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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…
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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…
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TV still most popular pastime for children, says Futuresource
Watching television remains the activity that children aged three to 16 dedicate the most time…
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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…
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Netflix extends DreamWorks Animation deal
Netflix has struck an expanded relationship with Comcast-NBCUniversal-owned DreamWorks Animation in a move that will…
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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…
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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…
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Chrysalis unveils pact with veteran scribes Marks and Gran
Independent producer Chrysalis Vision has signed an exclusive first look deal with veteran UK writers…
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Park brothers upped as Warner expands Korean ambition
Suk Park and Hyun Park have been named co-heads of production & acquisitions for Korean…
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Cineflix hires ex-Newen exec for copros
Cineflix Media has appointed ex-Newen exec Julien Leroux to the new position of SVP for…
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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…
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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…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ to reach younger audiences
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
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Bolloré hands Vivendi reins to son Yannick
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
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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…
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Ex-Discovery VR boss co-founds new VR studio
A new virtual reality (VR) studio co-founded by two former Discovery executives – including the…
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Netflix reaches 125m subs with revenue surge for Q1
Netflix added a record number of first quarter subscribers and grew its streaming revenues by…
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Comcast expands Netflix partnership with new bundle deal
Comcast has expanded its partnership with Netflix, with the US pay TV giant now set…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Show of the week: Spy School
Spy School is at the edgier end of kids content, but focuses on fun: the…
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Amazon Channels UK picks up Discovery Kids
Discovery has launched digital subscription service, Discovery Kids, on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels service in…
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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…
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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…
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Keshet signs pact with Japanese broadcaster YTV
Israel-backed Keshet International has inked a deal with Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) in Japan to…
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BBC Studios wins Royal Wedding commission from PBS
BBC Studios has secured its first ever commission from PBS in the US. The show,…
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Lionsgate’s Beggs: broadcast still ‘most lucrative’ for drama
Broadcast will remain a highly relevant platform for scripted drama, with some types of show…
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Bolloré steps down in Canal+ management changeover
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named current CEO Maxime Saada as president of its…