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Amazon, Disney, Paramount & PCCW strike global deals for Boat Rocker sci-fi ‘Beacon 23’
Amazon, Paramount, Disney & PCCW Media Entertainment have all acquired season one of Boat Rocker’s…
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Hulu adds 20th Television comedy ‘Deli Boys’ via Onyx Collective
Disney’s Onyx Collective brand has picked up 20th Television comedy pilot Deli Boys to series…
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Disney streamers combine for FX adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Never Let Me Go’
Disney-owned FX has ordered a small screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me…
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Disney+ orders ‘The Full Monty’ series revival as UK original
Disney+ has commissioned a spin-off to the 1997 British comedy-drama film The Full Monty, with…
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Disney’s Star & Russia’s Okko snag SVOD rights to ‘Keeping Faith’
Disney+ and Russian streamer Okko are among buyers of the BBC and S4C Welsh drama,…
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Disney ‘accelerating’ European focus with originals to hit 60 by 2024
Disney+ is allowing the Mouse House to “put the afterburners” on its European production efforts…
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Disney+ greenlights action-comedy ‘Wedding Season’ for Star
Disney+ has greenlit Wedding Season, a UK-produced original romantic-comedy action series for the streamer’s Star…
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Fox Upfront: Gordon Ramsay format & BBC drama remake slated for 2021/22
US broadcaster Fox has outlined a slew of commissions and renewals, including a new cookery format…
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Disney launches Hulu-based content brand for creators of colour
Disney General Entertainment (DGE) has unveiled Onyx Collective, a new content brand on streaming service…
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Disney+ launches Star around world, adding thousands of hours incl ‘Lost’ & ’24’
Disney has today launched Star, the first major expansion to Disney+ since the SVOD’s…
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Disney+ unveils European hires & extensive regional slate
Global streamer Disney+ has hired two new execs in Spain and Germany to head up…
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Disney reveals initial UK & Ireland Star label slate
Disney has confirmed initial titles and exclusive offerings headed to its upcoming Star branded streaming…
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Disney raids US streamer Hulu & ABC for Star’s initial content offering
Disney has unveiled some of the first titles to launch on its new Star branded…
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Disney plans $16bn content spend, 350m subs target & raft of new originals
The Walt Disney Company has announced plans to spend between $14-$16bn on content for its…
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Disney reveals new global entertainment streamer Star, eyes 2021 roll-out
Disney is to launch a new international direct-to-consumer (DTC) offering named Star that will sit…
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Keshet nabs Nordic noir for Cannes
Keshet International has picked up international rights to Fallet, a new Scandinavian noir series out…
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Propagate taking international formats to the US
Propagate is taking a telenovela from Argentina and a Turkish dating format into the US,…
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A+E hires Indian boss
The joint venture partners that run AETN18 have appointed Avinash Kaul as president of the…
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TV Formats: Made in China
A decade ago China was considered the enemy of the international formats business, but today…
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A+E poaches Star exec for Asia Pac
A+E Networks has hired Prem Kamath as deputy managing director for its Asia Pacific operations….
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Talpa cuts international format deals
John de Mol-owned formats firm Talpa has struck deals for local versions of its shows…
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Turkish version of The O.C. launches on Star
Youth-skewed drama The O.C. is the latest US scripted series to be remade in Turkey….
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Sky Italia channels boss leaves for Tata
Paolo Agostinelli, a senior channels executive at Sky Italia, is leaving the Italian pay TV…
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All3Media cuts first format deal for MTV’s Money From Strangers
Turkish broadcaster Star is taking All3Media-distributed Money From Strangers. It will transmit a local primetime…
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Ruling opens Canal+ channels to web rivals
Canal+ has published reference offers for its seven Ciné+ movie channels, allowing ISPs to make…
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Sony’s AXN lands Power’s Air Force One
UK-based distributor Power has sold its action show Air Force One is Down to AXN….
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…
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ATF Buyer Profile: Betty Tsui
Betty Tsui: Vice President, programming, Kix, Thrill Betty Tsui joined Lionsgate, Saban and Saban and…