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.
News
1 min read
Nickelodeon launching Nick Jr. in Italy
Nickelodeon plans to launch its preschool channel Nick Jr. in Italy later this year. The…
1 min read
Endemol and Bebo tune in to Beat
Producer and distributor Endemol has teamed with UK social network Bebo to launch an online…
1 min read
Disney rebranding CEE Jetix channels
Disney is rebranding a clutch of its wholly-owned Jetix channels in the Central and Eastern…
1 min read
DQ shops Iron Man to Cartoon Network Asia
India-based UK-listed animation company DQ Entertainment has inked a programming deal with Cartoon Network Asia,…
1 min read
ABC Oz buys BBC-distributed drama and factual series
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster the BBC has sold a…
1 min read
Disney and HBO kick off LA Screenings
The LA Screenings kicked off in full swing this weekend as buyers flocked to a…
1 min read
Endemol gets first Polish drama order
Production giant Endemol has won its first order for a scripted series from a Polish…
2 min read
Buyer Profile
Remi Jacquelin, head of acquisitions, TF1 Group What are your expectations for this year’s LA…
1 min read
Hulu weighs giving UK b’casters equity ahead of mooted September launch
Hulu is considering giving UK broadcasters equity stakes in soon-to-launch Hulu UK, in an effort…
2 min read
ABC announces fall line up
US network ABC has announced its fall line up with a batch of new comedies…
1 min read
Tandem inks output deal with Romania’s Pro TV
Romanian broadcaster Pro TV has inked an exclusive free-to-air output deal with German TV movie…
1 min read
Canal Plus commissions US$18 million
French pay TV broadcaster Canal Plus has commissioned a big budget three part crime mini…
1 min read
Fox launches fall line up
US network Fox has announced its plans for its fall line up with a raft…
1 min read
Canada’s CRTC decides against US content ban
Canadian broadcasters will be allowed to acquire a raft of US series at next week’s…
1 min read
MGM to restructure $3.7 billion debt
Hollywood studio MGM has hired an investment bank to help it restructure and refinance its…
1 min read
Root’s Nutopia working on BBC projects
Nutopia, Jane Root’s start up indie production company, is developing projects for the BBC and…
1 min read
Nick orders Kung Fu Panda series
Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes of Kung Fu Panda: The Series. It is the company’s…
1 min read
Classic Media announces raft of programming deals
Classic Media, the kids producer and distributor that emerged from the collapse of Entertainment Rights,…
1 min read
Comarex shopping Berlin Wall dramas to Latin buyers
Mexican distributor Comarex has taken Latin rights to a pair of European event dramas from…
1 min read
ABC Oz receives huge funding boost
Australian public broadcaster ABC is set to significantly increase the amount of hours of locally…
1 min read
Fox picks up Target, Tuscon
Fox has picked up a number of new dramas and comedies for next season, following…
1 min read
Discovery to launch Scholey’s Wild Planet
Discovery Communications has inked a deal with Keith Scholey, former head of the BBC’s Natural…
1 min read
Genie in the House goes from small screen to big screen
French producer Moi j’aime la télévision (MJTV) is making a series of movies based on…
1 min read
BBC shops Jools Holland to Ovation
BBC Worldwide has sold music series Later… with Jools Holland to Ovation TV in the…
1 min read
ABC picks up Flash Forward ahead of Upfronts
US network ABC has picked up sci-fi mystery series Flash Forward, an unusual move coming…
1 min read
Entertainment Rights rebranded as Classic Media
Kids producer Entertainment Rights is to be rebranded as Classic Media following its sale to…
1 min read
Local content squeezing out international on Kiwi TV
Four of the six main free-to-air channel in New Zealand upped the amount of locally-originated…
5 min read
Anne Sweeney, Disney
‘The most powerful woman in entertainment’, Anne Sweeney is the co-chair of Disney Media Networks…
1 min read
Canadian programming can make money for Canadian b’casters: report
Domestic Canadian programming is discount by advertisers, but Canadian broadcasters cannot justifiably claim it is…
1 min read
Warners shops package to Japanese movie channel
Japanese movie channel, Movie Plus, has acquired a package of 80 feature films. Under the…