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Drive
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Show of the week: Black West
While most will be familiar with the image of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood riding…
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Blue Ant International buys Ben Barrett & Lilla Hurst’s Drive
Canada’s Blue Ant International has bought Drive Media Rights, the UK-based financier and distributor founded…
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UK broadcasters must ‘step up’ & play with Europe more on coproductions
UK-based broadcasters need to “step up” and refocus their efforts on the European market rather…
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News round-up: AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows; Voot strengthens comedy offering; Banijay Germany forges influencer pact
AMC & Foxtel take Drive shows AMC Networks International Southern Europe and Australia’s Foxtel have struck separate…
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Exclusive: UK’s Drive plans $2m series investment for 2022
UK-based distributor & financier Drive is expecting to invest more than £1.5m ($2m) on programming…
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UK financier & distributor Drive & VFX firm Polar Media explore ‘Giant Science’
UK-based financier and distributor Drive has partnered with VFX and animation producer Polar Media to…
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Deals round-up: Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz; Brazil’s Globoplay acquires Serbia’s ‘Civil Servant’; Lime Pictures to adapt ‘Planet Omar’
Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz SBS in Australia, Sweden’s SVT, DR in Denmark and NRK in Norway, along…
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Sales round-up: Drive strikes Asia deals; HBO Europe visits ‘Hollywood On Set’
Drive strikes Asia deals Broadcasters across Asia have acquired more than 35 hours of factual…
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TBI Weekly: Navigating the changing world of buyers
Streamers dominate the headlines with big budget originals, but delve deeper and it’s spending on acquisitions that has…
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Streamers surge with more than 700 US, UK & EU services launched since 2017
The number of VOD services launched in the US, UK and EU territories has increased…