Category: Deals
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Venice Winner A Day in the Life of Jo Lands US Deal
1-2 Special takes North American rights to Jacqueline Lentzou’s Venice Best Director winner, with a theatrical release planned for next year.
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Miraculous live-action show rides 55 billion views
Miraculous Corp and See-Saw Films are co-developing a live-action Miraculous series for an older audience, backed by 55 billion lifetime views.
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RAI Buys Three Female-Led Drama Series From Beta Film
RAI picked up three international, female-led dramas from Beta Film ahead of Mipcom, showing public broadcasters still drive European buys.
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Corus recap: lenders forgive C$500m to take 99% stake
Corus Entertainment closes a debt-for-equity recapitalisation, with lenders led by Canso taking 99% and a new board chaired by Maryann Turcke.
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Zaslav’s WBD exit lands at $606M in merger payout
SEC filing shows David Zaslav will receive $606.1M in shares and options after Warner Bros. Discovery’s Paramount Skydance merger.
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Skydance’s Perrette names revenue chiefs after new deal
Skydance’s JB Perrette signs a new deal and names content sales, advertising and distribution chiefs, putting revenue roles ahead of content decisions.
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Banijay sells Ninja Warrior episodes; Sasuke has run since 1997
Banijay Rights adds finished-episode sales for the TBS format, while Banijay Kids & Family stacks third-party YouTube and FAST titles.
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Paramount Plans Cyberpunk 2077 Film After 40M Game Sales
Paramount is developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film with CD Projekt Red, betting on a game that has sold over 40 million copies.
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A+E Global puts 200 microseries into licensing pipeline
A+E Global Media has reformatted almost 200 library programmes as vertical microseries for third-party sales, and is adding seven originals on Lifetime.
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Apple TV Buys Tropic Noir Dustfall for Worldwide Rights
Apple TV takes global rights, outside Australia, to the Anna Torv-led tropic noir Dustfall, with BBC and ZDF holding first windows in key markets.