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Sky hunts US home for Fortitude
Sky is searching for a US home for Arctic crime drama Fortitude following the closure of cable network Pivot.
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UKTV signs Irish sitcom
UKTV is bidding to tap into the success of Mrs Brown’s Boys after acquiring an Irish comedy from RTÉ.
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Netflix's Black Mirror to debut at TIFF
Netflix’s Black Mirror episodes are to be screened for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as the event sharpens its international focus.
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A+E unwraps Freeview channel
A+E Networks has launched general entertainment channel Blaze - the latest US cable group to launch a free-to-air channel in the UK.
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Seven invests in Slim Film and TV
Australian broadcaster Seven Network has replaced BBC Worldwide as a major shareholder in scripted production company Slim Film and Television.
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Keshet signs record deal
Keshet, the company behind recent BBC1 drama The A Word, has partnered with Interscope Geffen A&M, the record label behind artists including Lady Gaga and Nirvana, to produce digital series.
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Pinewood accelerates production push
Pinewood Television, the fledgling production arm of the studio, has hired the man who commissioned The Bridge and Jordskott to lead its push into international co-productions.
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Investment firm KKR eyeing eOne bid
ITV could face competition to acquire Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One (eOne) with private equity firm KKR reportedly weighing up a bid.
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Fulwell lands battle rap format
James Corden and Fulwell 73’s march across the US has gathered pace after cable network TBS ordered a format based on The Late Late Show segment Drop The Mic.
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ITV expected to bid again for eOne
ITV is expected to up its offer to buy Peppa Pig proprietor Entertainment One (eOne) after its initial £1bn offer was rejected, according to analysts.
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BBC2 to revisit Versailles
BBC2 has acquired the second series of French period drama Versailles to air on the channel next year.
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US on track to air 500 scripted shows in 2016
The boom in scripted television in the US is to continue, with more than 500 original dramas and comedies expected to air this year, according to the executive who coined the phrase ‘peak TV’.
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Fulwell 73 strikes US development deal
Fulwell 73 Productions, the UK-based producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, is to further expand in the US after striking a development deal with CBS Television Studios.
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Fox tunes up Shazam gameshow
Music discovery app Shazam is being turned into a television series by Survivor creator Mark Burnett and Don’t Forget The Lyrics creator Jeff Apploff.
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US networks show and tell
The number of niche cable networks aggressively moving into scripted programming was a highlight of this week’s Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour in Los Angeles.
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All3Media arrows in on US drama
All3Media’s landmark drama deal with co-owner Liberty Global will allow it to make an aggressive push into the US scripted market.
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Keo Films makes trio of hires
Keo Films has made a raft of new appointments: a head of digital and executive producer in the UK, and a managing director in Australia.
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Icon Films dramatises natural history for Nat Geo
Icon Films is to produce a scripted drama-style natural history mini-series for National Geographic’s Wild channel.
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DCD Rights poaches Passion exec
DCD Rights has hired Passion Distribution exec Philippa Chuter as it grows its factual programming ambitions.
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Netflix heads to the White House with DRG deal
Netflix has acquired the UK rights to political documentary series Race for the White House after striking a deal with distributor DRG.