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Sky Studios bulks up drama team 4544a
Katherine Butler and Adrian Sturges drama team led by UK & Ireland chief Meghan Lyvers.
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Spike Lee ESPN series titled ‘Da Saga Of Colin Kaepernick’ 5k5k6h
Lee says Kaepernick has been “whiteballed” and “denied his dream”.
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’s streaming wars ratchet up as Paramount+ enters the fray 4v6r28
Salto is up for sale and Canal+ is eyeing Orange.
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Global Screen boards Swiss WW1 espionage thriller series ‘Davos’; Dominique Devenport to star (exclusive) 5c5x2x
The high-end drama has been showcased at pitching events from Berlin to Turin.
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Portuguese World War II series ‘Finisterra’ wins Tallinn Black Nights TV Beats award 2h693t
DDA Spotlight awards for Sarah Polley, Ali Abbasi.
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Newen Connect bolsters English-language activity with new head of acquisitions 1m2s12
Newen Connect is the distribution arm of TF1-owned Newen Studios.
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Fremantle acquires majority stake in Israeli documentary firm Silvio Productions q26j
Israeli company is behind documentaries including ‘Shadow Of Truth’ and Emmy-nominated ‘Buried’.
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Fremantle snaps up majority stake in UK-based Wildstar 192i2n
The indie’s blue-chip credits include BBC1’s Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.
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A24 to produce ‘Shuggie Bain’ series for BBC 6y5m4l
The acclaimed novel, set in working-class Glasgow in the 1980s, will be adapted by its author Douglas Stuart in his first television series.
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Chris Rock to become first person to perform live on Netflix 2i3v40
Entertainer’s comedy special heading to platform in early 2023.
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Isabel Hund to head Legendary and Tobis’ German TV t venture 44b6z
Hund has been leading Studiocanal’s German production and acquisition operation for the past decade.
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See-Saw boosts film and limited series team with trio of new hires (exclusive) 3p4g5a
Three new execs will develop their own film and TV slates.
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‘Boiling Point’ TV series to be made with original creative team for the BBC (exclusive) 2g3hh
The five-episode series will pick up six months from the end of the film.
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Banijay CEO: global streamers’ approach to rights is "not fair" 154g4h
“If you want to continue to create value, it is smart to leave part of the value creation to the talent and producer.”
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TV Distribution’s French teen drama ‘About Sasha’ sells to Disney+ EMEA (exclusive) 6iz16
The series is about an intersex teen dealing with a new high school.
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Upgrade Productions appoints Caroline Kusser head of series 5g4s5z
The Los Angeles company is developing local-language series and films.
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Banijay to buy producer and distributor Beyond International 6y4214
Deal is super indie group’s biggest since acquiring Endemol Shine Group in 2020.
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Anna Mishcon will help drive the charity’s mental health resource the Whole Picture Toolkit.
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Warner Bros Discovery’s Gehard Zeiler underlines commitment to theatrical releases 3n693s
“We believe in exclusive windows for feature films,” says international chief.
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Trio of departures at Sky Studios scripted team 6ht5c
Drama commissioners Gabriel Silver and Liz Lewin and production head Amanda Wilkie-Sweeney are leaving.
