NEWS & FEATURES

• BBC3 youth-skewing factual travels
  A slate of youth-skewing factual content that originally aired on online-only UK channel BBC3 has been shopped around the world by distributor Banijay Rights.
• Lithuania ready to Dance with Stars
  KIEV MEDIA WEEK: Pubcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television has licensed BBC Studios format Dancing with the Stars for a local remake.
• Life on Duty travels to Italy
  Israel’s Gil Formats has secured a deal in Italy for its primetime factual entertainment format Life on Duty.
• Euro channels catch The Good Nazi
  DMAX in Germany, TV4 in Sweden and TVNZ in New Zealand are among the channels to have picked up premium factual content from London-based production funding and distribution agency Drive.
• DCD shops drama into NZ, Canada
  Channel 5 in the UK, Sky in New Zealand and CBC in Canada are among the international broadcasters to have picked up a slew of scripted content from London-based distributor DCD Rights ahead of Mipcom.
• BBC Studios hires Netflix alum in LA
  BBC Studios has bolstered its LA production business with the appointment of a former Netflix and Endemol Shine exec as general manager, along with a pair of internal promotions.
• NBCU names streamer, unveils line-up
  NBCUniversal has christened its forthcoming streaming service Peacock and announced reboots of Battlestar Galactica and Saved By The Bell to sit alongside its acquisition of The Office.
• Big Bang Theory heads to HBO Max
  WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming service HBO Max has secured the rights to long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory as the content war between the big streamers continues to heat up.
• Netflix secures Seinfeld
  Netflix has secured the global streaming rights to Seinfeld, with all 180 episodes of the classic sitcom to be added to the SVoD giant's platform in 2021.
• NBCU alum Tiffin joins So Television
  ITV-owned UK production company So Television has hired a former NBCUniversal and BBC Studios executive as its creative director of development.
• Dutch FilmWorks starts global sales arm
  Netherlands-based distributor Dutch FilmWorks is launching an international sales arm focusing on drama series, feature films, documentaries and kids' programming.
• Barcroft makes Strong addition
  UK-based producer Barcroft Studios has hired an executive from British digital media group Jungle Creations as its head of commercial.
• Viacom lines up Facebook Watch slate
  Viacom International Media Networks, the international arm of media giant Viacom, is partnering with Facebook to launch eight original shortform series on Facebook Watch.
• Arrow lands ex-Raw development exec
  UK factual prodco Arrow Pictures has appointed a former Raw TV producer as a development executive.
• UKTV preps original comedy for Gold
  Multichannel operator UKTV has commissioned an original comedy series called Sandylands for its comedy channel, Gold.
• Back2Back invited to Outrageous Weddings
  Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has commissioned an eight-part factual series about wedding disasters from UK indie Back2Back Productions.
• Morpurgo adaptation kicks off Cartoon Forum
  CARTOON FORUM: The 30th edition of annual European coproduction event Cartoon Forum has opened with French animation studio Xilam presenting its adaptation of a novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo.
• Quintus appoints trio for digital
  German distributor and media agency Quintus Media has appointed three new senior executives to its top team.
• Bernth adapts Danish podcast for Netflix
  Danish podcast Equinox 1985 is being turned into a six-part original drama for Netflix by Piv Bernth, the executive producer behind The Killing and The Bridge.
• Pantaya makes first unscripted move
  Spanish-language streamer Pantaya has commissioned its first unscripted original series, a comedic documentary featuring Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez, with Amazon Prime Video picking up the international rights.

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