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Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC Studios has inked a “multi-year” co-production and content sales deal with Chinese entertainment platform Bilibili, which aims to bring UK content to China and Chinese programming to the world.Under the agreement, Bilibili has already committed to co-producing BBC Studios’ landmark natural history shows The Green Planet, Dynasties II and The Mating Game. A new science series is also on the agenda, titled Odyssey into the Future and featuring Chinese author

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWarnerMedia Pulls Plug On South Asia Channels WarnerMedia has announced that it plans to close its linear HBO and WB TV channels in India, Pakistan, Maldives, and Bangladesh from December 15.

Nota del editor: Tremenda Nota es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Cuba. Esa nota salió en su portal el 12 de octubre.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorIt’s day two of virtual Mipcom. Deadline will keep this page updated with some of the day’s most notable deals, so hit refresh for updates.

Manori Ravindran International EditorArthouse streaming service Mubi has snapped up rights to Toronto International Film Festival title “Shiva Baby” for the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, India, Turkey and Latin America.Written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby” follows a young bisexual Jewish woman at a shiva — a mourning tradition in the Jewish community — at which she must confront her over-achieving ex-girlfriend as well as her sugar daddy, his girlfriend and

Dan Levy is calling out Comedy Central India. The 37-year-old Schitt’s Creek actor spoke out after the network’s social media account removed a scene that included two men kissing.

Schitt's Creek, an lauded for queer inclusivity and representation, if they planned to cut those moments from the broadcast? , co-creator, director, and star of Schitt's Creek, would also like to know.Because that's what happened when Comedy Central India shared a clip from the season five episode “Housewarming.” In the original scene, David Rose (Levy), (), and Stevie (Emily Hampshire) play a round of spin-the-bottle with their significant others, Patrick (Noah Reid) and Ted (Dustin Milligan).

Dan Levy is calling out Comedy Central India.

multi-Emmy winning series with his father and co-star, Eugene Levy, resurfaced the clip to give Comedy Central India a piece of his mind.“You showed the kiss between two women, you showed the kiss between a woman and a man, then removed the kiss between two men?” he wrote. “This is a show about the power of inclusivity.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, BBC Studios sells “A Perfect Planet” around the world, Channel 4 announces a World Mental Health Day musical special, “A Space in Time” finds U.K. distribution, ARRI relocates to new Munich headquarters and Evolution Malaga releases full program details for its 2020 festival.BBC Studios has pre-sold its new natural history series “A Perfect Planet” in several major territories.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorIt’s been more than six years in the making, but Steve McQueen’s anthology drama Small Axe finally has a date for when it will land on British TV screens.The BBC has announced that it will premiere the five-part series on November 15 on BBC One and iPlayer.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEmmy award-winning series Schitt’s Creek quickly became a touchstone for inclusivity and champion of LGBTQ representation with its uplifting portrayal of the queer community.

Dan Levy has criticized Comedy Central India for censoring a scene portraying gay intimacy in “Schitt’s Creek“.

BAFTA-winning writer and producer Anil Gupta has joined Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky, as creative director for original comedy in the U.K. Gupta’s credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAnil Gupta, the BAFTA-winning executive producer of the UK version of The Office, is joining Sky Studios in the newly-created role of creative director of comedy.Gupta will focus on boosting in-house comedy production at the Comcast-owned company and will report to Jon Mountague, Sky Studios’ director of comedy.As well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, his credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No.

Idris Elba and John Cena apparently had a good thing going in the upcoming “The Suicide Squad” sequel, because the two actors pitched an action film titled “Heads of State” over Zoom to studios and Amazon Studios just picked up the film.

Naman Ramachandran The pandemic has given YouTube “a chance to show what we’re capable of” when applying its fact-check facilities, Ben McOwen Wilson, YouTube’s regional director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Variety this week.