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Sony Pictures Television
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Netflix, Lionsgate extend LA production pause as Covid spreads
Netflix and Lionsgate have become the latest companies to expand the production pause in LA…
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Exclusive: SPT rejigs EMEA distribution as Mark Young & John Rossiter take new roles
Sony Picture Television (SPT) has rejigged its distribution and networks business, with Western Europe exec…
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Sony’s Playmaker Media hires Fremantle Oz scripted chief Jo Porter as MD
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Fremantle Australia’s director of scripted Jo Porter to lead…
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Spain’s Buendía Estudios hires former SPT Iberia chief to lead global production push
Spain’s recently launched heavyweight production outfit Buendía Estudios has hired Sony Pictures Television’s former distribution chief for…
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News round-up: India’s MX Player buys Eccho drama; CBC develops Jus Reign comedy; Sundance Now buys Oz drama
India’s MX Player snags Eccho drama Mediaset in Spain and MX Player in India are…
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UK’s Channel 5 orders psychological thriller spin on story of Anne Boleyn
ViacomCBS-owned UK comcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a new three-part psychological thriller about Anne Boleyn,…
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SPT takes global rights to Japanese lifehack show ‘Time Is Money’
A Japanese celebrity-skewing format from Ninja Warrior creators Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) has been picked…
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Amazon reboots ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ with ‘Boys’ prodco
Amazon Studios has ordered a small screen remake of the 1997 movie I Know What…
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MIPCOM Drama round-up: SPT takes ‘Doc’ to US; NTV’s Russian dramas sell in Asia; ‘Babylon Berlin’ sales; BBCS, NENT & more…
Sony preps US remake of Lux Vide’s drama Doc Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has picked up…
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CJ ENM’s Eccho Rights strikes Sony deal for local language drama
CJ ENM-owned distributor Eccho Rights has struck a deal that will see it represent local…
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Amazon fast-tracks ‘The Boys’ spin-off after global success
A spin-off to Amazon’s comic book series The Boys is in the works, featuring a…
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Sony Pictures Television launches online format festival
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has unveiled plans to host its own bespoke virtual formats event…
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News round-up: ‘Vigil’ and ‘Pembrokeshire Murders’ global pre-sales; Netflix orders Good Times animated reboot; Sony brings ‘Candice Renoir’ to LatAm
‘Vigil’ and ‘Pembrokeshire Murders’ in raft of global pre-sales Broadcasters around the world have acquired…
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Marvel’s Silk live-action series in works at Sony
A live-action series based around the Marvel superhero Silk is reportedly in discussion between Amazon…
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Drama round-up: Sony, Polsat take ‘Crack’ at Endemol Shine drama; Starzplay takes ‘High Fidelity’ global; AMC cancels ‘NOS4A2’
Sony and Polsat take ‘Crack’ at Endemol Shine drama Sony Pictures Television Networks Central Europe…
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TBI Weekly: What next for the novel adaptation boom?
With drama producers around the world being forced to put filming on hiatus, development has…
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Sony’s ‘Reckoning’ prodco Playmaker eyes chief as co-founders step down
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)-owned Australian producer Playmaker Media is looking for a new creative chief…
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Sony inks overall deal with ‘Plantagenets’ author Dan Jones
British author, historian and TV presenter Dan Jones has signed an overall deal with Sony…
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Amazon extends Spanish thriller ‘La Jauria’ and ‘The Boys’
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a second season of Spanish-language psychological thriller La Jauria and…
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Amazon’s IMDb snags Sony’s ‘Alex Rider’ for the US
Amazon’s IMDb TV has become the latest operator to pick up Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT)…
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Keshet returns ‘Millionaire’ format to Israel
Israeli media group Keshet has commissioned a new series of quiz show format Who Wants…
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Satisfaction Group buys Sony Pictures Television’s French unscripted business
French reality producer Satisfaction Group has acquired Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) unscripted production interests in…
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Apple TV+ poaches senior Sony exec Chris Parnell for originals
Sony Pictures Television co-president Chris Parnell will leave the company later this month to take…
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Sony buys majority stake in ‘Sex Education’ producer Eleven Film
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a majority stake in UK-based producer Eleven Film, the…
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Apple TV orders ‘unique visual format’ high school comedy ‘The Afterparty’
Apple TV has ordered a new high-school based comedy from producing duo Chris Miller and…
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‘Cobra Kai’ finds new home on Netflix
Scripted martial arts drama Cobra Kai has moved to Netflix after the show was revealed…
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‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ series in development at Amazon
Amazon is developing a new series based around The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo heroine…
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Sony Pictures sells self-commissioned thriller ‘Alex Rider’ to 100+ territories
Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) coming of age spy-thriller Alex Rider has been sold into more…
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News round-up: SPT’s LA Screenings alternative goes live; Smithsonian orders Dambusters doc; Keshet 12 reboots ‘Deal With It!’
SPT’s LA Screenings alternative goes live The Sony Pictures Television (SPT) 2020 Screenings website has…
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Amazon snags UK rights to Eleventh Hour’s spy thriller ‘Alex Rider’
Amazon Prime Video has acquired UK rights to Alex Rider, the coming of age spy-thriller…