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Penguin Random House UK hires BBCS exec to drive IP adaptations
Penguin Random House UK – a division of German giant Bertelsmann – has appointed former…
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Round-up: Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’; C4 orders Woodcut serial killer doc; BBC builds ‘Jay’s Workshop’
Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’ Broadcaster in the US, Canada, Spain and France have acquired…
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Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight hires Channel 4 commissioner as creative director
Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has appointed Channel 4 commissioner Siobhan Sinnerton to the newly created…
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TBI in Conversation: ‘It’s A Sin’ head of production Michaela Fereday on bringing the 1980s to life
Red Production Company’s Michaela Fereday, head of production on It’s A Sin, tells TBI’s Mark…
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Channel 4 to mark 50 years of iconic ‘Mr Men’ kids characters
UK comcaster Channel 4 has commissioned 50 Years Of Mr Men, a special one-off unscripted…
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Jonathan & Simon Chinn’s Lightbox exits C4’s Indie Growth Fund
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s London and LA-based production company Lightbox is to exit Channel 4’s…
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Sky hires BBC, C4 execs to bolster factual commissioning team
UK-based Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds from the BBC and Janine Thomas from Channel 4…
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UK’s C4 overhauls commissioning & acquisitions with Sarah Lazenby departing
Channel 4 in the UK has become the latest broadcaster to restructure its senior exec…
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CDN report slams UK broadcasters for “significant imbalances” in racial & gender roles
The number of contributions from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds working…
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Factual Round-up: Abacus takes Scorsese-hosted doc global; Love Nature orders ‘Malawi Wildlife Rescue’ S2; ITVS Factual Pitch deadline nears
Abacus takes Scorsese-hosted doc global London-based Abacus Media Rights has acquired global distribution rights to…