A+E Networks Boosts Co-Pro Offering With Double UK Hire; Callan McAuliffe Flick ‘About Him & Her’ Gets UK/U.S. Bow (Exclusive); Prime Video/Paramount India Deal; MIA Market 2023 Dates – Global Briefs

Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
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A+E Networks Boosts Co-Pro Offering With Double UK Hire

A+E Networks has boosted its international co-production team with the hire of British TV vets Ninder Billing and Alexandra Finlay. The pair take up the roles of Vice President Unscripted Co-Productions International and Vice President Scripted Co-Productions International respectively. Billing’s role is new and Finlay replaces Moreyba Bidessie. Based in London, they will be responsible for identifying opportunities with global appeal and overseeing development and production, while working closely with third-party producers. A+E’s international co-productions include PBS Masterpiece’s Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Disney+’s Red Election, BBC drama North Sea Connection and Paramount+ doc Damian Lewis: Spy Wars. Former Channel 5 commissioner Billing joins from her post as Creative Director of Banijay-backed Darlow Smithson Productions, while Finlay was Vice President, Creative and Co-productions at Shaftesbury and is a former acquisitions exec for BBC Studios-owned UKTV. A+E International Group MD Patrick Vien labelled the pair “remarkably talented executives with deep experience and impressive track records of success.” “They join A+E Networks at a time when co-productions are growing in global appeal, and the company is poised to play a leadership role in the industry,” he added.

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Callan McAuliffe Flick ‘About Him & Her’ Gets UK/U.S. Bow (Exclusive)

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Rome’s MIA Market Sets 2023 Dates

The ninth MIA International Audiovisual Market in Rome will be held on October 9-13 at the Barberini Theater and Palazzo Barberini Museum. Organizers say attendance grew 20% last year, with 2,400 registered participants from 60 countries joining co-production and pitching forms, market screenings, content showcases, B2B meetings and . Italian film and TV industry bodies ANICA and APA have recommitted their support, and Creative Europe is returning to co-finance the event. The market will focus on animation, docs, factual, feature films and drama series, with space given to technologies and the Innovation for Creative Industries and B2B Exchange programs.

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