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BBC Worldwide strikes Africa SVOD deal
BBC Worldwide has sold a raft of programmes including Top Gear and Luther to African…
Purge producer sets up ITV-backed TV prodco
Jason Blum has set up a new TV studio, Blumhouse Television, with the backing of…
NBC’s alternative all stars
Amid the golden age of TV drama, NBC has done something remarkable in launching and…
Seven orders Warner Bros’ Little Big Shots
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven has ordered a local version of Little Big Shots, the…
Movistar+ appoints distribution partners
Movistar+ has announced About Premium Content, BetaFilm and Sky Vision the distributors of a trio…
Turkey, Russia edge out US in drama exports league
Turkey has the largest number of top ten drama exports around the world, research from…
Fremantle and Banijay settle format row
FremantleMedia prodco Abot Hameiri and Banijay Group have settled their legal dispute over alleged similarities…
Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway
Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord…
Barclays launches £100m SVOD fund
Barclays has launched a £100 million (US$125.6 million) for fund TV production in the UK….
All3 strikes double drama deal with TF1
TF1 has pre-bought two All3Media International dramas, Liar and Innocent (pictured). Both series will play…
Irvine Welsh preps Ibiza87 dance music drama
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, Sony and The Late Late Show with James Corden prodco Fulwell…
Greece’s Antenna launches SVOD
Antenna Group has launched an SVOD service in Greece. The ANT1 Next streaming service rolls…
Show of the week: 5 Gold Rings
5 Gold Rings is the first format jointly developed by Possessed, the ITV Studios prodco,…
Studio Lambert drama set for Series Mania
The final selection for the Series Mania copro pitching session have been announced and include…
Another French TV drama festival set for launch
France will get another scripted TV festival next year with a government-backed event launching and…
Sony UK lands Netflix’s Orange is the New Black
Sony has acquired Netflix original Orange is the New Black for its UK pay TV…
Bento Box prodco hires kids veteran for UK launch
Fledgling kids prodco Sutikki is opening a UK office and has hired former 4Kids, Zodiak…
Fincham/Hincks prodco staffs up
Expectation Entertainment, the fledgling UK prodco set up by Peter Finchan and Tim Hincks, has…
MGM prepares MIPTV Mutiny
MGM has snagged the international rights to reality series Mutiny and will be launching the…
VR format to become reality at MIPTV
Virtual reality format Tilt will launch at MIPTV. The show claims to be the first…
Sky introduces programme voice search
Sky has introduced a new function on its top-end set-top boxes allowing viewers to search…
Kids on-demand service scoops BBC content
Kids SVOD service Azoomee has snagged a raft of BBC kids shows. The on-demand service…
New A+E net Blazes into Italy
A+E’s new fact-ent channel Blaze will launch on Sky Italia today. The channel launched on…
Red Arrow bringing Einstein to Cannes
Red Arrow International will launch Einstein, a new ten-part crime series, at MIPTV. The series…
Top Gear America returning on US cable
Just under a year after History ended its US version of Top Gear, BBC America…
Sky orders Tough Mudder competition series
Sky has greenlit Mission Mudder, a sport competition series following athletes training for a series…
Paramount Channel added to OSN
Viacom has agreed an expanded deal with OSN and its Nickelodeon, NickToon and Paramount Channel…
Discovery lines up Body Cam Cops
Discovery Networks UK has greenlit Body Cam Cops, a six-part series following police units wearing…
Broadcasters find C4’s National Treasure
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired National Treasure, the Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters…
Mediacorp hires Twitter exec for digital
Singaporean media giant Mediacorp has hired former Twitter and Apple exec Parminder (Parry) Singh as…