International Insider Newsletter — D-Day For Endemol Shine Deal, Cannes Gets Cracking & Netflix’s Blackface Action

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Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. For those who missed us last week, this is Deadline’s new weekly newsletter containing everything you need to know about the global film and television business.

If you want to subscribe, sign up to our breaking news alerts here.Here are the six things we want you to know this week:One for the diary: It’s been eight months since Banijay Group announced its $2.2BN takeover of MasterChef producer Endemol Shine Group, and the deal is still in a regulatory quagmire not helped by coronavirus.

But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, with the European Commission setting a provisional date of June 30 to make a ruling.