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EXCLUSIVE: Kew Media Distribution, the British sales arm of the beleaguered Canadian TV group Kew Media, is on the precipice of closure as it stares down the barrel of a winding-up order. Kew Media Distribution represents high-profile shows including HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, made by Amos Pic…

EXCLUSIVE: The Content Group, the flagship division of Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group, has acquired reality production company Collins Avenue Entertainment, which is behind Lifetime’s popular Dance Moms franchise, from Kew Media Group. Under the deal, TCG will retain all of Collins Avenue's physical…

Two Rivers Media, the UK production outfit founded by former STV Productions chief Alan Clements, has broken away from Kew Media just a year after taking investment from the beleaguered Canadian company. Two Rivers’ other backers, Channel 4 and Scottish media bank Noble Grossart, funded the buyout of Kew’s stake…

EXCLUSIVE: Dance Moms exec producer Jeff Collins is leaving the eponymous production company that he founded over ten years ago. Collins, who established Collins Avenue Entertainment in 2008, is exiting the Kew Media-backed business and Deadline understands he is finalizing his next move. Founder and President Collins…

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed has teamed up again with HBO and the BBC on his latest documentary – antibiotic film Superbug. This comes as the controversy surrounding his Michael Jackson doc rumbles on with a federal judge shifting a legal case back to arbitration earlier this month. Superbug, which is produced…

BBC series The Cry and Tom Harper's feature Wild Rose lead this year's BAFTA Scotland nominations with three apiece. The Cry picked up nominations for actress Jenna Coleman, best scripted television show, and writer for Jacquelin Perske. Wild Rose picked up nods for best feature film, best actress for Jessie Buckley…

EXCLUSIVE: Futurism Studios, the film and TV arm of online tech and science forum Futurism, is joining its first narrative feature in the shape of Oz sci-fi 2067, starring X-Men's Kodi Smit-McPhee and True Blood's Ryan Kwanten. Futurism’s Jason Taylor, previously president of production at Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry…

EXCLUSIVE: Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak has a new series. Margeaux, an international drama about the Munich Olympic massacre, hails from Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay and Leaving Neverland distributor Kew Media. The drama is told from the point of view of an Israeli Mossad psychologist as well as the…

U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has nabbed the fifth season of British cop drama Line of Duty, created and written by Bodyguard's Jed Mercurio. Previous seasons of the BBC drama have premiered on Hulu in the U.S. The SVOD platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate-affiliated Grindstone Entertainment Group has taken U.S. rights to teen drama The Adventures of Jurassic Pet. The company, which specializes in action titles with recognizable stars such as Nic Cage's Dying of the Light and Bruce Willis' Vice as well as family films including Bark Ranger and Pups U…

Kew Media has paid $25M to acquire the non-scripted arm of Australian and U.S. producer Essential Media. The producer and distributor, which works across TV and film, has struck a deal to buy Essential Quail Media Group, the company behind DIY's Texas Flip 'n Move. This comes after FremantleMedia acquired Essential…

The Golden State Killer is going global after Sky picked up a five-part series looking at the notorious serial killer who committed at least 12 murders, 45 rapes and hundreds of break-ins. The UK pay-TV broadcaster has acquired Unmasking A Killer, which originally aired on CNN spin-off channel HLN, from distributor Kew…