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Vice to explore Hype Culture for China’s Tencent Video
Vice Studios is making a new series for Chinese online platform Tencent Video, which explores…
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Wildflame expands factual offer with Nick Shearman hire
Former BBC commissioning editor Nick Shearman has joined Cardiff-based indie Wildflame Productions to expand the…
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Applause Entertainment to remake BBC’s ‘Luther’ in India
BBC Studios’ crime thriller Luther is to be remade for the Indian market. The Indian…
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Over 7000 WGA members fire their agents
The Writers Guild of America says that over 7,000 members have fired their talent agents,…
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Netflix unveils ‘The English Game’ cast
Netflix has announced the cast of its upcoming football drama The English Game, written and…
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TV channels devote one third of primetime to entertainment formats
TV channels around the world devoted one third of their prime time schedules to entertainment…
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HBO greenlights Iannucci’s space comedy ‘Avenue 5’
HBO has given a series order to Armando Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring…
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Vice strikes content deal with Singapore’s Mediacorp
Singapore’s Mediacorp has signed a deal with Vice that will see the youth skewing company’s…
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NBC Universal strikes pair of format deals with Vietnam’s VTV
NBCUniversal International Formats has struck two deals for local remakes of entertainment shows with Vietnamese network…
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TBI Weekly: Five takeaways from Netflix’s Q1 results
Netflix beat expectations all round for its first quarter results of 2019, drawing $4.52bn for…
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HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ launch triggers global piracy frenzy
The scale of global content piracy was again underlined this week with revelations that the…
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SPT, Wattpad team for first-look originals deal
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has teamed with Toronto-headquartered storytelling platform Wattpad for a first-look TV…
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WE tv re-ups distribution deal with Off The Fence
AMC Networks-owned cable channel WE tv has re-upped an exclusive distribution deal with global unscripted…
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My5 to host UK premieres of Stan, Crackle originals
Viacom-backed VOD service My5 will host the UK premieres of two dramas from Sony Pictures…
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Kids round-up: Portfolio strikes Netflix deal; Cartoon Network hires content head for APAC
Portfolio Entertainment has struck a streaming deal with Netflix that will see it place preschool…
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Roku launches the Olympic Channel
Roku is set to launch the Olympic Channel on its platform, which will include exclusive…
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BBC Studios, ZDF strike strategic content partnership
BBC Studios and Germany’s ZDF have struck a strategic partnership to develop and co-produce a…
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Arte plots VOD service with ARD, ZDF, France Télévisions
Franco-German culture channel Arte is planning to launch a video-on-demand (VOD) platform in partnership with…
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BBC Studios, Cosmote SVOD deal signals post-Discovery licensing plans
BBC Studios has struck a premium factual SVOD deal with Greek telco OTE’s pay-TV service…
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UKTV’s Darren Childs resurfaces at Premiership Rugby
Former UKTV boss Darren Childs is to lead Premiership Rugby. The exec, who was revealed…
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CBC brings back ‘Battle of the Blades’
Canada’s CBC will reboot hit competition series Battle of the Blades for its fifth season…
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Oxford Scientific Films hires BBC alum as exec producer
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), part of the ITV Studios-owned Boom Cymru group, has appointed BBC…
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Netflix promises greater transparency after beating earnings expectations
Netflix bosses have promised to reveal more data around the viewership of its programming after…
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BET greenlights ‘Copwatch America’ from Renowned Films, Critical Content
Viacom’s BET has commissioned 10-part docu-series Copwatch America from London-LA based prodco Renowned Films and…
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Amazon explores free music service to take on Spotify
Amazon is in talks to launch a free music streaming service that will see it…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ smashes records as HBO bosses contemplate spin-offs
The series eight premiere of Game Of Thrones on Sunday (14 April) smashed ratings records…
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‘Temptation Island’ travels to Spain
Banijay company Cuarzo TV and Mediaset España are set to create the first Spanish remake…
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Hulu buys back minority stake from AT&T
Hulu has struck a deal with AT&T to take back a 9.5% minority stake from…
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YouTube hires Fox veteran to boost unscripted
YouTube has hired Fox veteran Alex Piper to head up unscripted as it continues to…
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BAFTA fellowships revealed
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is set to honour Red Production’s…