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Latest news – Page 9
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery’s Gehard Zeiler underlines commitment to theatrical releases
“We believe in exclusive windows for feature films,” says international chief.
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NewsTrio of departures at Sky Studios scripted team
Drama commissioners Gabriel Silver and Liz Lewin and production head Amanda Wilkie-Sweeney are leaving.
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NewsSearchlight Television strikes first-look pact with ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao
Writer-director makes first foray into television.
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NewsNew UK culture secretary pledges ‘evidence-based’ review of Channel 4 sale and BBC licence fee
Donelan described herself as “somebody that listens” and decides policy “based on evidence”.
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NewsBBC TV drama department hit by departure of three senior executives
Acting head of drama Ben Irving, senior commissioner Manda Levin to leave, while development head Tom Lazenby has deparated.
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News‘Succession’ reclaims best drama series title at Primetime Emmys
The White Lotus takes the biggest Emmy haul and Squid Game makes an international mark.
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NewsBBC licence fee sceptic Michelle Donelan appointed UK culture secretary
Donelan is a former A&E Networks UK marketing exec.
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NewsRealness Institute, Series Mania, Storyboard Collective unveil participants in AuthenticA lab (exclusive)
Kenya’s Angela Wamai, South Africa’s Chantel Clark, Ghana’s Jessica Hagan and Nigeria’s Tony Sebastian Ukpo have been selected.
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NewsAmazon Studios’ European Originals director Georgia Brown to step down
Brown joined the company five years ago in 2017.
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NewsPact and Bectu extend UK TV drama agreement
Termination of existing deal to be postponed until 30 September to allow a solution to be reached
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NewsEwan McGregor to star in Paramount+ series ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’
The series is written by showrunner and executive producer Ben Vanstone (The Last Kingdom).
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News‘House Of The Dragon’ scores biggest series premiere in HBO history
Nearly 10m US viewers watched the Game of Thrones prequel debut on HBO and HBO Max.
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NewsWarner Bros, Disney, BBC among organisations to sign Equity’s anti-bullying pledge
Other signess include Sky, Paramount, Apple TV+ and Screen Scotland.
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News‘14 Peaks’ producer Noah Media Group adds to management team
Doc and sports specialist’s hires include senior producer for film Ian Davies.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom says Boris Johnson series ‘This England’ not revised after 'partygate' revelations
“Our assumption is that everyone was trying to do their best.”
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NewsSam Mendes, Armando Iannucci prep HBO comedy pilot ‘The Franchise’
Superhero satire worked up via Neal Street and Dundee Productions.
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NewsUK producers’ body Pact calls industry summit after Bectu negations fail
Broadcasters, streamers and indies to convene following union’s rejection of pay and terms offer.
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NewsSky Studios Deutschland hires Oscar-nominated high-end drama exec
Tobias Rosen will oversee drama slate including Frankenstein.
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NewsFrench Senate approves government plans to abolish TV licence fee
Public broadcasters to be financed through VAT revenues until the end of 2024.
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NewsSky backs ‘The Puppet Asylum’ by UK’s Otto Baxter, and a feature doc about the director who has Down Syndrome
Sky said it is the first time a major UK broadcaster has comissioned a project of this scale from a person with Down Syndrome.