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Elba, Ridley lead major Sky drama investment

Sky has commissioned six dramas that feature talent including Idris Elba, John Ridley, Julia Stiles, Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks, in a major move underlining the European satcaster’s clout in the high-end originals space. Namely, the shows are Guerilla, Tin Star, Delicious, Riviera, Jamestown and The Last Dragonslayer. Actor Elba (Luther, The Wire) will co-star in […]

Sky buys J-Lo’s NBC cop series

Sky has acquired Shades of Blue, the US cop thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta. The series airs on the NBC broadcast network in the US. Universal Television, Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, and Ryan Seacrest Productions coproduce the show, which is sold by NBCUniversal International Distribution. The UK pay TV operator will show Shades of […]

Universal Channel requires Chicago Med

UK pay TV network Universal Channel has bought new season US medical drama Chicago Med. The Dick Wolf-produced show will debut on the NBCUniversal International Networks-sold show after a deal with the latter’s sister division, NBCU International Distribution. The show is set in a state-of-the-art Chicago trauma centre, and is part of Chicago Fire and […]

Heroes Reborn on Channel 5

The UK’s Channel 5 has acquired broadcast rights to NBC’s Heroes Reborn. The show, which resurrected the Heroes sci-fi series, will air on the Viacom-owned broadcaster’s 5* digital free-to-air channel in 2016. Channel 5 has acquired the 13-episode drama from NBCUniversal International Distribution, which is a stablemate of the NBC broadcast network. Heroes Reborn picks […]

NBCU seeks to match rivals’ int’l revenues

NBCUniversal will seek to bring its domestic to international revenue split in line with rival US media giants 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company in the next decade. NBCU CEO and senior executive VP of parent Comcast Steve Burke said NBCU made around 20% of its revenues from the international market, which was […]

UKTV lands Parks and Recreation

UKTV has acquired US comedy Parks and Recreation for its general entertainment channel Dave. The Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari comedy series was on US broadcast net NBC in the US where it ran to seven seasons. In the UK it has previously been on BBC Four. The ensemble comedy, set inside a parks planning […]