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Hulu drops price for popular plan after Disney’s streaming loss reveal
Hulu is dropping the price of its most popular streaming plan by $2 and hiking…
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How ITV’s comedy controller is helping writers reach ‘hard to access’ broadcasters
ITV comedy controller Saskia Schuster made an open call in December for writers to visit…
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NATPE: NBCU streamer will require “reinvention” of windowing
NBC Entertainment co-chairmen George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy have said that the business’s planned streaming…
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Exclusive: Netflix expands UK docs team as unscripted priorities emerge
Netflix has hired BAFTA and Grierson Award-nominated producer-director Jonny Taylor as part of its UK…
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WarnerMedia launches content Innovation Lab
WarnerMedia has announced plans to launch Innovation Lab, an incubator that will combine emerging technologies…
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CBS drama FBI heads to M6 in France
CBS Studios International has struck a licensing agreement with French channel M6 for its FBI…
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Viacom acquires AVOD Pluto TV for $340m
Viacom has offered $340m in cash to close a sale for ad-supported streamer Pluto TV,…
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Endeavor hires ex-Endemol Shine exec as COO
Endeavor Content has hired former Endemol Shine chief operating officer Tim Robinson to lead at…
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NATPE: Walking Dead most in-demand; ITVS GE’s LatAm formats deal; MGM goes to court
Walking Dead named Parrot’s most in-demand series Parrot Analytics has named AMC’s The Walking Dead…
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NATPE: History gives Jesus docudrama the premium treatment
The high-end drama boom is having a knock-on effect on docudramas, according to Nutopia boss…
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Netflix: We will “absolutely be in negotiations” for The Office rights
Netflix’s VP of acquisitions Amy Reinhard (pictured, below) has told TBI that when NBCUniversal’s deal…
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Turner LatAm & MediaPro prep football drama as part of 5-year pact
Turner Latin America and Mediapro are set for their first drama, football title Las Baravas…
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IHS Markit: Netflix and YouTube rank top among Brazilian viewers
Netflix and YouTube are consistently Brazilian internet users’ first choice of video services across all…
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NATPE deals: NBCUniversal takes Top Chef to Brazil; Colombia’s Canal 1 to host The Four
NBCUniversal has signed a deal for its Emmy award-winning reality cookery show Top Chef with…
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Netflix price hikes will come to the UK, says pricing strategy firm
Simon-Kucher, a pricing strategy firm, is expecting to see Netflix’s US price hike extend to…
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ITV Studios’ Possessed hires Sky & Warner Bros. alums
ITV Studios label Possessed has hired former Sky One director Adam MacDonald as chair and…
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Special report: The evolution of ‘powerhouse’ formats
In the second of four special reports, international consultancy K7 Media looks at how top-performing…
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Disney offers earnings forecast, reveals $580m Hulu losses
Disney has broken out its financial results for direct-to-consumer and international activities for the first…
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NATPE sales: A+E strikes deals with Direct TV & NBC Universo; Twofour takes 130 hours across three key territories
On the eve of NATPE 2019, A+E has secured a raft of programming sales among…
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China’s CGTN to premiere BBC eco doc Drowning in Plastic
The China Global Television Network (CGTN) is set to premiere eco doc Drowning in Plastic,…
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Pact organises European pitch event
UK trade body Pact is launching a European pitch event which will see 100 UK…
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Lime Pictures’ unscripted development head shuffles to US division
Lime Pictures’ unscripted head Ben Crompton will move Stateside for the company as executive VP…
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27% of Netflix Premium subs may downgrade plan after price hike, says research firm
Few Netflix US viewers will cancel their subscription after the company’s price hike last week,…
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What Netflix’s Q4 results tell us about its 2019 strategy
Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings did not yield the stellar results widely anticipated, but analysts tell TBI…
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BBC’s first female deputy director-general steps down
Anne Bulford, the BBC’s first deputy director-general, has decided to leave the BBC in the…
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BT content director Tony Singh joins UK Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed BT’s content and business development director…
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ITV’s Love Island heads to Belgium, the Netherlands & Poland
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group hit format Love Island will be adapted in Belgium…
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BritBox surpasses half million subscribers
BritBox, the SVOD owned by BBC Studios and ITV, has reached 500,000 subscribers, doubling the…
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Genius Brands hires Ludorum exec for int’l sales
Genius Brands has hired Ludorum’s MD Natalie Setton to head up international content sales. Setton…
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Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse sets senior team
Wheelhouse Entertainment, led by former ITV America boss Brent Montgomery (pictured), has set the company’s…