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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.
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NewsLars von Trier series ‘The Kingdom Exodus’ acquired by Mubi
It’s the first time Mubi has acquired a TV series.
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NewsHulu orders Searchlight Television’s ‘La Máquina’ to star Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna
Gabriel Ripstein to direct eight-episode eries of boxing story.
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NewsUK indie film producers keep close eye on outcome of Pact / Bectu TV crew negotiations
Terms of a deal on pay and working conditions likely to spillover to indie film
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NewsUK union Bectu tells union members to reject Pact TV drama pay proposals
Offer fails to properly address concerns over working conditions, according to union head
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NewsNew ‘Star Wars’ series among first new TV projects to get CA tax credits since 2019
Five new shows get credit allocations; two relocate, 16 recurring.
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News‘Succession’ leads 2022 Emmys field on 25 nominations
’Ted Lasso’ and ’The White Lotus’ follow with 20 nominations apiece.
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NewsBBC breaks £1bn savings target as TV spend rebounds
Total content spend rose 17% year-on-year to £2.95bn.
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NewsAGC Studios sets new unit for unscripted and non-fiction projects
The subsidiary is headed by former Magical Elves executive Joel Zimmer.
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NewsNational funds team for EU-backed European Writers Club initiative (exclusive)
Execs from Germany’s ZDF, Denmark’s TV2 also on board.
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NewsKate Winslet set for limited series return with new HBO project
Previous HBO projects brought Winslet best actress in a limited series Emmys.
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NewsScreen Emmys 2022: digital edition
The issue explores the rise of Korean content and the trend of arthouse filmmakers being tempted into the world of series.