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U.K. Broadcaster Channel 4 Backs Big Deal Films, Producers of 'Dreaming Whilst Black' (EXCLUSIVE) Manori Ravindran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has invested in Dhanny Joshi (pictured, right) and Thomas Stogdon’s (left) Big Deal Films as part of its Indie Growth Fund portfolio. Initially formed as a talent management company, Big Deal Films has grown its ranks and set up shop in recent years as a fully fledged production outfit specializing in factual, factual entertainment and scripted content. The company, which struck a first-look deal with BBC Studios in ...

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BBC Launches First Fully-Owned U.S. Streamer With BBC Select (EXCLUSIVE) Manori Ravindran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail With this week’s launch of streaming service BBC Select, one of the world’s most recognizable media brands is joining North America’s streaming ranks on its own terms for the very first time. The new platform joins an international channels portfolio that already includes BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First. There’s also Stateside streamer BritBox, BBC Studios’ joint venture with ITV Studios. It’s fair to wonder why a platform like BritBox isn’t merely expan...

Vice Distribution Announces Spring Slate With More Than 250 Hours of New Content - Global Bulletin Jamie Lang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In today’s Global Bulletin, Vice Distribution announces its spring slate; Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson doc gets theatrical launch dates ahead of its Amazon Prime Video premiere; Channel 4 commissions COVID lockdown-inspired docu-series “Sex Odyssey” with Alice Levine; South African streamer Showmax commissions a local version of “Temptation Island” and Fremantle promotes several execs in EMEA. DISTRIBUTION Following its launch in...

Disney Lifts Lid on Star: Exclusivity and Parental Control Keys to New Tile Manori Ravindran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail There’s a new Star in the Disney galaxy. The Mouse House on Wednesday lifted the lid on its highly anticipated Star offering — the sixth tile within its international Disney Plus service — coming almost a year after the SVOD launched in Europe. Ahead of the virtual confab, Disney Plus, which has been robbed of any significant physical press event since launching in Europe due to the pandemic, managed to name a host of actual stars for the media covering the eve...