Peter White

International Co-Editor

Peter, who joined Deadline in 2017, is a respected veteran TV journalist who previously worked at UK-based Broadcast, where after starting there in 2013 rose to News Editor responsible for putting together the weekly magazine as well as breaking daily news. Before that he was deputy editor of Television Business International magazine. He covers the international entertainment industry from Deadline's London bureau.

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Short-Form Mobile Video Service TikTok Hires Former YouTube Exec Richard Waterworth As UK GM

Short-form mobile video service TikTok has hired its first UK boss. The popular app, which is owned by China's ByteDance, has hired former YouTube exec Richard Waterworth as General Manager for the UK. Waterworth joined the company, which became the most downloaded app in the U.S. in October 2018, in September to…

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Dec 13, 2019 1:41 am
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Liverpool Soccer Legend Peter Crouch To Front Fulwell 73-Produced Live Comedy Format For BBC One

Liverpool soccer legend Peter Crouch is to front a live comedy entertainment series for BBC One tied into the Euro 2020 finals. Crouch, a host on Amazon original Back of the Net, will front Crouch's Euro Fest 2020, produced by The Late Late Show with James Corden producer Fulwell 73. The show, which has been ordered…

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Dec 12, 2019 4:01 pm
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HBO Europe Orders Polish Crime Drama ‘The Thaw’ From ‘The Pack’ Writer Marta Szymanek

HBO Europe is doubling down on Polish drama with crime series The Thaw from the writer behind The Pack. The Thaw is a six-part series written by Marta Szymanek and directed by Xawery Żuławski (Bird Talk). Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It…

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Dec 12, 2019 3:58 am
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Former Discovery Execs Mark Procter & Steve Jones Launch Non-Scripted Production Company Big Little Fish

Former Discovery executives Mark Procter and Steve Jones have launched non-scripted production company Big Little Fish. The pair have established the London-based producer and have begun developing two documentary projects. They are working on Hitler's Women: The Forgotten Nazis and Breaking Dad. Hitler's Women: The Fo…

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Dec 12, 2019 2:18 am
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Ex-Discovery Execs Mark Procter & Steve Jones Launch

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‘Nashville’ Exec Producer Steve Buchanan Ties With ‘The Cry’ Producer Synchronicity Films On Scottish Mystery Thriller

EXCLUSIVE: Nashville exec producer Steve Buchanan has teamed up with Synchronicity Films, producer of Jenna Coleman-fronted BBC drama The Cry, for a music-centered mystery thriller. Buchanan, the former boss of famous music venue Grand Ole Opry and man behind the Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere country music…

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Dec 11, 2019 7:01 am
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Greta Thunberg Named Time Magazine Person Of The Year As Bob Iger & Lizzo Heralded

Climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has been named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year, while Disney CEO Bob Iger and pop star Lizzo have also been feted. 16-year old Thunberg, who addressed the United Nations Climate Change conference in 2018 and this year helped organize multi-city climate protests…

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Dec 11, 2019 5:22 am
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‘Transformers’ Isabel Lucas & ‘I Love Dick’s Bobbi Salvor Menuez To Star In Daniel Askill-Directed Psychological Thriller

EXCLUSIVE: Transformers' star Isabel Lucas, I Love Dick’s Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Harrow's Hunter Page-Lochard and Picnic at Hanging Rock's Lily Sullivan are to star in Daniel Askill’s debut feature film. Principal photography has started in the remote Cape Tribulation rainforest of North Queensland, Australia on the…

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Dec 10, 2019 2:00 pm
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‘Childrens Hospital’ & ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Producer Jonathan Stern Strikes Overall Deal With Warner Bros TV

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy producer Jonathan Stern, whose credits include Childrens Hospital and Wet Hot American Summer, has signed an exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. It marks Stern and his Abominable Pictures production company’s first overall deal with the studio following a long…

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Dec 10, 2019 9:05 am
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'Childrens Hospital' Producer Jonathan Stern Inks

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HBO Max Developing Comedy ‘1% Happy’ From ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’s Dani Fernandez, ‘The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr & Mainstay Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has ordered a script for 1% Happy, a single camera comedy from Ralph Breaks the Internet star Dani Fernandez and The Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. The comedy will star Fernandez, who will write the script, and she will also exec produce alongside Wood via his South Park and Princeton Producti…

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Dec 10, 2019 9:01 am
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Sony Pictures Television Acquires ‘Octonauts’ & ‘Peter Rabbit’ Producer Silvergate Media In $195M Deal

Sony Pictures Television has acquired British kids producer Silvergate Media for just under $200M. The Hollywood studio has bought the Octonauts and Peter Rabbit producer from the LA-based investment firm Shamrock Capital and Silvergate's management team for a total of $195M. The company's CEO Waheed Alli and Chairman…

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Dec 10, 2019 7:14 am
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Sony Acquires 'Octonauts' Producer Silvergate Media

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‘Deutschland 83’ Commissioner Philipp Steffens Exits Germany’s RTL As Network Brings Together Linear & Digital Drama Teams

Deutschland 83 commissioner Philipp Steffens is to leave German broadcaster RTL as it merges its broadcast and streaming drama units. Steffens, who was head of fiction at the commercial broadcaster since 2014, is departing to move back into production. He will be replaced by Frauke Neeb and Hauke Bartel, who will…

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Dec 10, 2019 1:10 am
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'Deutschland 83' Commissioner Philipp Steffens Exits

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‘Mamma Mia!’s Lily James To Star In Emily Mortimer’s Adaptation Of Nancy Mitford’s ‘The Pursuit Of Love’ For BBC One

EXCLUSIVE: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Baby Driver star Lily James is to front an Emily Mortimer-penned and directed adaptation of Nancy Mitford's classic novel The Pursuit of Love for BBC One. The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pict…

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Dec 9, 2019 11:01 am
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