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Tomorrow Studios, an ITV Studios partnership, has optioned Japanese crime format Connected: The Homebound Detective, produced by Envision Entertainment and Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV, for an adaptation in the U.S. market.  Envision Entertainment and Nippon TV will co-produce the adaptation with…

Tetra Pak heir Magnus Rausing has made a “significant” investment in Michael Nakan’s Envision Entertainment. British-Swedish investor Rausing will join the Envision board and actively support Nakan’s plans to make the business a global studio with an expansive international network. Terms of the…

President Zelenskyy Comedy ‘Servant Of The People’ Remade In Poland Servant of the People, the Ukrainian comedy that inadvertently launched the political career of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is being remade in Poland. Polish channel Polsat has commissioned a local remake of the format, which is sold…

ITV Studios Strikes Major CBC Content Deal ITV Studios has struck a major scripted and non-scripted content deal with Canadian network CBC as the London Screenings approaches. The deal includes BBC drama Showtrial from ITV Studios-backed Line of Duty producer World Productions, the second series of Kelsey Munro’s Bump…

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based production house Envision Entertainment has significantly expanded its ranks by appointing two key executives. Former HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen, who pioneered the U.S. company's growth into local-language programming, and experienced UK producer David Barron, whose credits include the Harry Potter…

EXCLUSIVE: In an intriguing partnership that signals the continuing trend of far-flung international collaborations in the film/TV biz, leading Japanese multiplatform entertainment company Nippon TV is teaming up with London-based premium media outfit Envision Entertainment to form a joint slate. First up will be a…