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Show of the week: Massive Monster Mayhem
Easily one of the maddest, noisiest and most ambitious children’s series is Massive Monster Mayhem,…
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Ex-MTV exec joins newly established Shout! Studios
Former MTV comedy and animation chief Brent Haynes has joined Shout! Studios, the newly established…
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Sat.1 breeds another Super Dog
Rescue Dog to Super Dog, the Channel 4 format from Plimsoll Productions, is headed for…
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ZDFE merges factual and entertainment under Rückauer
ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has consolidated its factual and entertainment wings under doc chief Ralf Rückauer….
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BritBox squares up to rivals with Bletchley Circle original drama
Best-of-British SVOD service BritBox has commissioned its first original drama, a spin-off of ITV drama…
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Ratings winner: The Good Doctor on call
ABC’s autism-themed medical drama is the biggest new show on US primetime, and buyers are…
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Orange hopes millennials relish low-cost Pickle TV
Orange has launched a new low-cost ad-free TV service aimed at millennials that will be…
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Opinion: tech is game for TV takeover
With analysts this week claiming sports remains the critical factor in pay TV subscriptions, Iain…
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30 years of TBI: The TBI 100 (1994)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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Altice to spin off US operation & reorganise European unit
Netherlands-headquartered telco Altice is to spin off its US operation and restructure its European and…
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Doctor Blake Mysteries halts production over McLachlan allegations
Australian drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries has halted production after a series of assault allegations…
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Christmas cheer for record-breaking BBC iPlayer
The BBC’s on-demand service in the UK, BBC iPlayer, enjoyed a record week over Christmas,…
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Show of the week: Letterbox
The Weakest Link creator David Young realised there was a format in Letterbox when his…
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Game of Thrones won’t return until 2019 – official
Game of Thrones’ final winter is coming – but not until 2019. An announcement from…
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Fox studio chiefs outline strategy after ‘shock’ Disney deal
Fox Television Group bosses have addressed the Walt Disney takeover of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment…
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The Mayor loses popularity at ABC
US broadcaster ABC has effectively cancelled The Mayor, its in-house sitcom about an unconventional political…
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A+E strikes wide-ranging programming deal with Verizon
A+E Networks has scored a programming output deal with US telco and digital business Verizon….
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OTT net WhereverTV teams with Google for new launch
US-based OTT player WhereverTV is launching a Spanish-language Latino service in Latin America in a…
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MTG drafts in ex-DR, Metronome execs for new Danish digital studio
Scandinavian broadcaster and production group MTG is launching a digital studio in Denmark, with former…
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Indian SVOD net lands Awesomeness content deal
Indian SVOD service Hotstar is targeting the Gen-Z audience after striking a content deal with…
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Epix programming chief exits
US premium cable network Epix is saying goodbye to its head of programming, Jocelyn Diaz….
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Discovery carriage deal ends Finnish carriage clash
Finnish telco, cable and digital-terrestrial pay TV operator DNA has struck a deal with Discovery…
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A look back at 30 years of TBI history: Rupert Murdoch (1990)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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M6 brings new services to distribution deal with Altice
French commercial broadcaster M6 has struck a distribution deal with SFR that closely mirrors the…
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UKTV CEO claims originals strategy success
The CEO of British multichannel broadcaster UKTV, Darren Childs, has claimed investment in original programming…
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Netflix buys second Ricky Gervais stand-up special ‘for $20m’
SVOD giant Netflix has acquired another stand-up special from Ricky Gervais, with the comedian claiming…
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What you missed over the holiday period: TV news highlights
Around the world, industry execs are dusting off the holiday season cobwebs, slurping down the…
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Show of the week: The Locker Room
European football – and the English Premier League in particular – is driving public debate…
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Writer’s room: Charlie Brooker on designing a Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker can lay claim to creating an entirely new TV genre when he launched…
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PwC: Netflix as popular as pay TV in the US
Netflix uptake is now as strong as pay TV use in the US, with 73%…