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Jesse Whittock
International TV Co-Editor
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Jesse joined Deadline in 2022 from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he had most recently been Insight Editor, overseeing features and long-form reporting. He worked across editing and commissioning and wrote news, features and long-read articles for Broadcast’s monthly magazine and website. A veteran entertainment industry journalist, he has also worked at Television Business International, where he was Editor, and at C21. He is based in London.
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Ex-NFL Player Ricky Williams Leading On Concussion Doc ‘Healing From The Gridiron’ For Rewarded TV
EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL star Ricky Williams is fronting a documentary about the physical, mental and emotional toll of an American football career.
Directed by Andi Budman, the doc made for streaming platform Rewarded TV will see Williams getting together with fellow football greats Jeff Garcia…
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From Golden Balls To Gatiss: Five Key Players Who Defined London’s Biggest TV Industry Week
London’s big week in the international TV sun has come to an end, with not one, not two, but three major events running in parallel. MIP London made its debut at the swanky Savoy Hotel and IET conference center, the well-established London TV Screenings were back and bigger than ever, and the gig…
International Insider: London’s New-Look TV Week; Charlotte Moore Shocker; Ukraine & Gaza In Spotlight
It’s that time of the week, Insiders. Jesse Whittock here to take you through the headlines from international film and TV.
London’s Big TV Week
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A permanent alteration?:…
Off The Fence Strikes Development Deal With Investigative Journalists Robin Carter And Gloria Gomez & Lines Up ‘King Of Kandahar’ Doc
EXCLUSIVE: My Octopus Teacher producer Off The Fence is going deeper into true crime through a development deal with investigative journalists Robin Carter and Gloria Gomez, and is making doc about an unsung modern warfare specialist.
Under terms of the pact, OTF will develop and produce…
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NFT Collection Pudgy Penguins To Launch YouTube Series
Pudgy Penguins, the popular NFT collection and toy brand, is getting a YouTube series.
Lil Pudgys will be an animated program developed in collaboration with TheSoul Publishing.
Targeted at kids and families, the comedy show will sit on the Pudgy Penguins YouTube channel when it launches in…
Baker & YouTuber Gemma Stafford Launches Bold Baking Network FAST Channel With Future Today
EXCLUSIVE: Baker and YouTube content maker Gemma Stafford and connected TV biz Future Today are launching a channel dedicated to baking.
They are positioning the Bold Baking Network as the “world’s first 24/7 baking FAST channel” offering “thousands of shows and more than 1,000 hours of content…
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Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary & Arjun Rampal To Lead Imtiaz Ali Drama Series For Netflix
Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary and Arjun Rampal will front director Imtiaz Ali’s latest Netflix collab, drama series O Saathi Re.
Billed as an “evocative exploration of the vintage feeling of love in contemporary times,” O Saathi Re will begin filming at the end of this month. Further plot…
YouTube Rules Out Return To Originals Despite TV Set Viewing Boom: “We Have No Interest Whatsoever In Producing Our Own Content” — MIP London
YouTube has point-blank ruled out a return to original production, even as consumption of the site explodes on TV sets.
During a keynote interview at MIP London today at the IET London conference center, YouTube VP of EMEA Pedro Pina said there was no appetite “whatsoever” to return to a YouTube…
‘Safe Harbor’: ITV Among Buyers Of Drug Trade Drama From ‘Ozark’s Mark Williams — London TV Screenings
EXCLUSIVE: ITV is among the first buyers to swoop for Mark Williams crime drama Safe Harbor here at the London TV Screenings.
We can reveal the UK broadcaster is joined by Ireland’s Virgin Media Television and Australia’s SBS in acquiring the series from distributor Eccho Rights.
The…
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BBC Studios & Orient International Making 3D Giant Screen Version Of Natural History Series ‘Asia’
BBC Studios and China's Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co. are planning to supersize natural history.
They have struck a co-production and co-distribution deal to create Asia: Wildlife at the Extremes (working title), a giant screen adaptation of the landmark BBC's natural…
ITV Studios Creates French Label With Tetra Media Fiction’s Lea Gabrie
ITV Studios has added another French scripted label to its ranks.
L/Intruse will sit within Tetra Media Studio, the French production subsidiary of UK network ITV’s production and sales arm.
Leading the unit is Léa Gabrié, a Tetra Media Fiction producer who produced a series that shares the…
Vice Studios Inks Distribution Deal With ITV Studios; ‘Ludwig’ Sales & Zhejiang Pact Also Unveiled At London TV Screenings
Vice Studios has signed a distribution deal with ITV Studios, marking the end of a nine-month search.
Announced this morning at the London TV Screenings, the deal will see ITV Studios add what was described as nearly 2,000 hours of Vice content to its catalog and represent future Vice Studios'…
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