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Mark Layton
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Viacom18 CEO Sudhanshu Vats quits company
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO and MD at Viacom18, is stepping down after eight years at…
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US prodco NiteLite unveils new ‘lockdown’ programming strand
LA-based prodco NiteLite Pictures has launched the Coronavirus Positivity Initiative, a global effort to create…
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Fremantle takes global rights to Icon’s Okavango doc
UK indie Icon Films’ documentary Okavango – A Flood Of Life has been picked up…
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News round-up: Korea’s Wavve lands at NBCU; Lifetime’s ‘Married At First Sight’ travels; Starzplay inks Warners deal; and more…
NBCUniversal signs content deal with Korea’s Wavve South Korean streamer Wavve will supply Korean content…
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How Covid-19 lockdown highlights kids TV’s diversity problem
Wa’qaar A Mirza, co-founder and global CEO of Safi Ideas, whose UK-based production outfit is…
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Blue Ant hires Discovery exec Blanksma to SVP sales role
Global distributor Blue Ant International has appointed Gerbrig Blanksma as SVP of international sales and…
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MediaXchange partners with John Yorke for online workshops
International entertainment industry consultancy MediaXchange has partnered with John Yorke (Life On Mars) to launch…
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Lifetime orders ‘MAFS’ self-shot spin-off from ‘Love Is Blind’ prodco
The US producer behind Netflix hit Love Is Blind has turned to innovative techniques to…
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Kids round-up: ‘Octonauts’ expands in LatAm, MENA; NHK adds ‘Find Me In Paris’; Corus exec joins Wildbrain
Silvergate’s Octonauts travel to LatAm, MENA Sony Pictures Television-owned Silvergate Media’s preschool animation Octonauts is…
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Fugitive strikes far-reaching pact with Rogo Productions
Production and financing company Fugitive has picked up international distribution rights to feature documentary Keep Quiet,…