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Discovery reports 54% revenue increase post-Scripps acquisition
Discovery has reported a 54% revenue rise for its first full-year accounts since its acquisition…
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ITN Productions taps BBC Studios exec for development
ITN Productions has hired BBC Studios’ Georgina Madley as head of development and promoted Grace…
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Off the Fence rejigs management structure
Two months after its acquisition by Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), specialist factual distributor Off the…
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eOne hires NBCU vet for sales
Entertainment One (eOne) has hired NBCUniversal Television Distribution exec Martine Druelle-Ireland as VP of sales…
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Series Mania unveils 16 projects for Forum
Drama projects from Italy’s Indigo Film, Finland’s Funfar Film and the UK/Canada’s Reel One Entertainment…
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Red Arrow & Nippon TV to sell Beat The Rooms globally
Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) and Nippon TV have teamed up to distribute new gameshow…
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Walter Presents launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1
Walter Presents, the Channel 4 subscription video on-demand service dedicated to foreign-language drama series, is…
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AMC’s Shudder takes Globo’s Night Shifter
AMC Networks-owned streaming service Shudder has acquired feature film The Night Shifter (pictured) from Brazilian broadcaster Globo. …
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Hulu hires first in-house head of casting
Hulu has hired its first in-house head of casting, Barbara Fiorentino, as it continues to…
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NBCU serves Top Chef spin-off in Thailand
NBCUniversal International Formats has sold Top Chef spin-off Just Desserts into Thailand. The One Enterprise…
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Smithsonian links with BBC for Europe in Chaos
Smithsonian Channel and the BBC have teamed to explore the origins of Brexit and the…
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Dramacorp hires Nice Drama creative director
Stockholm-based scripted producer Dramacorp has hired Nice Drama creative director and EP Henrik Jansson-Schweizer (pictured,…
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Roku adds 7.8 million active accounts in 2018
Roku added 7.8 million active accounts in 2018 to reach 27.1 million at the year…
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Ofcom publishes draft no-deal Brexit broadcast licences
Ofcom has published draft broadcast licence templates that could be used in the event of…
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ITV strikes deal with La Liga for free-to-air coverage
British broadcaster ITV has struck a deal with Spanish football league La Liga, to show…
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UKTV, Foxtel acquire Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer
UKTV’s Really and Foxtel in Australia have acquired the second series of FirstLook TV’s Inside…
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Fremantle, Syco & Hunan TV to co-develop China-based Got Talent series
Fremantle, Syco Entertainment and Hunan TV have partnered to co-develop a 13-part series for China,…
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Netflix signs up second South African series
Netflix has signed a deal for its second South African series, teen-led drama Blood &…
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Nat Geo wins first Oscar with Free Solo
Nat Geo has picked up its first Academy Award with rock climbing doc Free Solo….
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TBI Weekly: Windowing battle brews for the BBC
Senior producers and BBC Studios execs have spoken out about the public broadcaster’s plans to…
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Endemol Shine sale back on with Banijay in the lead
The sale of Endemol Shine Group is newly revived, TBI has learned. It is believed…
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Netflix spins off Haunting of Hill House as horror anthology series
Netflix is spinning off horror series The Haunting of Hill House as an anthology series….
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Michael Jackson estate threatens HBO with $100m lawsuit over Leaving Neverland
Michael Jackson’s estate is threatening to sue HBO for $100m over its controversial sex abuse…
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Nielsen acquires Sorenson Media in addressable ad push
Nielsen has acquired Sorenson Media, an addressable TV technology provider that aims to transform TV…
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Lionsgate UK taps senior Warner Bros. exec for sales
Lionsgate UK has hired Warner Bros. veteran Nicky Wood (pictured) as senior vice president and…
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BBC links with Lionsgate to adapt The Play That Goes Wrong
BBC One has commissioned a six-part series based on theatre production The Play That Goes…
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Fremantle inks first-look deal with Fabula Pictures
Fremantle has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Oscar-winning production company Fabula Pictures. The deal…
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BBC Studios strikes global sales for Hello Halo titles Fashion’s Dirty Secrets, MisFITS Like Us
BBC Studios is taking Hello Halo titles Fashion’s Dirty Secrets and MisFITS Like Us to…
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KKR investment firm acquires Tele München Gruppe
New York-headquartered investment firm KKR has acquired German producer-distributor Tele München Gruppe (TMG). The business…
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FuboTV and Viacom agree OTT carriage deal
FuboTV and Viacom have agreed a carriage deal that will see Viacom’s nine core media…