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HBO alert for Broomfield’s Grim Sleeper
HBO Documentary Films has become the first international buyer of filmmaker Nick Broomfield’s new feature…
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Sky orders more Alan Partridge comedy
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a new season of Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters and a…
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Italian, Russian nets to remake The Returned
Sky Italia’s new pay TV channel Sky Atlantic is one of two channels who will…
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John Logan talks Penny Dreadful
John Logan is the three-time Oscar-nominated writer behind Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo and Skyfall, among…
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Sky Atlantic poaches BBC Three’s Zai Bennett
BBC Three controller Zai Bennett is leaving the UK pubcaster to become director of Sky…
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HBO cuts Sky Italia programming deal
Sky Italia has agreed an exclusive programming deal with HBO as it prepares its own…
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Sky Atlantic buys Italian-language series Gomorrah
Sky Atlantic has acquired its first foreign-language drama series, Gomorrah. The Italian series is a…
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Sky Vision signs back2back development deal
BSkyB-owned Sky Vision has scored an exclusive co-development partnership with UK indie back2back Productions. The…
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SVT enters The Tunnel
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired the Anglo-French remake of one of its own dramas, The…
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Globosat learns Cumming’s Urban Secrets
Brazilian satellite channels operator Globosat has bought Urban Secrets, a UK-produced series in which actor…
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Sky’s NOW TV adds premium channel brands
UK satellite TV provider BSkyB has bolstered its pay-monthly OTT service NOW TV by adding…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Fleming
Everybody has heard of the late Ian Fleming, but who was he? This is question…
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Sky Atlantic reads up on Showtime’s Penny Dreadful
UK satellite channel Sky Atlantic will coproduce the upcoming Sam Mendes-produced Showtime thriller drama Penny…
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Sky Atlantic boss exits for Pattinson’s New indie
Elaine Pyke is leaving her role as boss of the Sky Atlantic channel to join…
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Blinkbox gets Game of Thrones boost
Tesco-owned video-on-demand store Blinkbox said it saw a 632% year-on-year increase in revenues on Monday…
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‘Russian HBO’ makes a major channels move
Russian producer Amedia has moved into the channels business in a big way, effectively launching…
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BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
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Cinema deal means Sky Atlantic misses out on Behind the Candelabra
HBO has secured a UK theatrical distributor for its upcoming Liberace movie Behind the Candelabra,…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Sarah Wright, controller of acquisitions, BSkyB
UK pay TV operator BSky is the largest UK-based buyer of US studio programming and…
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France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are…
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Sky hires fact-ent commissioner
UK pay TV operator Sky has hired Colm Martin as commissioning editor of factual entertainment….
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BSkyB launches advanced TV Everywhere service
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has launched a new service to supplement its Sky Go…
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Bradley Wiggins – A Year In Yellow
Bradley Wiggins is a household name, but when the filmmakers behind Bradley Wiggins – A…
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The vision for Sky Vision
Carl Hall and Sophie Turner Laing tell TBI about how the freshly minted Sky Vision…
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Blinkbox snags The Newsroom download rights
Streaming and download service Blinkbox has taken download to own rights to HBO drama series…