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Good afternoon Insiders. We have truly entered holiday season but in TV and film land things simply don’t slow down. I’m Max Goldbart and here’s your list of the week’s biggest headlines. Streamers Turn To Africa And Asia Teething problem solutions: It’s no secret that some of the legacy players of the streaming…

When UTA announced its surprise acquisition of London-based Curtis Brown Group last month, it was heralded as an aggressive and strategic move into the UK talent space, causing the industry on both sides of the pond to sit up and take notice. U.S. agencies have been canvassing UK companies for a…

UTA has acquired the Curtis Brown Group, the UK literary and talent agency that reps authors including Margaret Atwood, the literary estates of Ian Fleming and others as well as a roster of film and TV clients. The deal follows the 2020 combination of Curtis Brown and former rival Markham Froggatt and Irwin…

EXCLUSIVE: Global lit and talent agency Curtis Brown Group has inked a deal to represent its first podcast company, Message Heard. The UK audio outfit has credits including the ARIAS-nominated Conflicted, Spotify's Football Legends, Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast, and Undiscovered. The company will now team with…

Curtis Brown, the UK talent agency that represents actors including Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh and Orlando Bloom, has announced that it is merging with rival agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin. Markham Froggatt and Irwin’s roster of talent includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomi Watts, Kiefer Sutherland, Bill Nighy…

UK lit and talent agency Curtis Brown Group has signed Scottish publishing label BHP Comics for film and TV representation. BHP’s publisher and founder Sha Nazir recently brought on board author and screenwriter Gary Chudleigh as BHP's freelance creative producer. The aim is to take some of the company’s projects from…