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
Gaumont to adapt Quebecor Content scripted format ‘About Anthony’
French production and distribution giant Gaumont has acquired the rights to upcoming comedy-drama format About Anthony. …
1 min read
Amazon completes $8.5bn deal for MGM
Amazon has formally completed its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM after the US Federal Trade Commission…
2 min read
News round-up: Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay; Halcyon preps Ellroy & Hemingway dramas; Film & TV Charity launches mental health toolkit
Karen Radzyner joins Photoplay Australian indie Photoplay has appointed Karen Radzyner as head of development….
2 min read
Pulse Films founders exit as Vice Media Group completes acquisition
Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford, the founders and CEOs of London-based Pulse Films, are stepping…
2 min read
Tellycast unveils new London-based Content Funding Festival
Leading TV podcast TellyCast has unveiled a unique new industry event designed to bring content…
1 min read
‘PAW Patrol’ animators Guru Studio expand people & culture team
Toronto-based children’s content producer Guru Studio has promoted Babita Jassal to VP of people and culture in an expansion…
1 min read
Netflix orders UK erotic thriller from Gaumont & Moonage Pictures
Netflix’s UK-based VP of scripted Anne Mensah has ordered a three-part erotic thriller from Gaumont…
2 min read
ITV orders Ross Kemp-fronted search for Michael Jackson’s zoo
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a primetime documentary following actor and presenter Ross Kemp as…
1 min read
Belgium’s Play4 orders veteran gameshow ‘Fear Factor’
Belgian broadcaster SBS is bringing classic gameshow Fear Factor back to screens after ordering a…
2 min read
Nat Geo poaches BBC Studios’ Tom McDonald to lead global factual & unscripted
National Geographic has hired senior BBC Studios factual exec Tom McDonald as EVP of global…
2 min read
RTL Group to triple original spending, as Fremantle hits $2.1bn revenue
RTL Group saw its profits soar to €1.5bn ($1.6bn) in 2021, with production arm Fremantle…
2 min read
News round-up: Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’; HBO preps Jodie Comer drama; Rai orders political thriller
Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’ Disney-owned streamer Hulu and Amazon Prime Video…
2 min read
Netflix to trial subscriber account sharing in Lat Am
Netflix is to test new plans that allow out-of-household sharing for an extra fee in…
1 min read
Propagate’s Greg Lipstone resurfaces at American Song Contest
Veteran producer Greg Lipstone, the former president of Propagate Content, has been appointed as president…
2 min read
NBCUniversal expands content pact with US producer-director Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow, the US director, producer and screenwriter behind The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The King…
2 min read
ITV to spend $105m over three years to improve racial & disability equity
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to spend £80m ($105m) of its commissioning budget over the…
2 min read
Starzplay Arabia acquired by pay-TV operator E-Vision & ADQ in $420m deal
The owner of Middle East pay-TV operator E-Vision and Abu Dhabi-based investment group ADQ is…
2 min read
Universal Int’l Studios & Buendía Estudios strike Spanish-language development & co-pro deal
Universal International Studios has partnered with Spanish prodco Buendía Estudios to co-develop and co-produce Spanish-language…
2 min read
Banijay’s Bunim/Murray moves into NFT-funded shows with Virtual Arts
The Real World creators Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) and Animoca-backed tech venture Virtual Arts have partnered…
2 min read
Exclusive: Paramount’s C5 boards disability-led animation ‘MixMups’ in UK
Channel 5’s children’s strand Milkshake! will become the UK home to MixMups, its first animated…
2 min read
ITVS’s Cattleya hires Warner Bros. & ‘His Dark Materials’ execs for Spanish arm
ZeroZeroZero and Suburra producer Cattleya has hired veteran producer Denis Pedregosa and Warner Bros. exec…
2 min read
Netflix expands preschool offering with Dr Seuss projects
Netflix has partnered with Dr Seuss Enterprises to boost its preschool offering with five new…
1 min read
Amazon greenlights Harlan Coben’s ‘Shelter’ from MGM Int’l Productions
Amazon Studios has greenlit Harlan Coben’s Shelter, with soon-to-be in-house studio MGM producing. The show…
2 min read
News round-up: Pluto TV sets Nordics launch; ZED to sell Zelenskyy doc; Federation shops ‘Good People’
Pluto TV sets Nordics launch Paramount Global’s AVOD service Pluto TV will launch in Sweden,…
1 min read
BBC hires exec from ITVS’s The Garden as factual commissioner
The BBC has hired Anna Dickeson from ITV Studios-owned UK producer The Garden as a…
1 min read
Fox-owned AVOD Tubi to double originals output, but retain acquisition focus
Fox-owned AVOD service Tubi plans to double its originals output to around 80 projects in…
2 min read
Amazon & MGM’s $8.5bn deal gains European Union approval
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and…
1 min read
C4 alum Phil Morrow’s Retinize lands $2.6m investment to fund VR animation
Retinize, the Belfast-based tech company co-founded by former Channel 4 and Mentorn exec Phil Morrow,…
2 min read
Sister invests in Netflix’s Pamela Anderson doc prodco Dorothy St Pictures
Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Sister Pictures has acquired a minority stake in…
2 min read
Formats round-up: Be-Entertainment hires sales exec; Fremantle takes ‘Fame In The Family’ rights; Magnify sells ‘Love Raft’
Be-Entertainment hires sales exec Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has hired Jack Solesbury as VP of finished…