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		<title>Mediaset Italia drama chief says YouTube and social media have overtaken TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 02:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Batey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITALIAN GLOBAL SERIES: Scripted television is losing cultural relevance as audiences become bored of reboots and drift to social media and vertical video apps, according to Mediaset Italia head of dram...]]></description>
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		<title>Halon Entertainment becomes independent after management buyout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karolina Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animation company Halon Entertainment, previously owned by NEP Group, has returned to independent ownership through a management buyout led by CEO Chris Ferriter. Founded in 2003, LA-based Halon is a g...]]></description>
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		<title>Zed hires BBC Studios&#8217; Lucas Meurin for sales in France, sub-Saharan Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karolina Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[French factual indie Zed has hired BBC Studios exec Lucas Meurin as sales manager for France and sub-Saharan Africa. Meurin has over eight years of experience in audiovisual distribution. He began his ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Boyard franchise expanded with crime drama, YouTube episode</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Whittingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[France's long-running adventure game format Fort Boyard is expanding into the creator space and getting a feature-length crime drama spin-off as it prepares to air a 37th season. Originally created by ...]]></description>
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		<title>S4C reveals $181m investment in Welsh drama over past decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karolina Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welsh-language pubcaster S4C has invested over £136m (US$181.8m) in drama in Wales over the past decade, according to figures provided by the broadcaster. Recent S4C dramas include Cleddau (The One th...]]></description>
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		<title>Microdrama platform Shortical secures $100m financing from PvX Partners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Waller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli microdrama platform Shortical has secured US$100m in financing from Singapore's PvX Partners in one of the largest such deals announced this year, as the fast-growing app looks to scale its con...]]></description>
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		<title>Unacceptable renewed for S2 on TLC ahead of debut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C21 Reporters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS BRIEF: Warner Bros Discovery UK &#38; Ireland has ordered a second season of comedy panel show Unacceptable for its TLC channel, ahead of its S1 debut this Sunday. Produced by Ranga Bee Production...]]></description>
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		<title>Two One Five, Full Day to partner on tabletop game talkshow The Next Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two One Five Entertainment, the production banner led by US musician Questlove, is teaming up with Connor Schell&#8217;s Full Day on a digital game-based talkshow. The Next Move will launch on Two One ...]]></description>
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		<title>Syndicado takes NA, ANZ rights to factual package from Germany&#8217;s Quintus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordanpinto871443</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Distributor and channel owner Syndicado in Toronto has picked up the rights to a raft of titles from Germany-based Quintus in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The deal spans longform projects...]]></description>
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		<title>SETT unites Spain and South Africa in $28.5m audiovisual joint venture</title>
                                    <link>https://www.c21media.net/department/fundamentals/sett-unites-spain-and-south-africa-in-e25m-audiovisual-joint-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Waller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With €1.712bn to invest in the Spanish audiovisual industry by the end of August, Spain's SETT has been approving numerous investment deals in recent months. Its latest sees a South African productio...]]></description>
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		<title>RTL books visit to Virgin Island with German adaptation of UK format</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karolina Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[German broadcaster RTL has commissioned a local version of reality format Virgin Island for its streaming platform RTL+. Originally produced by Double Act for Channel 4 in the UK, where two seasons hav...]]></description>
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		<title>David DeHaney to close factual indie Proper Content, blaming &#8216;dramatically&#8217; changing market</title>
                                    <link>https://www.c21media.net/news/david-dehaney-to-close-factual-indie-proper-content-blaming-dramatically-changing-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Whittingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David DeHaney has announced his intention to close Proper Content, the UK indie production company he set up in 2016, blaming market conditions. The company will appoint an administrator shortly, after...]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Video greenlights psychological thriller series based on Swedish novel Sarek</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Whittingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon streamer Prime Video has commissioned an original four-part drama out of Sweden, based on the debut novel by Ulf Kvensler. Sarek is a psychological thriller set against the vast and unforgiving ...]]></description>
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		<title>Petition calling for UK to rejoin Creative Europe extends deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nico Franks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organisers of a Europe-wide petition calling on the UK government to formally declare the country's interest in fully participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme from 2027 have extended its...]]></description>
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		<title>Channel 4 restructures commissioning leadership as Ian Katz prepares to depart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Whittingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Channel 4 in the UK has appointed new leadership to its commissioning team, built around three director roles reporting to new chief executive Priya Dogra. Louisa Compton and Kiran Nataraja, plus a thi...]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the commission: earning the story and serving the audience</title>
                                    <link>https://www.c21media.net/perspective/beyond-the-commission-earning-the-story-finding-new-pathways-and-serving-the-audience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C21 Reporters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Ad Hoc Films is changing direction after co-founder Dan Glynn's exit in April, how access alone isn't enough to cut through in sports docs and the importance of brands in the New Content Economy. W...]]></description>
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		<title>Co-founder Tatxo Benet sells Mediapro stake, cuts ties with group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gonzalo@c21media.net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mediapro Group co-founder Tatxo Benet has sold his 5% stake in the Spanish company to Chinese firm Southwind and will fully cut ties with the Catalonia-based group. Benet, who served as president and C...]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s Secuoya join forces with Telemundo to develop Spanish-language content</title>
                                    <link>https://www.c21media.net/news/spains-secuoya-join-forces-with-telemundo-to-develop-spanish-language-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gonzalo@c21media.net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain's Secuoya Studios and US Hispanic outfit Telemundo Studios have signed a global strategic alliance for the development, production and financing of Spanish-language content &#8220;with an interna...]]></description>
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		<title>Sky Crime orders true crime docuseries on Gilgo Beach serial killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Batey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK factual network Sky Crime has commissioned a true crime documentary series about the Gilgo Beach serial killings committed in Long Island between 1993 and 2010. Produced by Dublin-based true crime s...]]></description>
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		<title>iZen appoints ex-Plano a Plano exec Esther Agraso to boost international business</title>
                                    <link>https://www.c21media.net/news/izen-appoints-ex-plano-a-plano-exec-esther-agraso-to-boost-international-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gonzalo@c21media.net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain's Grupo iZen has appointed Esther Agraso as head of international business development as it seeks to boost the company&#8217;s growth abroad. Agraso arrives at iZen after spending five years at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Starz boards Channel 4 thriller series Maya as coproduction partner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karolina Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US network and streamer Starz has boarded drama series Maya, commissioned by Channel 4 in the UK, as a coproduction partner for the US and Canada. The six-part thriller will air exclusively on Starz in...]]></description>
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		<title>Rakuten TV expands Mattel partnership to roll out Barbie and Pingu FAST channels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European VoD service Rakuten TV has expanded its partnership with toy manufacturer Mattel to launch two new family-friendly FAST channels. Barbie &#38; Friends features content based around the famous ...]]></description>
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