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BBC Studios secures volume sales deal with HOOQ India
BBC Studios and Asian SVOD platform HOOQ have agreed a content deal that will give…
Netflix orders reboot of Maupin’s Tales Of The City
SVOD platform Netflix has greenlit a new TV version of Tales Of The City, Armistead…
TV still most popular pastime for children, says Futuresource
Watching television remains the activity that children aged three to 16 dedicate the most time…
Netflix ordered more sci-fi after genre hits, says Ampere
Science fiction and fantasy has become the most popular genre among Netflix subscribers and this…
Netflix extends DreamWorks Animation deal
Netflix has struck an expanded relationship with Comcast-NBCUniversal-owned DreamWorks Animation in a move that will…
Netflix to raise $1.9 billion in debt
Netflix has priced a bond offering of US$1.9 billion, which it plans to use for…
SVOD subs in MENA grow by 48% as pay-TV declines
Pay TV subscriptions declined in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2017…
Chrysalis unveils pact with veteran scribes Marks and Gran
Independent producer Chrysalis Vision has signed an exclusive first look deal with veteran UK writers…
Park brothers upped as Warner expands Korean ambition
Suk Park and Hyun Park have been named co-heads of production & acquisitions for Korean…
Cineflix hires ex-Newen exec for copros
Cineflix Media has appointed ex-Newen exec Julien Leroux to the new position of SVP for…
Top 10 pay TV operators to lose $20bn in revenues by 2023
The world’s top 10 pay TV operators by revenue will experience losses of US$20 billion…
Show of the week: The Queen’s Green Planet
The Queen’s Green Planet tackles one of the world’s great ecological conundrums: protecting the forests…
BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ to reach younger audiences
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
Bolloré hands Vivendi reins to son Yannick
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
Nordic Entertainment names senior team ahead of MTG split
Nordic Entertainment Group – the renamed and soon-to-be split-off broadcasting arm of Modern Times Group…
Ex-Discovery VR boss co-founds new VR studio
A new virtual reality (VR) studio co-founded by two former Discovery executives – including the…
Netflix reaches 125m subs with revenue surge for Q1
Netflix added a record number of first quarter subscribers and grew its streaming revenues by…
Comcast expands Netflix partnership with new bundle deal
Comcast has expanded its partnership with Netflix, with the US pay TV giant now set…
Global pay TV revenues peaked in 2016, says Digital TV Research
Global pay TV revenues peaked in 2016 will fall by 11% between then and 2023,…
Spain’s Atresmedia secures Turkish drama Ezel from Eccho
Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia Television has acquired Turkish drama Ezel from Eccho Rights for broadcast on its…
True North delivers Million Dollar Baby for MTV Int’l
MTV International has commissioned a new observational reality format, Million Dollar Baby, from True North,…
Federation & Drama Team back new Omri Givon series
Federation Entertainment has joined forces with Israel’s Drama Team productions to co-produce The Grave, an…
Show of the week: Spy School
Spy School is at the edgier end of kids content, but focuses on fun: the…
Amazon Channels UK picks up Discovery Kids
Discovery has launched digital subscription service, Discovery Kids, on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels service in…
Is this Europe’s next super-indie trio?
Mediawan has ambition and the cash, but what is the strategy? France’s newest production-distribution group…
UK regulator says Disney must buy Sky under Fox deal
Disney will be required to make a mandatory offer for all of Sky after completing its…
Keshet signs pact with Japanese broadcaster YTV
Israel-backed Keshet International has inked a deal with Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) in Japan to…
BBC Studios wins Royal Wedding commission from PBS
BBC Studios has secured its first ever commission from PBS in the US. The show,…
Lionsgate’s Beggs: broadcast still ‘most lucrative’ for drama
Broadcast will remain a highly relevant platform for scripted drama, with some types of show…
Bolloré steps down in Canal+ management changeover
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named current CEO Maxime Saada as president of its…