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Utopia
Amazon greenlights Utopia remake by Gone Girl scribe
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order for Utopia, based on the British series of…
Fremantle buys a portion of Duck Soup
FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Duck Soup Films, the UK film and TV…
Fox orders Endemol Shine Germany format
US broadcaster Fox has ordered an eight-hour unscripted series, Superhuman, based on Endemol Shine Germany…
Sat.1 cancels Talpa’s Newtopia
German broadcaster Sat.1 has cancelled Newtopia, the local version of the Talpa format Utopia. The…
ITV completes Talpa takeover
ITV has completed its takeover of The Voice producer Talpa Media, a stock market announcement…
Talpa, Sat.1 embroiled in ‘Faketopia’ scandal
Newtopia, the German version of Talpa’s Utopia, is at the centre of a scandal after…
Canada Netflix rival buys UK, US sci-fi
Project Latte, the upcoming Canadian OTT service from telco and broadcast group Bell, has bought…
Fox’s Utopia experiment over
US broadcaster Fox has cancelled big-budget social experiment format Utopia. Just two months after the…
Shine has Parti to nurture Asian talent
Shine Group drama prodco Kudos Film & TV will work with indie Parti Productions to…
What next in the Netherlands?
From Big Brother to The Voice via Deal or No Deal and Splash! Dutch producers…