After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Author
peterzwhite
Recent articles by this author
1 min read
YouTube acquires digital production company
YouTube has acquired digital studio Next New Networks, marking the first time that the Google-owned…
1 min read
BBC Worldwide concludes raft of dramatic French deals
BBC Worldwide has told TBIvision that it has shopped a raft of drama titles to…
1 min read
Nat Geo, Arte board Zed’s spider doc
The National Geographic channel in the United States and Franco-German broadcaster Arte have come onboard…
1 min read
My Strange Addiction
The show: My Strange AddictionThe producer: 20 West ProductionsThe distributor: Rive Gauche TelevisionConcept: Series about…
1 min read
SevenOne launches US office
SevenOne International has launched a US office as it expands into North America. The German…
1 min read
Exclusive: Danny Goldman leaving Sony to make a Power move
Danny Goldman is leaving Sony Pictures Television and is set to head up a new…
1 min read
BBC, Showtime pick up more Episodes
British public broadcaster the BBC and US cable network Showtime have recommissioned Matt LeBlanc-fronted comedy…
1 min read
Fox rebrands Middle East net, acquires female skewing series
Fox International Channels is rebranding its Middle Eastern network Fox Series as it looks to…
1 min read
Shine closes Asian MasterChef deals, promotes Farrokh
A number of Asian versions of MasterChef are set to air after distributor Shine International…
1 min read
BBCWW closes NZ deals
BBC Worldwide has closed over 30 hours of deals with New Zealand broadcasters Prime, TVNZ…
1 min read
Ten hires Murdoch as chief exec
Australia’s Ten Network has brought in Lachlan Murdoch as chief executive following the termination of…
1 min read
Disney sells Oscars across Asia
Disney’s international distribution arm has sold the television rights to the 83rd Academy Awards to…
1 min read
BBCWW drives Top Gear USA sales
A raft of international broadcasters has picked up the US version of Top Gear after…
1 min read
History to ramp up original content in Europe
European pay TV broadcaster History is looking to ramp up the amount of original content…
1 min read
ITV commissions Penn & Teller series
ITV has commissioned a full series of Penn & Teller: Fool Us following the success…
1 min read
Hat Trick ships Episodes abroad
Hat Trick International has sold Matt LeBlanc-fronted comedy Episodes to 186 countries including Nine (Australia)…
1 min read
WordWorld files for bankruptcy
WordWorld LLC, the company behind the eponymous kids series that airs on PBS Kids, has…
1 min read
Endemol acquires stake in German producer
Endemol has acquired a stake in German production company Herr P. The international formats giant…
1 min read
Discovery invests extra US$50m in OWN and eyes int’l launches
Discovery Communications is investing more money in OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and says the…
1 min read
Channel 5 launches new progamming slate
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has announced a raft of new commissions and international acquisitions…
1 min read
Zodiak poaches CBBC boss
Zodiak Media Group’s kids production arm The Foundation has poached CBBC production boss Steven Andrew….
1 min read
Treehouse and Wonder Pets duo launch Canadian kids indie
Former Treehouse chief Brenda Nietupski and Little Airplane boss Josh Selig are launching a new…
1 min read
FremantleMedia inks Oz deal, hires kids exec
International distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises has struck a first look deal with Australian indie producer Playmaker…
1 min read
Forbes to run Discovery Germany following Kastner exit
Discovery Germany has confirmed that boss Magnus Kastner has left and that European boss Dee…
1 min read
NBC to revive Prime Suspect
US network NBC is to revive its remake of British cop drama Prime Suspect after…
1 min read
Cineflix closes Lat Am deals
Cineflix International Distribution has closed a raft of deals with Latin American broadcasters following NATPE….
1 min read
Mad Dogs
The show: Mad DogsThe producer: Left Bank PicturesThe distributor: BBC WorldwideConcept: 4x1hr drug running drama…
1 min read
Jones leaves MTV to join All3Media’s North One
MTV Networks exec Heather Jones is to become managing director at All3Media-owned independent producer North…
1 min read
Viacom shows return to Hulu
Hulu has won back The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report and…
1 min read
MTV to remake Sony’s Plain Jane
MTV is launching an international version of US fashion format Plain Jane after striking a…