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RTS Award 2023 Winners: Genre Defining Programming
The Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the winners of the annual RTS programme awards, honouring production achievements that Chair of the awards, Kenton Allen described as a “genre-defining programming from the past year.”
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Fremantle Appoints Marco Tombolini as CEO of Italian Division
Fremantle has promoted Marco Tombolini to CEO of Fremantle Italy.
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UK Reforms Film, TV Tax Relief, Introduces Expenditure Credits
The UK government is to overhaul audio-visual tax reliefs and introduce expenditure credits for film, high-end TV and video games.
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Behind the Scenes: Blue Lights
The ‘anti-Line of Duty’, Blue Lights is a gritty cop drama set in Belfast, but with plenty more to it than initially meets the eye, writes Adrian Pennington.
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European report highlights ‘low share’ of women in key roles in scripted TV
A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory has highlighted the low participation of women in key job roles in scripted TV.
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Lionsgate revenues hit $1 billion on back of strong library sales
Lionsgate has posted $1 billion in revenues in its most recent financial report, fuelled by a record rise in sales from its 17,000-title film and television library.
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MBC Studios appoints Christina Wayne as managing director
Middle East broadcasting group MBC has appointed Christina Wayne as the new managing director of its production arm, MBC Studios.
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Anton hires Desai and Doole to drive TV production expansion
London-based production and financing outfit Anton has hired Fremantle alumni Sangeeta Desai and Sarah Doole to launch a fully-fledged TV production arm.
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UK film and high-end TV production hits record £6.27 billion
UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production hit a record £6.27 billion in 2022, £1.83 billion higher than for the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to the latest figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
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Behind the scenes: The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power
Post production on Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has taken cloud workflows to another level, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Milk expands to France with opening of VFX studio in Bordeaux
VFX studio Milk is to open a new studio in Bordeaux, France in January 2023.
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Banijay names Christian Wikander as global head of scripted
Production and distribution group Banijay has appointed Christian Wikander as its new global head of scripted.
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Canal Plus in talks to buy Orange’s film and TV operations
French pay-TV operator Canal Plus has entered into exclusive talks to buy the film and pay TV operations of telco Orange.
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Amazon Freevee to revive iconic soap Neighbours
Australian soap opera Neighbours is to return to television after producer Fremantle struck a deal to revive the iconic series with Amazon Freevee.
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Hasbro sells parts of eOne film and TV business
Toy giant Hasbro has embarked on a sale process for key parts of its eOne TV and film business, three years after acquiring the company for $4 billion.
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Behind the Scenes: Shantaram
1980s’ Bombay is the setting for Apple TV+’s sweeping romantic adventure, recreated in Bangkok and shot by Stefan Duscio ACS
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BBC Studios acquires ‘Inside the Factory’ producer Voltage TV
BBC Studios has taken full ownership of unscripted indie production company Voltage TV, whose credits include Inside the Factory for BBC Two, DNA Journey for ITV and The British Tribe Next Door for Channel 4.
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Fremantle acquires documentary producer 72 Films
Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in David Glover and Mark Raphael’s 72 Films, the UK documentary TV production company behind All or Nothing: Arsenal and 9/11: One Day in America.
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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios adds three more stages
The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol has opened a second facility, TBY2, offering an additional three sound proofed stages.
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The ATS Team moves into original content production
The ATS Team has launched original content production arm, ATS Originals and full production services arm ATS Productions.