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Mark Layton
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Thunderbird to adapt Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan novel ‘Mad Honey’
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has optioned the rights to adapt the novel Mad Honey by…
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SkyShowtime sets rescued HBO Max drama ‘Warszawianka’ as first Polish original
SkyShowtime has set a June debut for Warszawianka (aka Still Here), the one-time HBO Max…
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India’s Viacom18 strikes WBD content deal to stock JioCinema
Reliance-owned Indian broadcaster Viacom18 has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring HBO…
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Sony Pictures Television hires Big Talk MD Matthew Justice to head UK & Europe
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has hired outgoing Big Talk Productions MD Matthew Justice to head…
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Disney shutters shortform division 20th Digital Studio in latest layoffs
Disney’s digital content division, 20th Digital Studio, has become the latest casualty of the Mouse…
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Fox forms Tubi Media Group, led by Paul Cheesbrough, as Farhad Massoudi departs
Fox Corporation has formed the Tubi Media Group, a new division to house the company’s…
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Netflix orders three new UK dramas and details $6bn content investment
Netflix has commissioned three new UK scripted series, while revealing that it will have invested…
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Fremantle up Jens Richter to oversee all commercial, incl FAST
Fremantle has handed Jens Richter an expanded remit, promoting him to CEO of commercial and…
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Exclusive: Taking the long view on factual shortform
Shortform factual content is growing fast, but how does it fit into the kaleidoscope of…
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Apple TV+ orders DreamWorks animation based around Be@rBrick toys
Apple TV+ has ordered Be@rBrick, an animated kids & family series based on the Medicom’s…