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Stewart Clarke
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Netflix crowned at the Golden Globes
FX and Netflix were the big winners in the TV section of last night’s Golden…
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Award winner: The Night Manager
Arms and espionage drama The Night Manager scooped three Golden Globes last night to go…
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BBC to experiment with ‘haptic’ virtual reality
BBC Earth is looking to experiment with ‘haptic’ virtual reality experiences – involving a sense…
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Kabo bags Tilt VR format
Kabo International has picked up international rights to Tilt, a Finnish virtual reality game and…
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Sky Store director exiting
Long-serving Sky executive Simon Creasey is leaving the UK pay TV giant. He will leave…
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TBI Scripted: Year in Review
Another epic year in TV drama has just passed, with more original series, more money…
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TBI Factual: Year in Review
If scripted TV dominates the headlines at the moment, 2016 served up a few factual…
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TBI Formats: Year in Review
The best-sellers, the trend makers, the battles, the emerging territories, the industry favourites… here is…
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People Just Do Nothing set for the US
People Just do Nothing has been picked up by Vice’s TV channel in the US,…
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Discovery hires Euro Olympics chief
Discovery Communications has recruited Bernard Ross to join Eurosport and run its Olympics coverage across…
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All3Media poaches BBCWW exec in Lat Am rejig
Janel Downing has joined All3Media International in a new VP, role covering Latin America as…
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BBC, ITV, AMC pact for BritBox US SVOD service
The UK’s two largest broadcasters and The Walking Dead cable net AMC are joining forces…
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Beta Film buys into Lineup Industries
Beta Film has bought into Lineup Industries, the distribution business set up in 2014 by…
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ATF: done deals as Asian market expands
As the dust settles on another Asia Television Forum, TBI runs down some of the…
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Zed to rep CuriosityStream SVOD originals
Zed will shop selected originals from CuriosityStream, the factual SVOD service created by Discovery founder…
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France Télévisions preps Netflix alternative
France Televisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to…
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TV3 overhauls channels, replaces UTV Ireland
Irish broadcaster TV3 has overhauled its two existing channels and is launching a new net,…
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Keshet International plots new Asian offices
Keshet International has told TBI it is set to add to its Asian operations, with…
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Orange France ‘definitely’ interested in Canal+
Telco and pay TV operator Orange would consider buying Canal+ if Vivendi put it up…
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French net orders Vivendi Entertainment format
Vivendi’s formats and entertainment division has shopped a couple format to C8, the free-to-air DTT…
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Lionsgate closes US$4.4 billion deal for Starz
Shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US studio Lionsgate’s takeover of Starz, meaning the deal is now…
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ITV buys into Discovery-backed New Form
ITV has invested in digital studio New Form. The digital studio was set up in 2014…
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Netflix lifts the lid on viewing trends
Netflix says it has identified a new trend among its members whereby they integrate movies…
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TDF buys into Lescure’s OTT service
TDF has taken a minority stake in OTT TV operator Molotov as part of a…
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New launches will drive Amazon’s SVOD share
Netflix will become less dominant in western European SVOD over the next five years as…
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First deal for NBCU’s Spartan Race format
Discovery’s Danish net Kanal 5 has become the first international buyer of Spartan: Ultimate Team…
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New Endemol Shine Israel boss as Kuperman exits
Amir Ganor will take over Endemol Shine’s Israeli production business after longstanding CEO Elad Kuperman…
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Grandpas Over Flowers blooms in Italy
Hit Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers is set for an Italian remake after Rai ordered…
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UK bans junk food ads in all kids media
A ban on junk food advertising in the UK will apply across all media, extending…
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Xtreme’s Hit It wins ATF Formats Pitch
Sports themed gameshow in the making Hit It has triumphed in the first ever ATF…