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Apple strikes deal with DHX Media for Peanuts content
Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media for new Peanuts content including new shows,…
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CBS offers Moonves’ $20m severance to anti-harassment groups
CBS Corporation will disburse a pledged $20m to 18 organisations to support eliminating sexual harassment…
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TBI Weekly: Our top stories of 2018
It has been exactly a year to the day since Disney revealed its proposed acquisition…
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AMC’s comedy channel IFC picks up Fleabag
AMC Network’s comedy channel IFC has acquired British comedy Fleabag, from writer, actor and creator…
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YouTube removes 7.8m videos for breaching site rules in Q3
YouTube removed 7.8m videos that violated the platform’s guidelines in the three months from July…
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Facebook Watch expands ad break initiative amid programming rethink
Facebook Watch has extended its ad break initiative in 40 countries and launched via desktop….
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FX: Streamers surpass broadcasters in scripted originals for the first time
In 2018, SVOD services have surpassed broadcasters in the number of scripted originals on their…
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Netflix reveals most-binged true crime & sci-fi series in the UK
Netflix’s bank heist series Evil Genius and Haunting of Hill House topped the list as the most-binged…
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Fremantle promotes international execs
Fremantle has promoted its international content execs, with new roles in place for Angela Neillis…
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Disney reshuffles international business units
Disney has consolidated its international business units, which includes its direct-to-consumer segment, to fall under…
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The most-tweeted BBC shows of 2018
Question Time, The Andrew Marr Show and Doctor Who were the first, second and third most-tweeted about BBC TV…
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Eleven Sports on brink of closure
SVOD Eleven Sports may be shuttered just four months after launching. Billed as the ‘Netflix…
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Discovery strikes European Tour deal for GOLFTV
Discovery has struck a deal with European Tour, expanding the line-up of its forthcoming ‘digital…
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Freeform order comedy from Aussie Please Like Me creator
Freeform has handed a series order to comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay from Australian Please…
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Rakuten’s Best-of-Asia SVOD names CEO
Rakuten’s Best-of-Asia SVOD Viki has named Sam Wu as its CEO. The platform has promoted…
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Trace re-enters UK market with channel grab
African media group Trace has acquired UK music channels Chart Show TV, Chart Show Hits,…
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Apple appoints Sony exec as casting head
Apple has appointed Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Tamara Hunter to head up casting for its growing…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi hires ex-DC Boss, eyes deeper TV presence
DC Entertainment’s former president Diane Nelson has joined Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi – an entertainment platform…
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Kids round-up: Kidscreen Awards shortlist revealed, Xilam scores global sales for Mr Magoo reboot
The shortlist for the 2019 Kidscreen Awards has been revealed with Becca’s Bunch, Hey Dugee…
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Global SVODs in the spotlight at NATPE
Netflix and Amazon will be in the spotlight at January’s NATPE market, which is stepping…
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All3Media drives into sports production with Aurora acquisition
All3Media has acquired British sports producer Aurora Media Worldwide, marking its first major sports-focused production…
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Hulu picks up ITV drama Butterfly
Hulu has picked up US rights to ITV mini-series Butterfly, which follows the story of…
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Netflix unveils most-binged shows of 2018
BBC One co-production Bodyguard and coming-of-age drama On My Block were among Netflix’s most binged…
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BBC Two orders doc on the Murdoch media empire
BBC Two has commissioned a 3×60-minute social history series from 72 Films, which explores the…
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UKTV orders car ‘flipping’ series for Dave
UKTV has commissioned new original Lazy Boy Garage for entertainment channel Dave. The series, which…
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Wildside is developing an Audrey Hepburn drama
Fremantle’s Wildside is developing a drama series on Audrey Hepburn’s life, based on a story…
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Cineflix gains global rights to White Boy Rick doc
Cineflix Rights has acquired the worldwide rights to White Boy, a feature-length doc on the…
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Acorn TV expands global footprint to 30 territories
Acorn TV, the US streaming service specialising in British television, is expanding into 30 countries,…
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Warner Bros. digital networks boss to exit
Craig Hunegs, who serves as president of business and strategy at Warner Bros. Television Group…
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Hayu launches in three new European markets
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV-focused SVOD service, Hayu, has rolled out in three new European markets…