Unscripted

  • Thursday round-up: Latest news, deals & hires

  • Angela Jain makes Disney+ spending commitment

  • Amazon MGM exec joins Australia’s Fred Media

Long reads

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What links seven days of ‘momentous’ industry headlines

A common factor lies behind Paramount’s deal for Warner Bros Discovery, Banijay and All3Media’s tie-up, and the BBC’s Green Paper response

The Wire

Dominic West and Clarke Peters: The Wire allowed audiences to ‘exercise their minds’

Actors and friends hail impact of David Simon’s groundbreaking HBO drama and draw comparisons with buddy travel documentary

Marco Bassetti

Banijay-All3: Marco Bassetti lays out mega-merger strategy

Chief executive tells Broadcast he has ‘no plans’ to close labels, talks up DTC investment and stronger negotiation power with streamers