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Kaltrina Bylykbashi
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Report: Sony looks to India as it eyes Zee Entertainment stake
Sony Corporation is in the running to pick up a stake in Zee Entertainment after…
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Federation & Picture Perfect form new prodco
Patrick Wachsberger and his Picture Perfect Entertainment have entered into a joint venture with Pascal…
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Cineflix hires ITV Studios alum to head up acquisitions
Cineflix Rights has hired former ITV Studios GE exec Richard Life to head up acquisitions….
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Hulu drops price for popular plan after Disney’s streaming loss reveal
Hulu is dropping the price of its most popular streaming plan by $2 and hiking…
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How ITV’s comedy controller is helping writers reach ‘hard to access’ broadcasters
ITV comedy controller Saskia Schuster made an open call in December for writers to visit…
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CBS drama FBI heads to M6 in France
CBS Studios International has struck a licensing agreement with French channel M6 for its FBI…
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Viacom acquires AVOD Pluto TV for $340m
Viacom has offered $340m in cash to close a sale for ad-supported streamer Pluto TV,…
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Endeavor hires ex-Endemol Shine exec as COO
Endeavor Content has hired former Endemol Shine chief operating officer Tim Robinson to lead at…
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Turner LatAm & MediaPro prep football drama as part of 5-year pact
Turner Latin America and Mediapro are set for their first drama, football title Las Baravas…
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Magnify Media’s Fittest Family heads to the Balkans
Magnify Media, the UK-based distribution and rights-management specialist, has closed its first European format deal…
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NATPE deals: NBCUniversal takes Top Chef to Brazil; Colombia’s Canal 1 to host The Four
NBCUniversal has signed a deal for its Emmy award-winning reality cookery show Top Chef with…
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Netflix price hikes will come to the UK, says pricing strategy firm
Simon-Kucher, a pricing strategy firm, is expecting to see Netflix’s US price hike extend to…
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ITV Studios’ Possessed hires Sky & Warner Bros. alums
ITV Studios label Possessed has hired former Sky One director Adam MacDonald as chair and…
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NATPE 2019: The Top Shows in Miami
TBI Magazine has picked the most buzz-worthy unscripted formats to arrive in Miami this January….
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Will 2019 mark the end of niche SVOD?
Media giants are closing their niche streamers to prepare for mega mainstream platforms, but will…
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NATPE sales: A+E strikes deals with Direct TV & NBC Universo; Twofour takes 130 hours across three key territories
On the eve of NATPE 2019, A+E has secured a raft of programming sales among…
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China’s CGTN to premiere BBC eco doc Drowning in Plastic
The China Global Television Network (CGTN) is set to premiere eco doc Drowning in Plastic,…
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Pact organises European pitch event
UK trade body Pact is launching a European pitch event which will see 100 UK…
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Lime Pictures’ unscripted development head shuffles to US division
Lime Pictures’ unscripted head Ben Crompton will move Stateside for the company as executive VP…
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Inside UK drama’s tipping point
As 2019 kicks off with the anticipation of new drama-packed SVODs, Neal Street Productions co-founder…
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27% of Netflix Premium subs may downgrade plan after price hike, says research firm
Few Netflix US viewers will cancel their subscription after the company’s price hike last week,…
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Show of the Week: Don’t Stop the Music
Don’t Stop the Music is heart-warming social experiment format and a social impact campaign rolled…
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BBC’s first female deputy director-general steps down
Anne Bulford, the BBC’s first deputy director-general, has decided to leave the BBC in the…
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BT content director Tony Singh joins UK Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed BT’s content and business development director…
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ITV’s Love Island heads to Belgium, the Netherlands & Poland
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group hit format Love Island will be adapted in Belgium…
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BritBox surpasses half million subscribers
BritBox, the SVOD owned by BBC Studios and ITV, has reached 500,000 subscribers, doubling the…
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Genius Brands hires Ludorum exec for int’l sales
Genius Brands has hired Ludorum’s MD Natalie Setton to head up international content sales. Setton…
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Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse sets senior team
Wheelhouse Entertainment, led by former ITV America boss Brent Montgomery (pictured), has set the company’s…
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TBI Weekly: Endemol Shine to monetise ‘deep’ catalogue via Amazon AVOD
As test partner to Freedive, the new ad-supported streamer from Amazon and IMDb, Endemol Shine…
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Exclusive: Amazon UK hires ITN’s development head for commissioner role
Amazon has hired ITN Productions’ head of development Dan Grabiner, TBI has confirmed. The exec,…