The UK’s ITV has agreed to acquire a majority interest of 79.5% in Hostile Planet and Tiny World producer Plimsoll Productions for approximately £103.5M ($126M), giving the company an enterprise value of £131M ($159.7M). The stake is being acquired from private equity group LDC, which … Read entire story.
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RTS London Unveils Lineup & Warner Bros Discovery’s Priya Dogra As Chair Priya Dogra, the big winner in the recent Warner Bros Discovery international reshuffle, will chair this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) London Convention entitled The Fight For Attention, with bosses of all the major channels addressing … Read entire story.
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Paramount+ Acquires Drama ‘Compulsion’ From Eccho Rights: Paramount+ has added a drama from its Paramount Global stablemate Channel 5 to its collection in several territories around the world. The streamer has tapped distributor Eccho Rights for Compulsion, which recently aired in the UK, for exclusive rights in Australia, Latin America … Read entire story.
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EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is to be the U.S. home of ITV’s Jed Mercurio-produced thriller Trigger Point. The high-pressured drama starring Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure and Life’s Adrian Lester follows the streamer’s acquisition of similar UK scripted shows such as BBC double The Capture … Read entire story.
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Camera are rolling on an ITV drama that tells the true story of Britain’s biggest ever manhunt. The Hunt For Raoul Moat will explore the major 2010 police operation to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat, who went on the run in Northumbria after killing one person and wounding two others. The … Read entire story.
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