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NewsVice boss to deliver MacTaggart lecture
Vice co-founder and chief executive Shane Smith is to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsBBC4 buys French crime drama
BBC4 has acquired French drama The Disappearance (Disparue) after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
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NewsNetflix orders first competition format
Netflix has ordered its first competition format - a strongman series starring and produced by Sylvester Stallone.
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NewsA+E plans UK first-look push
A+E Networks is planning a major push on first-look deals with UK producers as it aims to establish its international distribution business globally.
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NewsBlink gears up for US push with high-end factual
Blink Films will push into bluechip factual after setting up shop in the US and hiring Brad Kohlenstein, senior vice-president of development at Discovery’s Science Channel.
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NewsAmazon UK acquires Hulu comedy
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Casual, an original comedy produced for US streaming rival Hulu.
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News60 Days In set for UK remake
Hit US prison experiment 60 Days In is set for a British remake after Pulse Films optioned the format rights.
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NewsNetflix boards BBC's Watership Down
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
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NewsBea Hegedus opens London consultancy
Former Fox TV Studios exec Bea Hegedus has launched a London-based consultancy to broker international format deals and offer programme support for fledgling OTT services.
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NewsABC signs landmark deal with Lumsden
Former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden has set up an indie and closed a landmark first-look deal with Hollywood studio ABC Studios.
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NewsBBC's Money for Nothing heads to US
Scottish indie Friel Kean Films is developing its BBC daytime format Money For Nothing for America.
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NewsVivendi battles Sky in Europe
French media conglomerate Vivendi will go head to head with Sky in the battle for sub scribers across Europe after acquiring a major stake in Italian group Mediaset.Vivendi, which owns French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ and UK indies including Red Production Company, has taken full control of ...
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NewsITVSGE strikes first-look deal with WMR
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has struck a first-look deal with Animal Black Ops indie World Media Rights.
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NewsMip TV: Netflix, BBC, Hulu deals
Netflix enters Versailles; BBC1 drama Capitol inks deals; Roots world premiere; Walter Presents buys Spanish drama for UK; Hulu reads The Book Of Negroes; Olivier Megaton doc gets sales deal.
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NewsOTT players take Mip by storm
Online video services including Netflix and Amazon ramped up the amount of content they acquire at Mip TV with a number of high-profile deals.
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NewseOne exec joins Lionsgate
eOne senior vice president Charlotte Thorp has joined Lionsgate UK as senior vice president and head of European television sales.
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NewsFMI taps into Asian SVoD revolution
Fremantle Media International (FMI) has claimed viewing habits in Asia have “completely changed” after sealing SVoD deals for more than 1,000 hours across the continent.
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NewsAll3 sells Irish series to Amazon & BBC
The BBC and Amazon have acquired Irish soap Red Rock after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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NewsStudioCanal invests in Atlantis indie
StudioCanal has invested in Urban Myth Films, the producer responsible for BBC1 drama Atlantis, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s production firm Sunny March TV.
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NewsESG opens Tel Aviv scripted studio
Endemol Shine Group has jumped on the boom in Israeli drama to open a scripted studio in Tel Aviv.