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NewsSimon Lloyd exits amid Cineflix restructure
Simon Lloyd is to leave Cineflix Productions as the company scales back its Canadian division to focus on unscripted content from the UK and US.
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NewsFremantle eyes digital future
Fremantle Media is focusing on a digital future and searching for long-term replacements for its bigticket entertainment formats as it moves on from the departure of international boss David Ellender.
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NewsDNI Lat Am scouts UK indies
Discovery Networks International’s (DNI) Latin American commissioning hub has placed several orders with UK-based producers and its boss plans to come to the UK to scope out further opportunities.
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NewsVoD opportunities set to grow
US digital streaming services Hulu and Netflix are ramping up their plans to produce original programming and British indies are expected to be the next major beneficiaries of the maturing VoD market.
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NewsCall The Midwife exec develops ABC drama
Call The Midwife producer Tara Cook has teamed up with Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes to develop a legal drama for US network ABC.
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NewsCore Media stalks Scandi super-indie
Core Media, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment, has joined the race to buy Scandinavian super-indie Nice Entertainment Group.
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NewsBBCW takes Prince Harry to China
Prince Harry is headed to China after Twofour Rights struck a deal with BBC Worldwide for Harry’s Mountain Heroes.
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NewsNetflix plans original docs push
Netflix is to begin ordering documentaries and stand-up comedy specials as part of its original programming drive.
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NewsPBS buys more Mr Selfridge
US public broadcaster PBS has picked up the second series of British period drama Mr Selfridge.
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NewsWhale doc Blackfish surfaces on Netflix
Killer whale documentary Blackfish has been picked up in the UK by Netflix after it struck a deal with distributor Doogwoof.
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NewsTLC adopts scripted with Surviving The In-Laws
US network TLC is moving into scripted content for the first time with the order of Surviving The In-Laws.
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NewsBBC America boards Atlantis
BBC America is to air Atlantis, the fantasy drama from the creators of Merlin and Misfits.
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NewsMasters of Sex picked up by C4
Channel 4 has acquired edgy cable drama Masters of Sex, which stars Michael Sheen.
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NewsMea Maxima Culpa doc shipped by Content
Alex Gibney’s doc Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, which aired on BBC4 earlier this year, has been sold to a raft of international broadcasters by Content Media.
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NewsThe CW developing Supernatural spin-off
US network The CW is developing a spin-off of long-running teen hit drama Supernatural, which airs in the UK on Sky Living.
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NewsSky Living lands The Blacklist
Sky has acquired US drama The Blacklist, marking one of the most significant sales since the LA Screenings - and is to air the Sony Pictures series on Sky Living.
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NewsDavid Ellender to leave Fremantle
Fremantle Media International chief executive David Ellender has quit the company after more than a decade.
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NewsDavie retunes focus of BBCW
France, India and the US will become core production hubs as BBCW reviews global alliances
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NewsC4 acquires The Taste
Channel 4 has ordered a remake of Red Arrow’s Nigella Lawson-fronted international cooking format The Taste.