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The Lighthouse, the indie UK production co-launched by former BBC Studios scripted chiefs Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts that is backed by Sky Studios, has landed global TV rights to Juno Dawson's YA book trilogy Clean, Meat Market and Wonderland. Clean, about a teenage girl’s battle with heroin…

Sky Studios is teaming with multi-platinum Italian rapper, musician and record producer Salmo to develop a TV drama that will spotlight multi-ethnic communities on the outskirts of Milan. Sky gave little away about the plot of Blocco 181 (working title), but it will revolve around themes of power struggles, love…

Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, the UK-based drama producer co-founded by BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. The financial details of the deal and the size of the Sky stake were not disclosed. It represents the…

Sky Studios has signed an exclusive deal with Philipp Leinemann, under which the German filmmaker will develop, write and direct local and international dramas for the company. His 2014 debut film Wir Waren Könige (The King’s Surrender) won awards including best feature at the Torino Film Festival, while his German TV…

EXCLUSIVE: Former BBC Studios scripted chiefs Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts set up their new production venture The Lighthouse in October last year, boasting a shared roll call of credits that includes Luther, Doctor Who, War And Peace and Emmy-winning The Night Of. But even with this greatest hits…

Comcast-owned Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in The Lighthouse, the production outfit established by former BBC Studios drama chiefs Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts. Deadline revealed last October that Salmon had left BBC Studios to launch The Lighthouse, and Sky Studios has swooped to invest in…

Romesh Ranganathan, the British comedian behind Showtime's Just Another Immigrant, has struck a first-look script deal with Sky Studios. The comedian and his production partner Benjamin Green, who run production company Ranga Bee, are developing new projects with the Comcast-backed broadcaster. This comes after the…

EXCLUSIVE: Days afterJeff Collins left Dance Moms producer Collins Avenue, which he had founded and run for more than 10 years, the reality veteran has set up his new venture. Collins has been named president of Catalina Content, a new Los Angeles-based production label backed by Sky Studios in the UK. Running all…

Sky Studios will deficit finance Germany’s World War II drama Das Boot and take over international rights to the series from Sonar Entertainment. The first season of Bavaria Fiction and Sky Deutschland’s Das Boot was shown by Hulu in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in the UK as part of sales to more than 100…

Sky has inked a first-look distribution deal with Sharon Horgan's Merman TV. The pay-TV broadcaster has signed a two-year deal with the Catastrophe co-producer. The deal comes via Sky Studios and includes overhead and development funding as well as a first-look distribution deal. Merman recently worked with…

Sky Studios, the commissioning and production arm of the Comcast-owned broadcaster, is setting up a drama innovation hub in the north of England — and it will be led by a story producer on season three of Hulu drama Harlots. Vicky Wharton, who has also worked on shows including BBC soap EastEnders and Murphy’s Law…

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios, the commissioning and production arm of the Comcast-owned broadcaster, is bolstering its U.S. production capacity with the launch of a major production services hub. The Comcast-owned broadcaster has leveraged the expertise of Snapped producer Jupiter Entertainment, which it owns, to oversee The…