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Richard Middleton
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Dealing with Covid-19: The view from New York & China delight
New York-based Tony Tackaberry, CEO at All3Media-backed Lion Television USA, provides the latest installment to…
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Kids round-up: Hopster comes to Mediacom in US; Ameba picks up anime series
Hopster heads to Mediacom Children’s TV streamer Hopster is now available to US subscribers of…
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Slate round-up: Rai reveals virtual offerings; TVF unveils Covid-19-driven shows
Rai rides Piaggio onto virtual portal Rai Com, the distribution division of Italian pubcaster Rai,…
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Travel Channel, UK’s Channel 5 go digging into Egypt’s past
The Travel Channel in the US and ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the UK have commissioned…
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NBCU, Sky owner Comcast pledges $500m relief fund
US telecoms giant Comcast Corp has pledged $500m to help employees struggling financially due to…
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News round-up: Showtime stretches schedule; Monte Carlo TV Festival cancelled; MTV; Jamie Oliver; Vuulr
Showtime shuffles schedule for Billions, The Chi US cabler Showtime has been forced to rejig…
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AMC reveals UK launch plans for scripted streamer Acorn TV
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV is to launch in the UK from the end of…
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WarnerMedia appoints Hulu, Amazon alum as CEO
WarnerMedia has appointed the former Amazon SVP and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar to head up…
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TBI Factual: Cashing in & carrying on with archived IP
As Covid-19 hampers production across the globe, Nicolas d’Hueppe, CEO at content aggregator and online…
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TBI’s Scripted Hot Picks April 2020
TBI Magazine looks at some of the latest scripted programming set to launch over the…
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Banijay, ProSieben launch ‘Eurovision replacement’ contest
Banijay Group-owned Brainpool, German broadcaster ProSieben and domestic producer and entertainer Stefan Raab have teamed…
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BBC ‘open’ to household bill-linked funding model
The BBC is open to the idea of replacing its licence fee funding model with…
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Exclusive: TV2’s Anette Rømer on “business as usual” in Denmark
All this week, TBI is hearing from broadcasters around the world about the impact that…
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DRG & Mexico’s Dopamine strike co-financing, production deal
UK distributor DRG has partnered up with Mexican producer Dopamine to co-finance, develop and produce…
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Disney+ unveils India price rise & new launch date
Disney is to push ahead with the roll-out of its news streaming service Disney+ in…
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News round-up: Globo’s refugee drama travels; Film.UA sells to Japan; Beyond WW2 show; DocFest online
Globo dramas travel across Lat Am Networks in Uruguay, Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica have…
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TBI Scripted: Left Bank’s Andy Harries on life after ‘The Crown’
When Netflix spent big money on two seasons of The Crown back in 2014, it…
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C4 names Louisa Compton to head up news & current affairs
Louisa Compton has been promoted to replace the outgoing Dorothy Byrne as head of news…
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AMC partners with Spanish telco Orange for Selekt streamer
Orange TV in Spain and AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) have struck a deal…
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Exclusive: RTÉ’s Dermot Horan on ‘buying time’ as production slows
All this week, TBI is hearing from broadcasters around the world about the kind of…
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Deals round-up: Germany turns on ‘Switch’; Kino Polska’s Disney deal; ‘La Unidad’ lands on HBO Lat Am
Germany turns on Belgium’s Switch German broadcaster WDR has ordered a local remake of Belgian…
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US animator Trioscope preps ‘The Havana Job’ for TV
Newly launched US hybrid animation company Trioscope Studios has partnered with long-form journalism outfit Truly*Adventurous…
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Disney unveils raft of pay cuts to deal with Covid-19
Disney’s top execs – including VP’s, SVP’s and EVP’s – are to take pay cuts…
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Slates round-up: Beta lands on Russian comedy; Cineflix gets ‘Happily Married’; Orange Smarty’s boss move
Beta Film lands on 257 Reasons To Live Russian producer Start Studios, part of the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How kids control what appears on screen
Almost two-thirds of parents believe their child usually controls what’s on TV when they’re co-viewing,…
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Dealing with Covid-19: ‘Immense challenge’ facing Euro format distributors
The latest installment of TBI’s coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the…
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Netflix, YouTube among winners as US streaming soars
Netflix and YouTube viewing in the US has soared since the Covid-19 outbreak, according to…
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BBC Four & PBS visit Notre Dame with Windfall Films
BBC Four in the UK and US broadcaster PBS have commissioned a special-access documentary from…
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News round-up: BBC Four orders forgery show; ITV isolates with Shine TV; Alchimie adds OTF factual series
BBC Four adds forgery series UK free-to-air channel BBC Four has commissioned two new documentary…
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Exclusive: How are int’l buyers working around Covid-19?
The way that we all work has changed. Most of you will be reading this…