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Happy Films’ ‘Bookaboo’ Scores First International Format Sale

By Patrick Munn | April 3, 2019 - 4:13 pm | No Comments

Happy Films has secured their first international format sale for pre-school kids series Bookaboo. The indie has sold the format rights to Russian children’s content production company StoryTime, who in turn secured a series order from Carousel and SVOD service START. Read More

Tom Nash Joins The Ink Factory As Executive Producer

By Patrick Munn | April 3, 2019 - 3:58 pm | No Comments

Tom Nash (Deep State) is joining indie The Ink Factory as Executive Producer. In the role, Nash will will help create and produce both theatrical films and scripted series. He will also oversee physical production on a number of titles across The Ink Factory’s slate. Read More

Netflix Renews ‘The Umbrella Academy’ For Second Season

By Patrick Munn | April 2, 2019 - 4:23 pm | No Comments

Netflix has renewed comic book adaptation The Umbrella Academy for a second season. The pick up, which is for a further ten episodes, comes more than six weeks after the first season was released on the global streaming service. Read More

Amazon Prime Video Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ Season 2

By Patrick Munn | April 2, 2019 - 3:53 pm | No Comments

The second season of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger will receive its UK premiere on Friday April 5th, it has been announced. New episodes will continue to be made available every Friday, less than 24 hours after they initially air on Freeform in the United States, through to the season finale in late May. Read More

First Images: Dawn French & Julie Hesmondhalgh In ITV’s ‘Glass Houses’

By Patrick Munn | April 2, 2019 - 3:41 pm | No Comments

ITV has released a pair of first look images of Dawn French (The Vicar Of Dibley, Delicious) and Julie Hesmondhalgh (Happy Valley, Broadchurch) from their upcoming six episode drama series Glass Houses. Read More

Netflix UK Sets Premiere Date For ‘Dead To Me’

By Patrick Munn | April 1, 2019 - 10:37 pm | No Comments

Netflix UK's comedy series Dead To Me will premiere on on Friday May 3rd, it has been announced. Read More

Jetpack Distribution Scores European Deals For ‘Talking Tom & Friends, ‘Kitty Is Not A Cat’ & More

By Patrick Munn | April 1, 2019 - 4:57 pm | No Comments

Jetpack Distribution has been busy. Ahead of MIPTV, the kids content distributor has inked licensing agreements for Talking Tom & Friends, Kazoops, Kitty Is Not a Cat, Wolf, Justin Time, My Petsaurus, Daisy & Ollie and Pip Ahoy! with broadcasters across Europe. Read More

UKTV Split Up Confirmed, Marcus Arthur Replaces Darren Childs As CEO

By Patrick Munn | April 1, 2019 - 4:00 pm | No Comments

As has been rumoured for months, UKTV as it presently exists is being split up. Owners Discovery and BBC Studios have reached a deal that will see Discovery take control of Good Food, Home and Really, while BBC Studios assumes full ownership of Alibi, Dave, Drama, Eden, Gold, Yesterday and W. When the deal closes, BBC Studios' Marcus Arthur will replace Darren Childs as UKTV's CEO. Read More

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