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Pic Portugal joins the global incentive race
Launched in 2024, Pic Portugal – Cash Refund was created to attract big-budget productions such as the recent Star Wars: The Acolyte. But Portugal is also boosting its industry with an incentive for ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Paramount+ wins battle for UK Champions League rights with $1bn-plus bid
Paramount+ will be home to most UEFA Champions League football games in the UK from 2027, following a surprise bid from the streamer’s parent company, Paramount Skydance. The bid, financial detai...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Global streamers fear doubling of taxation in Brazil if bill passes Senate
Global SVoD services such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and HBO Max are hoping to block parts of a recently approved streaming-regulation bill in the Brazilian Senate, fearing it would double their taxat...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Agency set up to boost TV, film and digital production in UK’s West Midlands
A new agency supporting TV, film and digital content production has launched in the West Midlands of England, aiming to raise the region's profile as a major global storytelling hub. Production Central...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Lat Am SVoD households set to grow 25% over next five years, Ampere reveals
MIP CANCUN: While SVoD is reaching saturation point in other regions, the number of households in Latin America with at least one subscription is set to grow by 25% over the next five years. The figure...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Lat Am now vertical platform ReelShort’s second-biggest market, Mip Cancun told
MIP CANCUN: Latin America is one of vertical content platform ReelShort's fastest-growing regions and now its second most important market globally in terms of users, executives from the platform revea...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Sir Peter Bazalgette named chairman at Bing producer Acamar Films
Acamar Films, producer of animated series Bing, has appointed industry veteran and entrepreneur Sir Peter Bazalgette as chairman as the UK indie targets its next phase of growth. Bazalgette, a former c...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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ZDF Studios hatches deal to shop Baby Animals Down Under
NEWS BRIEF: Germany's ZDF Studios has secured the worldwide distribution rights to natural history series Baby Animals Down Under. Produced by Australian factual specialist WildBear Entertainment, the ...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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US creator economy investment will surge to $37bn by end of 2025, says IAB
The creator economy in the US has cemented its place as a driving force in media consumption habits, with advertising spend projected to reach US$37bn by the end of this year, according to the Interact...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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The Sidemen’s Schwarzenberger urges BBC to make iPlayer an SVoD service
The Sidemen’s manager Jordan Schwarzenberger has called on the BBC to turn its iPlayer platform into a subscription-based streamer, warning the UK public broadcaster's licence fee model will beco...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Australia’s ABC unveils drama based on real-life welfare fraud political scandal
Australian pubcaster the ABC is launching a four-part drama series based on a real-life political scandal in which hundreds of thousands of Australians were forced to pay a total of more than a billion...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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BBC Studios and BritBox get more Time with David Tennant for anthology’s S3
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed a third season of Jimmy McGovern's drama series Time, with David Tennant set to join the cast. Set in a young offenders' institute, Time is an anthology series follow...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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UK-US content partnerships slumped by 42% in three years, research shows
Content partnerships between UK broadcasters and US streamers and studios are in sharp decline, with new data showing that co-commissions for high-end TV (HETV) shows slumped by 42% from 2021 to 2024. ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Game of Thrones spin-offs renewed as HBO also extends Task, The Chair Company
HBO has renewed two Game of Thrones spin-offs, House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, as part of a raft of re-commissions that also includes Mark Ruffalo-led crime drama Task and half-...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Twofour travels with Awkwafina to uncover her culinary heritage for Apple TV
Apple TV has greenlit a new food travel series following American actor and comedian Awkwafina as she journeys across the US to understand and rediscover her family's culinary heritage. The Unlikely Co...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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SkyShowtime orders third run of Swedish thriller Veronika
NEWS BRIEF: Pan-European streamer SkyShowtime has renewed its crime thriller Veronika for a third season ahead of the launch of its second run on December 8, having rescued the show from troubled Scand...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Sphere Abacus to handle sales of upcoming Easy Tiger thriller Treasure & Dirt
London-based distributor Sphere Abacus has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to upcoming Australian thriller series Treasure & Dirt. The 6×60' series is produced by Easy Tiger for the...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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BBC picks up Aussie crime drama adaptation Dustfall, renews Riot Women
UK public broadcaster the BBC has acquired Australian crime drama series Dustfall, based on the novel The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis. The 6×58' series, coproduced by Soapbox Pictures and Moon R...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Sharon and Ozzy doc lands at ABC, TV2, VRT, yesTV and Bell Media
Australia’s the ABC, TV2 in Denmark, VRT in Belgium, Israel’s yesTV and Bell Media in Canada have each acquired documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home. The 1×60′ doc...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Ex-Jellyfish exec Natalie Adams joins SA animation studio Triggerfish
South African animation studio Triggerfish has appointed former Jellyfish Pictures executive Natalie Adams as senior VP of business development, as it expands its UK footprint. Adams spent over seven y...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Canada’s Bell Media axes 40 positions as part of wider cuts at parent BCE
Bell Media in Canada has laid off around 40 staff as part of broader cuts at its parent company, telecommunications giant BCE. The Bell Media lay-offs, which represent the equivalent of around 1% of th...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Quebecor ups Luana Ann Church to development, acquisitions, sales role
Montreal-based telecommunications and media group Quebecor has named Luana Ann Church as its new VP of development, acquisitions and distribution, succeeding Yann Paquet who left earlier this year. In ...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Ten reasons to register for #ContentLondon before the final discount rate ends tomorrow. Sign up now and save £200
The final discount ticket tier for Content London ends tomorrow, saving £200 on the full delegate price. The four-day event features hundreds of speakers, sessions, screenings, cocktail parties, netwo...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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TV titans Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville to present Insiders: The TV Podcast live at #ContentLondon
Two of the UK's most influential television figures, Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville, will bring their hit show Insiders: The TV Podcast to Content London for a special live edition. The pair will unp...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Edinburgh TV Festival set to relocate from 2027
NEWS BRIEF: The Edinburgh TV Festival will launch a bidding process inviting UK cities, including Edinburgh but not London, to apply to host the television industry event from 2027 onwards. The potenti...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM