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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Min Lim, group CEO, Vision New Media
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Amelia Brown, CEO, Fremantle UK
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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ABC to conclude medical drama ‘The Good Doctor’ with seventh season
ABC in the US is to bring its hit medical drama series The Good Doctor…
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Topic co-owner Kino Lorber names Ed Carroll president, MHz Choice’s founder becomes advisor
Kino Lorber, the US distributor behind streaming duo Topic and MHz Choice, has upped former…
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Hidden Pigeon appoints Cyber Group US boss Karen K Miller as CEO
Cyber Group Studios’ US boss Karen K Miller has been appointed as CEO of Hidden…
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Blue Ant Studios hires Rive Gauche’s Marine Ksadzhikyan amid US deals
Blue Ant Studios has hired Rive Gauche’s Marine Ksadzhikyan as VP of content sales, with…
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Peacock sets remake of Australian comedy ‘Laid’
US streamer Peacock has ordered comedy series Laid, a remake of the Australian show of…
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Vaughan & Keogh’s Story Collective appoints Young Vic’s Kwame Kwei-Armah to board
Simon Vaughan and Damian Keogh’s UK prodco The Story Collective has added director, writer, actor…
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Check out TBI en Español & our new Spanish-language site!
TBI has unveiled its inaugural Spanish-language magazine and a new, customised homepage providing curated content…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Marcus Ammon, MD of content, Bavaria Fiction
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Lucy Smith, director of entertainment, RX
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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Mikael Borglund re-acquires Beyond production entities from Banijay
Mikael Borglund, the founder of Australia- and LA-based Beyond, has re-acquired the production entities of…
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Optomen bolsters senior team for fact-ent & reality push
All3Media-owned prodco Optomen has made a number of senior hires promotions as it looks to…
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Rabbit Films hires format specialist Paulina Eklund as int’l sales agent
Rabbit Films has appointed format specialist Paulina Eklund as international sales agent on its format…
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CBS restructures unscripted as VP of alternative Jack Sussman set to exit
CBS has restructured its unscripted team ahead of the departure of VP of specials, music…
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Folivari launches distribution arm, headed up by Dandelooo alum Melissa Vega
French animation company Folivari has launched a new distribution arm, Folivari International, headed up by…
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Max in Spain unveils first entertainment shows with ‘Peking Express’ & naked duo
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled the first entertainment formats for its soon-to-launch Max streamer…
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Nancy Cotton & Marcy Kaplan among senior exits as Amazon restructures MGM teams
MGM+ execs Nancy Cotton, EVP of scripted programming, and Marcy Kaplan, head of production, are…
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Viaplay names former MTG exec Roger Lodewick to lead in Netherlands
Embattled Nordic streamer Viaplay has appointed Roger Lodewick to lead its operations in the Netherlands….
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Amazon to cut “several hundred” jobs across MGM Studios & Prime Video
Amazon is planning to cut “several hundred” jobs across MGM Studios and streaming service Prime…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Mark Fennessy, founder & CCO, Helium
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: David Michel, president and co-founder, Cottonwood Media
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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Round-up: BBCS lands Woodcut shows; Prime Video UK buys from Abacus; Max cancels ‘Our Flag Means Death’
BBC Select lands Woodcut shows BBC Select, the BBC Studios-owned streamer in North America, has…
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Elon Musk’s X pushes into originals with Range Media partnership
Elon Musk’s social media platform X (fka Twitter) is pushing further into original entertainment content…
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Ecuador enacts ‘military operations’ against gangs after gunmen storm broadcaster TC live on air
Ecuador’s president has enacted “military operations” against armed criminal gangs, after a group of masked…
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ITV ups Iain Macleod to oversee soaps ‘Emmerdale’ & Coronation Street’
British broadcaster ITV and production and distribution arm ITV Studios has appointed Iain Macleod as…
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Zee & Sony alum joins India’s Swastik Productions to oversee digital push
Swastik Productions, the indie outfit behind Colors TV’s Chand Jalne Laga and Sony’s Shrimad Ramayan,…
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Netflix orders ‘The Four Seasons’ series adaptation from Tina Fey
Netflix has given an eight-episode order to The Four Seasons, a comedy series starring and…
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Amazon’s Jon Wax joins Disney Entertainment to oversee int’l originals
Jon Wax has left Amazon to join Disney Entertainment as EVP of international original television….
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Peacock prepares Naked’s polyamorous dating show ‘Couple To Throuple’
NBCUniversal’s streamer Peacock is preparing to launch its poly amorous dating show, Couple To Throuple….