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Sony Pictures Television global scripted chief Nina Lederman to depart in June
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s executive VP of global scripted development and programming, Nina Lederman, is set to exit the company in June after five-and-a-half years. Based in LA, Lederman acts
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All roads lead to Rome for NBCUniversal Formats’ The Real Housewives franchise
Warner Bros Discovery is taking hit global franchise The Real Housewives to the Italian capital with an adaptation produced by FTM Entertainment. The Real Housewives of Rome, the 27th international ver
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SkyShowtime’s Kai Finke calls out for local partners
Kai Finke, chief content officer at SkyShowtime, eyes coproductions and joint commissions with local broadcasters as part of a broader content strategy in CEE. In February, SkyShowtime announced its fi
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UKTV’s Alibi, S4C, All3Media team for bilingual versions of crime drama Mudtown
UKTV's pay TV channel Alibi has joined forces with S4C in Wales and All3Media International to co-commission a legal crime drama series that is shooting back-to-back in both English and Welsh and promises a
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ITVX tunes into YouTube’s Guava Juice Show from Mainframe Studios and Studio 71
UK broadcaster ITV’s streaming platform ITVX has acquired two seasons of YouTube original kids’ series The Guava Juice Show. Produced by Vancouver-based Mainframe Studios and Studio 71, the animate
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Netflix UK’s Mensah doubles down on regions and nations production pledge
Global streamer Netflix has reaffirmed its US$1bn a year commitment to producing content in the UK’s regions and nations, with three shows currently filming in Scotland. Appearing at the Creative Cit
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Banijay Asia, Sporting Beyond bat for ‘cricketainment’
NEWS BRIEF: Banijay Asia, a joint venture between the European production giant and Deepak Dhar, has struck a strategic partnership with cricketing veteran Ravi Shastri's sports management outfit Sporting Beyond to create entertainment content around cric
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Switzerland’s RTS says We’ve Got to Walk in adaptation of Belgian format
Swiss broadcaster RTS has commissioned a local adaptation of Belgian factual format We’ve Got to Walk. Created by Panenka for VRT’s Canvas channel, We’ve Got to Walk sees the host visit famous pe
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Super RTL to replace Nickelodeon’s FTA channel in Germany with Toggo
Super RTL in Germany has agreed a deal with Paramount for it to take over the US media giant’s Nickelodeon network and replace it with a new free-to-air linear children’s channel. The agree
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Big Blue appoints Rotermundt as business director
NEWS BRIEF: Dutch scripted producer Big Blue (The Crash, Arcadia) has named Leonie Rotermundt as its business and finance director to oversee the company's business operations, including finance, budgets, and contracting.
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Netflix, BritBox, TVNZ pay their respects to Hulu and RTÉ’s dark comedy Obituary
Netflix in the UK, BritBox in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand are among the buyers to have picked up US streamer Hulu and Irish public broadcaster RTÉ's dark comedy coproduction Obituary from producer and distributor APC.
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Hungary’s TV2 and 1+1 in Ukraine take Magnum Media’s The 1% Club
Broadcasters TV2 in Hungary and 1+1 in Ukraine have picked up Magnum Media in the UK’s entertainment format The 1% Club. Both local versions will go into production this summer and premiere later thi