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Moritz Polter, the executive producer behind Sky’s German series Das Boot and Netflix’s Freud, is setting up a production label with ITV Studios in Germany. Polter joins from Bavaria Fiction, where he was executive producer for international television series. He will unveil the name of his production outfit later…

Red Arrow Studios International, the sales house behind Bosch and Vienna Blood, has promoted global sales SVP Tim Gerhartz to president and managing director. Gerhartz permanently fills the role vacated by Bo Stehmeier, who left last year. Joel Denton has been Red Arrow Studios International’s interim president in…

‘Love Island’ Travels To Czech Republic & Slovakia ITV Studios is to adapt its hit reality series Love Island for TV Nova in Czech Republic and Markiza in Slovakia. It will premiere in the fall on TV Nova/Markiza streamer VOYO. The deal marks the 21st adaptation of the format, which airs on ITV in the UK and CBS in…

David Beckham has confirmed that his production company Studio 99 is developing an intimate series about his life inside and outside of soccer after he was inspired by hit sports documentaries including The Last Dance. Speaking at the virtual MipTV, the former England captain and Inter Miami founder said he wants to…

Disney+ has confirmed that it is working on an original series with David Beckham, titled Save Our Squad. The project was first rumored last month and the streamer has now announced that the soccer icon will front the show, which will be produced by Warner Bros-backed Twenty Twenty and Beckham’s Studio 99. Billed as a…

Acorn/Sundance Acquire ‘The Drowning’ AMC Networks streamers Acorn TV and Sundance Now have swooped for the U.S. and Canadian rights to four-part identity thriller The Drowning. Produced by Noel Clarke and Jason Maza's All3Media-backed Unstoppable Film & Television, the series will premiere on the streamers on May 6…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Africa and Nat Geo (Latin America) are among a number of international broadcasters to board the Fremantle-distributed water crisis film Day Zero, which narrator Chiwetel Ejiofor says brings urgency to an environmental issue that is not fully understood. The Keo Films and OoS Pictures-produced…

As the virtual MipTV gets underway today, we asked 10 television sales chiefs five simple questions about the state of the market after a pandemic-ravaged year. MipTV was one of the first major television events to pivot online during the coronavirus crisis’ first wave in 2020 and, since then, the distribution…

EXCLUSIVE: International TV sales chiefs have said MipTV’s waning power has been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, which has accelerated the switch to year-round online sales activity and increased the emphasis on local and genre-specific events. Speaking to Deadline ahead of the virtual MipTV next week, studio…

Soccer star David Beckham is to give a virtual keynote speech at MipTV next month, sitting down with The Late Late Show With James Corden executive producer Ben Winston. In what is billed as his first TV industry-focused address, the former Manchester United player will talk about his production company Studio 99 and…

MipTV in April is moving online as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc with the film and TV calendars. Organizer Reed Midem confirmed the news today. Sister events MipDoc and MipFormats will also be digital. "The decision to hold MIPTV 2021 online is due to the ongoing uncertainty over Covid-19. Reed MIDEM has…

The Palais des Festivals in Cannes would ordinarily be gearing up to host MIPTV, and the town getting ready to welcome throngs of TV executives. Instead, in a stranger than fiction twist, streets are empty, the beach is closed and inhabitants are under lockdown due to the coronavirus. In striking images, the Palais…