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Vice & Nat Geo partner for LatAm series
National Geographic Partners and Vice Media have teamed up for, Explorer, a multi-platform series that…
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Canal+ orders HBO’s My Brilliant Friend
French group Canal+ has pre-bought My Brilliant Friend, a drama based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling…
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Deloitte: UK TV viewing by 18-24’s to drop by up to 15% in 2018
Traditional TV viewing among 18-24 year olds in the UK will fall by 10%-15% in…
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NATPE: Nick LatAm & Mediapro partner for scripted gaming series
Nickelodeon Latin America and Barcelona-based Mediapro are set to produce N00Bees, a scripted gaming series….
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Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan inks deal with Amazon
Amazon Studios has closed an exclusive two-year deal with Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan. Catastrophe is…
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STX president Sophie Watts steps down
STX Entertainment president Sophie Watts is set to step down from the company “to focus…
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Tinopolis start-up hires Price in first producer role
Tinopolis start-up Thunderclap Media has hired its first executive producer, former Endemol Shine creative director…
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30 years of TBI: New World Order (2010)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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Mediawan to acquire French firms including Eurocorp TV
Mediawan, an independent European audiovisual content firm, is set to acquire Storia Television, the company…
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Propagate gains backing from The Raine Group
Indie studio Propagate Content has secured “significant” financial investment from merchant bank The Raine Group….
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Sky gains majority stake in Avanti Media
Sky Vision has announced a new deal with prodco Avanti Media that will see the…
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Xilam appoints ex-Gaumont exec to Asia Pacific post
Xilam Animation has appointed ex-Gaumont exec Céline Carenco as its new senior vice president of…
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NBCU acquires Stargate duo’s The Outpost for Syfy
NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has acquired The Outpost, a new original series for SYFY channels…
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Hulu ramps up originals with Clooney title
Hulu is raising its stake in original programming as it brings in new title Catch-22,…
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Elephant & Webedia create prodco Elephant Entertainment
French indie Elephant Group and online media group Webedia Entertainment have created a new production…
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EY: online video revenues in MENA to grow by 35% annually
Online video revenues are projected to grow by 22%-35% annually in most markets in the…
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Kew brings in Askin for US & LatAm sales
Kew Media Group has appointed former Alfred Haber exec Jennifer Askin as president of sales,…
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Shiver hires De Moraes after TwoFour exit
Shiver has hired the creator of The Choir and First Dates Ana De Moraes as…
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Blue Ant looks to Lat Am with sales hires
Blue Ant Media has made a host of sales appointments to its expanding Global Networks…
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Banijay launches scripted outfit Neon Ink
Banijay Group has partnered up with former ITV Studios creative drama execs Kate Lewis and…
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Peaky Blinders trio to launch indie Moonage Pictures
Peaky Blinders exec producers Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady are set to launch…
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Nat Geo & Fox bring back Seth MacFarlane’s Cosmos
Fox and National Geographic have announced that they will bring back Emmy Award-winning series Cosmos,…
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Digital TV Research: MENA pay TV ARPU in decline
Pay TV revenues are set to grow in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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Warner Bros. prodco taps Boundless development head
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has hired the development chief at FremantleMedia UK-owned Boundless,…
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Marvista expands with ex-Cinetel & Fox execs
Marvista Entertainment is looking to growth in 2018 with new senior appointments including Darrell Cross…
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Ronan Farrow signs 3-year deal with HBO
Following the investigative takedown of Harvey Weinstein last year, New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow has…
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British series chip away at US import stronghold – Eurodata
Eurodata’s 2017 scripted series report reveals that the boom in British original series has led…
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Lupe’s creative burst: Why the US rapper turned content producer
Lupe Fiasco has created a prodco that looks to touch on cultural exchange, artificial intelligence…
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TBI Weekly: Sub success for SVOD players
A range of stories from this week highlight that a push in original content is…