TOP STORIES: Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen's Access Ent. Backs Bad Wolf (EXCLUSIVE); Jim Gianopulos N…
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Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen's Access Ent. Backs Bad Wolf (EXCLUSIVE)

By Leo Barraclough

Access Entertainment, led by former director of BBC Television Danny Cohen and owned by billionaire industrialist Len Blavatnik, has taken a 24.9% stake in Bad Wolf, the production company behind the forthcoming TV adaptation of Philip


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Jim Gianopulos Named Paramount Chairman/CEO (EXCLUSIVE)

By Lawrence Yee and Brent Lang

UPDATED: Jim Gianopulos will be named chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, succeeding Brad Grey, who was pushed out in February after running the studio for 12 years. The deal was concluded in recent days and was


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Haut et Court TV, 'False Flag' Co-Creator Team on 'Fertile Crescent' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Haut et Court TV, the French outfit behind "The Young Pope,""The Last Panthers" and the original "The Returned," is teaming with Eitan Mansuri's Israel-Based Spiro Films and "False Flag"'s co-creator Maria Feldman on "Fertile Crescent,


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MipTV: Filmax Develops Pau Freixas Dramedy 'Welcome To The Family' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Emilio Mayorga

BARCELONA-- Julio Fernández's Barcelona-based Filmax Ent. is developing its next big TV play, the 13-hour TV series "Welcome to the Family," which will be presented at next week's MipTV to potential buyers and co-production part


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Jan Mojto's Beta Film Gears Up Pan-European Production Operation

By John Hopewell

In a first - and eye-catching - joint move between the building blocks of Beta Films' new pan-European production operation, Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based company Jan Mojto's Beta set up last year with high-flying TV exec Patrick Nebo


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MipTV Unveils Lineup of Drama Screenings, Keynotes

By Elsa Keslassy

PARIS-- U.K. shows will dominate the second edition of Mipdrama screenings, a competitive section of 12 international series set to premiere during MipTV in Cannes. The lineup of MipTV was unveiled today by Laurine Garaude, head of TV


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'Sincronia,' 'PSI,' 'Cockfighter,' 'Guerra de Idolos,' Featured At MipDrama Latam Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

Televisa's "Sincronía," HBO Latin America's "PSI," Telefe's "The Cockfighter" and Telemundo's "Guerra de Idolos" feature at The Wit's first MipDrama Latam Screenings, a 90-minute showcase focus that parts the veil on the new fac


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'Berlin Station' Extends Reach to Nordic Region, Spain, Italy

By Leo Barraclough

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content's contemporary spy drama "Berlin Station" has been sold to several additional European countries, Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing and Distribution revealed Tuesday. The show has been


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Joanne Froggatt Thriller 'Liar' Picked Up by France's TF1

By Leo Barraclough

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has picked up "Liar," a thriller series from the creators of BAFTA- and Emmy-nominated "The Missing." The show stars "Downton Abbey's" Joanne Froggatt. TF1 also acquired contemporary drama series "Inno


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Keshet International Acquires Scandi Noir 'Fallet,' British Series 'Loaded'

By Elsa Keslassy

Keshet International has acquired the Scandinavian noir dramedy "Fallet" ("The Case"), directed by Simen Alsvik ("Lillyhammer") and produced by Swedish outfit FLX ("The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared"). "Fa


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Starz Play Arabia, Middle East Telco Ooredoo Team Up on TV App

By Nick Vivarelli

ROME - Expanding Qatar-based telco Ooredoo and Starz Play Arabia have forged a partnership to launch Ooredoo TV Go, an on-demand streaming service to which Starz Play will provide more than 6,000 hours of mostly Hollywood sho


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Variety to Present Annual Achievement in International TV Award to TF1 CEO Gilles Pelisson at MipTV

By Variety Staff

Variety will present its annual Achievement in International TV Award to TF1 Group Chairman and CEO Gilles Pelisson at the MipTV trade fair next month in Cannes. The award is given to individuals who exhibit leadership, creativity, and


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Globo's Guel Arraes on 'Jailers' and the Brazilian TV Giant's 'New Age of Series' (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

Globo's "Jailers," the sole Latin American series selected for next week's MipTV Drama Screenings, is more than a gritty Brazilian penitentiary-set thriller. At just 12 episodes, and already renewed for a second season, it forms part o


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MipTV: Millimages Picks Up International Rights to G&G's 'Kemy'

By Emilio Mayorga

In the run-up to Mip-TV, Paris-based animation producer-distributor Millimages has picked-up international rights to "Kemy Expedition," produced by G&G, an animation company based in Seoul, and with offices in Japan, known by its a


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MipTV: Amazon's Roy Price, MTG's Jorgen Madsen Lindemann Join Keynote Speakers

By Leo Barraclough

Roy Price, VP of Amazon Studios, and Jorgen Madsen Lindemann, president and CEO of European television group MTG, have joined the lineup of speakers at TV conference and market MipTV, which runs April 3-6 in Cannes, France. The execs w


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