EXCLUSIVE: With Mipcom on the horizon, Sweden’s Eccho Rights is building out its sales team by hiring well-respected exec Tess Charman. The Stockholm-based distributor has named former Warner Bros International Television Production, eOne, MGM and Avalon exec Charman as its Director of Sales for Continental Europe. Starting on September 1, Charman will take on European
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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Addison, who starred in HBO’s Veep and is one of the creators of FX and BBC’s Breeders, is to adapt Caimh McDonnell’s The Dublin Trilogy series of novels for television. Addison, who also directed Anne Hathaway comedy The Hustle, is reteaming with Avalon, the production company behind Breeders as well as HBO’s Last