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Vimeo reveals OTT stats
Vimeo’s white label OTT platform now has 3.6 million subscribers across hundreds of services, with…
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GRB & DEFY Media partner for cross-platform originals
GRB Entertainment and DEFY Media have partnered to develop and distribute an original programming slate…
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NATPE Budapest rebrands for new int’l outlook
NATPE Budapest is re-naming as NATPE Budapest International in order to reflect the global TV…
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Long-lost Leonard Cohen doc heads to the US
Toronto-based digital distribution company Syndicado has inked a deal with British documentary director Tony Palmer…
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Endemol Shine NA shakes up unscripted and hires DJ Nurre
Endemol Shine North America has named veteran showrunner and development exec DJ Nurre as executive…
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CBS to ramp up originals as it bids to top OTT ‘arms race’
CBS COO Joseph Ianniello revealed that the company will increase investment in digital originals to…
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Nickelodeon pledges 20% increase in new programming
Nickelodeon is amping up its content pipeline by 20% as it heads into the 2018-2019…
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BBC picks up Phoebe Waller-Bridge thriller Killing Eve
BBC has acquired Killing Eve, a new thriller by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to premiere on…
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In-demand chart: Belgium (February 26-March 4, 2018)
Belgium’s week in demand expressions saves the top spots for The Walking Dead, Star Trek:…
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TV4 creates Asian JV for channels and originals
TV4 Entertainment and Multi Channels Asia (MCA) have created a strategic joint venture to localise…
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Amazon scores La Liga football docu-series
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit Six Dreams, a sports docu-series that follows six individuals throughout…
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SVOD net Acorn cops British comedy No Offence
RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn TV has acquired exclusive digital rights in North America for the first…
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Lionsgate brings Kim Kardashian’s prank show to Facebook
Lionsgate has partnered with Facebook to bring unscripted series You Kiddin’ Me, which is executive…
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Sky UK among buyers of Ryan Murphy’s Fox drama 9-1-1
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed its high rating cop series 9-1-1 in over…
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Apple taps Sony for new Latin America head
Apple has hired Sony Pictures Television’s Angélica Guerra as its first head of Latin American…
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ABC to air primetime special as Mickey Mouse turns 90
Disney is launching worldwide celebrations honouring 90 years of its ambassador, Mickey Mouse, including a…
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Netflix orders talk show from Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj
Netflix is bringing in yet another talk show, this time with The Daily Show’s Hasan…
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TBI Weekly: Why BT’s move away from drama might not be a bad idea
This week, BT boss Gavin Patterson (above) pledged that he would not invest in original…
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BBCWW hires NBCU formats exec as exec producer
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has hired NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s Anaïs Baker as executive producer for fact ent,…
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Banijay ups Brainpool stake and launches new unit
Banijay Group has upped its investment in Cologne-based production company Brainpool, and created a new…
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Paramount TV appoints Flynn as int’l strategy chief
Paramount Television has named David Flynn executive vice president of international strategy, a new role…
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Apple orders thriller drama from Sixth Sense director
Apple has ordered its latest original by Sixth Sense writer and director M. Night Shyamalan….
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Britbox hits 250,000 US subs & eyes int’l expansion
Britbox, the SVOD service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and AMC Networks, claims to have gained…
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AMC set to buy $60m-valued RLJ
AMC Networks is set to acquire outstanding shares of RLJ Entertainment not currently owned by…
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All3 backs Noel Clarke scripted venture
All3media is backing the launch of a new scripted venture from British actor-director Noel Clarke…
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A+E launches first int’l digital studio in Singapore
A+E Networks has begun rolling out digital studios outside of the US, under the A+E…
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Galer exits Fremantle France as ex-NRJ exec steps up
Monica Galer will be stepping down as president of FremantleMedia France after seven years and…
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The Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is set to file for bankruptcy “in the coming days”, according…
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Netflix brings in supernatural thriller as first Arabic original
Netflix will bring in a new Arabic original series named Jinn, a teen supernatural thriller…
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Mentorn appoints Hughes as head of development
Mentorn Media has appointed Paul Hughes as head of development, after the exec joined last…