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'Bend It Like Beckham' Director Gurinder Chadha Teams with FremantleMedia for Drive Into TV (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough

British director Gurinder Chadha, best known for movies like "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Viceroy's House," is accelerating her drive into television production with the backing of global production giant FremantleMedia. FremantleMedia,


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MipTV: Studiocanal in Final Talks to Acquire Baltasar Kormakur's 'Katla' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Pan-European company Studiocanal is in final negotiations to acquire "Katla," a supernatural thriller drama series created by Baltasar Kormakur, the maker of "Everest" and "Trapped." Studiocanal will be co-producing and handling intern


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'Ride Upon the Storm,' 'Babylon Berlin' Top 2nd MipDrama Screenings

By John Hopewell

CANNES -- Two eagerly-anticipated shows which underscore the ambitions of high-end European TV drama - "Ride Upon the Storm," from "Borgen" creator Adam Price, and "Babylon Berlin," co-directed by "Cloud Atlas'" Tom Tykwer - topped Sun


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SAM Unveils 'Ride Upon the Storm' As Price, Svestrup, Foldager Eye English-Language TV (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

CANNES -- Copenhagen-based SAM Productions, the company "Borgen" creator Adam Price launched with "The Killing" creator Soren Svestrup and "Melancholia" producer Meta Louise Foldager is diving into English-language production as Studio


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MipTV: Canal Plus-Studiocanal's 'Baron Noir' Taken for U.S. by Walter Presents (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

CANNES -- Studiocanal has secured U.S. distribution for Canal Plus Original "Baron Noir" via Walter Presents, the new U.S. SVOD platform for the best of foreign-language drama from around the world . The Canal Plus Creation Originale s


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MipTV: Amazon's Conrad Riggs on Accessing 'Extraordinary' Worlds

By Leo Barraclough

Conrad Riggs, head of unscripted at Amazon Originals, explained that what lay behind many of the reality shows the streaming platform is greenlighting is the opportunity for the audience to take an intimate look inside extraordinary wo


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Anima Kitchent and Televisa's 'Cleo & Cuquín,' Sold to Discovery Kids Latin America (EXCLUSIVE)

By Emiliano De Pablos

In a high-profile pan-regional deal, Discovery Kids Latin America has picked up broadcasting rights to pre-school toon series "Cleo & Cuquín," a co-production between Madrid-based Anima Kitchent and Mexico's giant Televisa,


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MipTV: Creator Director Julien Lacombe on France's Newest Sci-fi Series "Missions"

By Jamie Lang

France's newest science-fiction series "Missions" has landed at MipTV looking to secure distribution across the planet... and perhaps beyond, via AB International Distribution. A Critics Jury Award at MipDrama Screenings on Sunday will


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MipTV: Keshet International Acquires German Production Company Tresor TV

By Elsa Keslassy

Aiming to expand its footprint across Europe, Keshet International has acquired Tresor TV Produktions GmbH, the well-established Munich-based production company best-known for reality, factual entertainment and variety shows. Keshet In


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From 'Taboo' to 'The Young Pope,' Peak TV's International Invasion

By Cynthia Littleton

The Golden Age of television drama that has saturated screens during the past decade might soon be considered the Global Age of drama as well. The volume and profile of international series co-production efforts between Hollywood's stu


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'Legion' Leads Bold Global Offerings From Fox Networks Group Content Distribution

By Leo Barraclough

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution, headed by exec VP and managing director Prentiss Fraser, has the best of both worlds. "For all intents and purposes, we are operating like an independent distribution company," Fraser says. Howe


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MIP: Spanish TV Producers Amp Up Original Drama

By Emiliano De Pablos

As streaming video on demand sweeps the world, the number of new TV operators in Spain looking for drama has risen sharply, led by the unprecedented bet of Telefonica paybox Movistar Plus on original series production. Free-to-air broa


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