pre-eminent author of his generation, Midnight’s Children,…
Walter Presents two new Scandi dramas
Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has secured two new shows from Red…
BBC unveils drama slate built on int’l partnerships
The BBC has unveiled a slate of new scripted content which underlines how reliant the…
HBO takes sci-fi series from Buffy creator
Joss Whedon, the screenwriter behind The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the creator…
Netflix unveils overall deal with La Casa De Papel’s Pina
Netflix has secured an exclusive talent deal with writer/producer Alex Pina, the creative mind behind…
ITV, Masterpiece & Red Planet work on Jane Austen drama
ITV, Masterpiece and Red Planet Pictures are set to work on a new Jane Austen…
HBO & TNT Serie prep launch of first copro Hackerville
HBO Europe and Turner’s TNT Serie have completed production on hacking drama Hackerville, set to…
Elisa Viihde commissions original spy series
Elisa Viihde, a leading streaming service in Finland, has commissioned an original spy thriller directed…
Netflix to launch Indian horror series following Sacred Games premiere
A few days after the premiere of Netflix’s Indian original Sacred Games, the streamer has…
Netflix orders Annapurna musical drama Mixtape
Netflix has ordered musical drama series Mixtape from Annapurna Pictures in association with 20th Century…
HBO orders Spanish-language comedy starring Fred Armisen
HBO has ordered Spanish-language comedy Los Espookys (WT), with Fred Armisen (Portlandia) writing, producing and…
YouTube picks up Jordan Peele sci-fi comedy
YouTube has ordered a half-hour sci-fi comedy from Oscar winning director Jordan Peele, as it…
Mark Burnett becomes MGM chairman
MGM has promoted Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett to chairman of its Worldwide Television Group….
HBO Nordic greenlights first Norwegian original
HBO Nordic has greenlit its first original Norwegian series Beforeigners, created by Anne Bjørnstad and…
ESG brings in Filmlance’s Blomgren to head scripted EMEA
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) is set to charge up its non-English scripted portfolio by appointing…