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Kids round-up: ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’; Wildbrain expands ‘Fireman Sam’ & ‘Polly Pocket’; Cottonwood & Ananey partner for ‘Fairy Express’
ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’ Australia’s ABC and UK pubcaster BBC have co-commissioned…
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Factual round-up: BBC orders Putin docuseries; eOne preps D&D 50th anniversary film; Prime Video explores ‘Life After’ NFL
BBC orders Putin docuseries UK broadcaster BBC Two has ordered Putin And The West, a…
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HiddenLight poaches Blast! & BBC execs for senior appointments
Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to help…
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BBC Entertainment completes commissioning team with trio of hires
BBC Entertainment has completed its commissioning team line-up with the appointment of Clodagh O’Donoghue, alongside…
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UK government ‘re-examining’ Channel 4 privatisation & BBC licence fee overhaul
The UK government has confirmed it is “re-examining the business case” around the privatisation of…
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Fifth Season hires BBC’s former acting drama chief as UK creative director
CJ ENM-owned Fifth Season (fka Endeavor Content) has hired the former acting director of drama…
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BBC appoints first director of diversity & inclusion
UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed Chinny Okolidoh as director of diversity and inclusion. The…
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UK production revenues near pre-Covid levels, but int’l & streamer spending falls, says Pact
UK TV production revenues are bouncing back to pre-Covid levels, though figures from international TV…
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BBC lands ‘Survivor’ as Banijay format returns to UK after 20 years
The BBC in the UK has confirmed entertainment format Survivor will be returning to the…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from the Edinburgh TV Festival
From snarky remarks around reboots, to a scripted industry in “corrective” mode and Netflix’s attempts to assert itself…