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Jesse Whittock
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TBI Weekly: Facebook arrives as Disney goes OTT
Major developments in the subscription VOD space have proven the big talking points of the…
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Netflix orders Israeli dramas from Fauda pair
Streaming service Netflix has commissioned a pair of dramas from the Israeli creative team behind…
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Fox chief: live-streaming TV proves pay power
The progress of live-streaming TV services reaffirms the strength of pay TV bundles, according 21st…
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NBCU comedy SVOD service Seeso shutting
NBCUniversal is shutting its comedy-themed SVOD service Seeso. The US service’s future has been in…
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Netflix orders Coen Brothers anthology drama
Subscription VOD service Netflix has commissioned a Western anthology drama from director pair Joel and…
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Disney ups BAMTech stake in strategic SVOD move
Disney will pay US$1.58 billion to up its stake in video streaming technology firm BAMTech,…
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Fox confirms Israeli format, eyes new King of the Hill
US broadcaster Fox has confirmed its local remake of Israeli singing competition show The Final…
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Disney takes on Netflix with own SVOD service
The Walt Disney Company is pulling all of its movies from Netflix in order to…
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HBO pushes further into CEE originals with hire
HBO Europe is pushing further into original programming in the Central and Eastern Europe region…
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Nat Geo hires Discovery hire for UK post
National Geographic’s UK base is adding Discovery Communications exec Bernadette McDaid to its ranks. McDaid…
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CBS All Access takes global SVOD route
CBS’s SVOD service, CBS All Access, is headed to the global market. The service will…
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IM Global CEO exits over strategic plan
IM Global CEO Stuart Ford is leaving the Hollywood content firm over “strategic differences” with…
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Paramount extends Anonymous deal
Hollywood’s Paramount Television has extended its first-look deal with Anonymous Content, a partnership that’s already…
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Millarworld deal marks Netflix’s first acquisition
SVOD giant Netflix has entered the mergers and acquisitions market for the first time by…
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Will & Grace reboot heads to TVNZ
The upcoming reboot of US comedy Will & Grace is headed to New Zealand commercial…
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Kids SVOD service launches in France
A new subscription VOD service has launched in France. Okidoki has been available through Samsung…
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TBI Weekly: Discovery realises Scripps dream
Discovery Communications’ US$14.6 billion takeover of US rival Scripps was the big TV news of…
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ABC commissioner joins BBC
Mandy Chang is leaving Australia’s ABC for another pubcaster, the UK’s BBC. Chang was head…
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Starz sales chief lands Lionsgate spot
US studio Lionsgate is bringing the worldwide sales chief at its premium cable channel, Starz,…
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Beginning of the end for The Middle at ABC
ABC comedy The Middle is to end after its next season on US screens. The…
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IDW launches on-demand content studio for geeks
San Diego-based IDW Entertainment (IDWE) has launched a on-demand- and digital-focused production and distribution studio…
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Cameras role on BBC’s Hinterland successor
BBC Wales, S4C and All3Media International are backing a new crime serial drama from the…
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Nick Asia goes on Deer Run with iQiyi & Zhejiang
Nickelodeon Asia and China’s iQiyi and Zhejiang Satellite Television have joined forces to create an…
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Smith to lead new Plimsoll office
UK-based indie Plimsoll Productions has launched an office in Wales, and handed executive producer James…
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Discovery ‘still has bullets’ for deals post-Scripps
Discovery Communications is “not out of bullets” to use for company acquisitions despite its US$14.6…
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Show of the Week: Howards End
Howards End, the E.M. Forster novel first published in 1910, is considered by many as…
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Discovery buying Scripps for $14.6bn
Discovery Communications is acquiring fellow US-based cable group Scripps Networks Interactive for US$14.6 billion. The…
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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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New UK & scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
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Burke: NBCU ‘skeptical’ of OTT services
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has expressed skepticism over the long-term impact of over-the-top channels services…