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Deadline’s Stewart Clarke reports that Disney+ has acquired UK second-window rights to RTÉ and BBC comedy-drama The Walsh Sisters, airing after its BBC run, in a deal brokered by distributor Cineflix Rights alongside sales to Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Balkans and Israel.
Deadline’s Stewart Clarke reports that BBC Studios channels and streaming chief Marcus Arthur says linear remains a major profit driver even as streaming becomes the priority.
Oct 16Deadline’s Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock and Stewart Clarke report that MIPCOM drew 10,000 attendees and 3,000 buyers, with TV executives publicly drawing lines against YouTube even as Skydance’s merged Paramount-WBD sales units and a newly enlarged Banijay worked the Croisette.
Oct 15Deadline’s Stewart Clarke reports that MIPCOM boss Lucy Smith is repositioning the Cannes TV market beyond distribution deals, pushing into vertical drama, branded entertainment and AI.
Sep 23Deadline’s Stewart Clarke reports that at TIFF: The Market, FilmNation CEO Glen Basner said indie distributors default to selling projects to pay TV and streamers to mitigate risk, which he argued produces movies built for streaming rather than theatrical.
Sep 14Peter Luo’s Stars Collective and Dubai-based LH International are launching an AI joint venture to develop, produce and distribute film, TV and digital projects.
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