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Jake Kanter
International Investigations Editor
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Jake rejoined Deadline in December 2022 after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. Previously, he was Deadline's International TV Editor for two years, during which time he broke a several exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organizations in Europe. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter. He is based in London.
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‘Young Sheldon,’ ‘Sex And The City’ Deliver Big Bang Of Netflix Views Amid Licensing Renaissance
Netflix’s latest data dump shows licensing is back with a bang.
The U.S. streaming giant has spent recent months animatedly hoovering up rights to legacy titles from rivals including Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney.
Viewing data for the first half of 2024 appears to show that the strategy is…
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John Cleese Accuses Eric Idle Of “Invention” As They Renew Hostilities Over Monty Python Management
John Cleese and Eric Idle are continuing to duke it out on social media.
The Monty Python legends exchanged barbs earlier this year, locking horns over their estrangement after Idle complained that he still had to work because Python’s earnings had dried up.
Idle blamed the mismanagement of the P…
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JK Rowling Reveals She Has Started Writing A “Futuristic” Novel
JK Rowling has shed a little light on the subject of a future novel.
The Harry Potter scribe said she has begun work on a “futuristic” book, which will become her priority once she has wrapped the Robert Galbraith Strike novels.
Rowling teased the detail in a post on X (formerly Twitter) after…
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Richard Osman Pokes Fun At Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos’ Recipe For Streaming Success
Richard Osman may be turning his hit novel The Thursday Murder Club into a Netflix feature, but it has not stopped him from roasting the streamer’s chief executive.
During a jolly curtain closer at the RTS London Convention, Osman and his The Rest Is Entertainment podcast co-host Marina Hyde, cast a…
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‘Baby Reindeer’s Emmy Wins Are A Defeat For Honesty, Says Lawyer For Real-Life Martha
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Roth, the lawyer for Fiona Harvey, Baby Reindeer‘s real-life Martha, has responded to the show’s success at the Emmy Awards.
In a statement to Deadline, Roth said: “The Emmy wins confirm that Netflix's strategy worked, going for the higher revenues and awards while leaving honesty…
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Alex Mahon: Channel 4 Is Starting To “Buy Bigger Again” After “Horrendous” Time For UK Producers
Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said that the UK broadcaster is back in the market for big ideas after acknowledging that cuts have been “horrendous” for producers.
Speaking at the RTS London Convention on Tuesday, Mahon told a room full of British television luminaries that Channel 4 is “starting to…
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Steven Knight Says ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Cast Is “Mindblowing” As He Teases More Fresh Faces
Steven Knight has talked up the “mindblowing” Peaky Blinders movie cast, but he is keeping tight-lipped about the project as it gears up for production.
Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan have joined Cillian Murphy, who will reprise his role as Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous Birmingham…
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BBC Close To Ruling On Amanda Abbington’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Misconduct Claims
The BBC is “pretty close” to finalizing an investigation into Amanda Abbington’s allegations that she was mistreated by her Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice.
BBC director general Tim Davie told the RTS London Convention that the corporation is on the brink of ruling on Abbington’s…
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Bundling Is Back: Disney Eyes More Deals As Max Partnership Is “Working Really Well”
Disney says it is looking to strike more bundling deals after offering an upbeat assessment of its agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer Max.
The Disney+, Hulu and Max bundle, echoing the glory days of cable television, was inked in May and launched two months later in the U.S for as…
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As Huw Edwards Is Spared Jail, BBC Insiders Prepare To Dish Dirt In Workplace Culture Review
As Huw Edwards stood for his sentencing after pleading guilty to accessing child abuse images, he clasped his hands and projected a neutral expression. It was a pose millions of BBC viewers will have seen Edwards strike countless times as the seasoned presenter delivered the day's headlines. His audience…
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Huw Edwards Apologizes As Former BBC News Anchor Gets Suspended Prison Sentence For Accessing Child Abuse Images
Huw Edwards, once the BBC’s highest-paid news anchor, has received a six-month suspended prison sentence and apologized for the “repugnant” nature of his offenses after pleading guilty to being in possession of child abuse images earlier this year.
Edwards, a 63-year-old presenter at the peak of his…
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Aimee Lou Wood & David Morrissey’s BBC Comedy ‘Daddy Issues’ Renewed For Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: Daddy Issues has secured a second season on the BBC.
The series, starring BAFTA-winning Sex Education actress Aimee Lou Wood and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey, will return after becoming the biggest comedy launch on BBC3 since 2022.
Created by Danielle Ward (Brassic), Season 1 of…
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