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PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku | Exclusive
PBS Retro will feature series from the 1970s, '80s and '90s, including "Thomas & Friends" and "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" The post PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.
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BBC Greenlights Landmark Series On Insects As Unscripted Boss Kate Phillips Brands Notion Of Streamer Domination “Utter Bollocks”
The BBC has unveiled a landmark natural history series on insects as its head of unscripted brands the notion that the streamers are taking over “utter bollocks.” The Traitors commissioner Kate Phillips talked tough on the BBC’s place in the ecosystem at Creative Cities Convention, citing research that BBC iPlayer is watched by more people …
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Stephen Chow to Produce ‘King of Comedy’ Variety Show With China’s iQiyi
Stephen Chow, the once iconic Hong Kong comedian, actor and director who had a string of hit films in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, is to produce a variety show in mainland China. The show, to be called “The King of Comedy Stand-up Season,” is to be aired by iQiyi, one …
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ITV Studios & Plimsoll Bosses Say British Producers “Welcome In America” Despite Commissioning Slowdown
“Most British producers will find themselves very welcome in America.” That is the verdict of Grant Mansfield, the head of A Real Bug’s Life and Tiny World producer Plimsoll, who, along with ITV Studios boss Julian Bellamy, attempted to paint a glass-half-full portrait of the state of the UK production industry amid doom and gloom …
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‘The Girl In The Trunk:’ Danish Horror-Thriller Lands North American & UK Distribution Deals
EXCLUSIVE: Sunrise Films and Vertigo Releasing have acquired North American and UK distribution rights on the Danish horror-thriller The Girl in the Trunk. The film will be released on digital download across both territories on May 28. Sunrise Films, the new internationally focused distribution label launched by Rupert Preston and Nigel Williams, will handle the …
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Non-Fiction Agency Indox Headed By Former Dogwoof Exec Luke Brawley Boards ‘Small Hours Of The Night’ & ‘Adrianne & The Castle’
EXCLUSIVE: Rotterdam competition title Small Hours of the Night from Daniel Hui (Demons, Snakeskin) and SXSW premiere Adrianne & The Castle by Shannon Walsh (The Gig is Up, Illusions of Control) have landed international reputation via non-fiction agency Indox. Launched by former Dogwoof exec Luke Brawley, Indox provides international festival management for non-fiction projects. The …
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‘Shogun’ Is Over, But What About Season 2? Creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Weigh In
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of FX’s Shogun.] Shōgun masterminds Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo read James Clavell’s novel cover to cover. Their social media intake around the series, however, has not been quite as comprehensive. “We live in Hawaii on the island of Maui with 70 chickens and roosters,” Marks …
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