Jake Kanter

International TV Editor

Jake joined Deadline in 2019 from Business Insider, where he was the UK Executive Editor, overseeing a 60-strong London bureau and serving tens of millions of readers every month. He also wrote about media and tech, breaking scoops on companies including Facebook, Amazon and the BBC. Prior to his time at Business Insider, he spent six years at Broadcast, where he rose from reporter to news editor and launched the popular Talking TV podcast. Jake is also chair of the Broadcasting Press Guild, a 45-year-old association of the UK's top media journalists.

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Lesley Manville Talks Playing Princess Margaret In ‘The Crown’: “She Was So Avant-Garde. So Naughty, Delightful & Funny.”

EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Manville’s secret is out. She’s had to keep quiet about playing Princess Margaret in The Crown for nearly a year, not even telling some of her closest friends. But after Netflix announced the news on Thursday, Manville is positively bubbling with pent-up excitement. “It’s mind-blowing television,&#8221…

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Jul 3, 2020 10:55 am
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‘Living With Yourself’ Star Aisling Bea On A Whirlwind 18 Months That Culminated In A BAFTA Nod — Next Generation TV

Aisling Bea has had a breathless 18 months. The Irish comedian and actress has gone from being a fixture on UK panel shows to creating her own transatlantic comedy series This Way Up, starring next to Paul Rudd in Netflix drama Living With Yourself, and featuring in ITV/AMC hit Quiz. It’s taken a global pandemic for…

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Jul 3, 2020 10:30 am
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Tom Hiddleston & Daisy Edgar-Jones’ Reps Hamilton Hodell Makes Promotions In Restructure

EXCLUSIVE: Hamilton Hodell, the UK talent agency that counts Tom Hiddleston, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Naomi Ackie and Oscar-winner Emma Thompson among its clients, has made a raft of promotions. Managing director Christian Hodell has become CEO, while Christopher Farrar has moved up to managing director. Madeleine Dewhirst…

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Jul 3, 2020 7:15 am
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Discovery Acquires German Free-To-Air Channel Tele5 From Leonine

Discovery has acquired the German free-to-air entertainment channel Tele5 from Leonine for an undisclosed fee. The deal also includes a “long-term” content agreement, which gives Discovery Germany access to Leonine's library of fictional content. Regulatory approval will be required for the deal to be…

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Jul 3, 2020 6:05 am
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‘The Night Manager’ Writer David Farr Teams With Sky To Adapt Novel That Inspired ‘Village Of The Damned’

EXCLUSIVE: David Farr, the British writer behind The Night Manager and Hanna, is developing an adaptation of John Wyndham’s sci-fi novel The Midwich Cuckoos for Comcast-owned European broadcaster Sky. Deadline can reveal that Farr is working to turn the novel into an eight-part series after it was the inspiration for…

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Jul 3, 2020 4:33 am
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Sky Gets Filming Again On ‘A League Of Their Own’; BBC Two Picks Up ‘Harlots’ — Global Briefs

Sky heads back to the studio Comcast-owned Sky has signed a three-season deal for more A League Of Their Own, with the sports quiz going back into production amid the coronavirus pandemic. The CPL Productions show (which was remade as Game On! for CBS) will be back in the studio later this month, but there will be no…

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Jul 3, 2020 3:13 am
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Sophie Turner Laing To Leave Endemol Shine Group As Banijay Group Completes $2.2BN Takeover

Sophie Turner Laing is to step down as the CEO of Endemol Shine Group next week after Banijay Group completed its $2.2BN takeover of the production giant. Turner Laing has run MasterChef and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine since 2014, but will step down on July 10 and Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti will take…

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Jul 3, 2020 12:09 am
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Gaumont Hires Former Amazon Studios Executive Michelle Sullivan As Its Animation & Family VP

EXCLUSIVE: Narcos producer Gaumont has appointed Michelle Sullivan, a former Amazon Studios kids development executive, as its vice president of animation and family content. Sullivan will join Gaumont’s Los Angeles office in August after leaving Amazon Studios in July last year. She has worked as an independent…

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Jul 2, 2020 9:00 am
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UK Government Nears Decision On Production Insurance Fund To Help Shoots Resume “As Soon As Possible”

EXCLUSIVE: The British government is edging closer to making a decision that could open the floodgates to hundreds of film and TV shoots returning to production following the coronavirus shutdown. Deadline hears that Treasury ministers are expected to make a call shortly on whether to establish an emergency insurance…

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Jul 2, 2020 8:58 am
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Netflix To Adapt Hamish Steele’s ‘DeadEndia’ Graphic Novels Into 2D Animated Series

Netflix has commissioned BAFTA-nominated UK company Blink Industries to adapt Hamish Steele’s DeadEndia young adult graphic novels into a 2D animated series. DeadEndia follows the adventures of Barney, Norma and magical talking dog Pugsley as they battle supernatural forces during their summer jobs at a haunted house…

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Jul 2, 2020 8:00 am
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‘People Just Do Nothing’ Stars Working On Channel 4 Comedy About A Cursed Heist

EXCLUSIVE: Three stars of BBC Three’s hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing are reuniting to develop a Channel 4 comedy about a gang who get more than they bargained for after being involved in a robbery. Deadline understands that Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin are writing the show, which has the…

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Jul 2, 2020 5:57 am
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BBC To Axe 450 Jobs In Latest Round Of Cost-Cutting

The BBC has announced that it is planning to make 450 people redundant across its workforce in the English regions as part of its latest round of cost-cutting. The BBC needs to save £925M ($1.2B) by March 2022 as it grapples with the financial constraints of a license fee deal it struck in 2015 and a drop in income…

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Jul 2, 2020 4:36 am
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