After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
News
1 min read
Gulli greenlights Gaumont’s Bionic Max
French children’s network Gulli has greenlit Gaumont’s animated comedy Bionic Max (pictured). The 52 x…
2 min read
21st Century Fox exits Sky by selling 39% stake to Comcast
21st Century Fox has agreed to sell its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast after…
1 min read
CBS to open production hub in Toronto
CBS is to build a major film and TV production facility outside of Toronto. The…
2 min read
ABC Australia chairman resigns in major shake-up
ABC Australia chairman John Milne (pictured) has resigned amid claims that he enabled government interference…
1 min read
Rising Star gets five-series deal in Sri Lanka
Keshet International has struck a multi-series deal for Rising Star in Sri Lanka. Asia Broadcasting…
1 min read
Hulu picks up French CGI series Monchhichi
Hulu has picked up French CGI series Monchhichi, which has been greenlit for a second…
1 min read
Japan’s NHK gets Younger
TV Land drama Younger is heading to Japan. Endemol Shine International has struck a multi-series…
1 min read
BBC Studios strikes European pre-sales for Dynasties
BBC has pre-sold five-part natural history series Dynasties into 13 territories, including Germany, Spain and…
1 min read
Media Ranch appoints content head for creative push
Canadian producer-distributor Media Ranch has hired a head of content and storytelling to lead its…
2 min read
Ampere: Netflix leads FAANGs with focus on comedy and sci-fi originals
Netflix continues to lead the FAANG companies in terms of original content, though the Facebook,…
1 min read
French private equity firm invests in About Premium Content
French private equity firm Alliance Entreprendre (NATIXIS Groupe) has taken a minority stake in co-production…
2 min read
Comcast closes in on 40% of Sky shares days after $39bn bid
Comcast has bought up 36.95% of Sky just days after it dealt a knock-out $39bn…
1 min read
UK indies: ITV backs new indie, Endemol expands Zeppotron
Men Behaving Badly scribe Simon Nye and Tiger Aspect MD Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (pictured) have teamed to…
1 min read
Kew-backed Awesome Media launches publishing arm
Kew Media Group-backed producer Awesome Media & Entertainment has launched a publishing division. Headed by…
2 min read
Ovation to relaunch Inside The Actors Studio
US arts network Ovation TV is the new home of Bravo’s long-running interview programme Inside…
2 min read
ABC Australia exec joins Matchbox Pictures as MD
NBCUniversal-owned Safe Harbour producer Matchbox Pictures has appointed ABC Australia exec Alastair McKinnon (pictured, right)…
1 min read
Sharon Horgan’s Merman launches digital arm
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman is to launch a digitally focused arm named Mermade….
2 min read
NBC Entertainment appoints new chairs
NBC has appointed Paul Telegdy (pictured, left) and George Cheeks (right) as co-chairmen of its…
2 min read
All3Media America’s Lipstone lands at Propagate
Former All3Media America boss Greg Lipstone has joined Lore producer Propagate Content as president. The…
1 min read
Histoire chief Buisson resigns
Patrick Buisson (pictured), the controversial head of TF1 Group-owned channel Histoire, has resigned. In a…
1 min read
C4 commissions The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
The UK’s Channel 4 (C4) has commissioned a format that follows a restaurant staffed entirely…
1 min read
China sets restrictions to limit foreign TV shows
China’s Radio and Television Administration is set to limit foreign TV content across its platforms. …
1 min read
Disney president to exit following Fox merger
Disney president Ben Sherwood (pictured) is to leave the business after it completes its takeover…
2 min read
ABC Australia MD fired halfway through term
ABC Australia managing director Melissa Guthrie (pictured) has been fired halfway into her five-year term…
2 min read
Sky urges shareholders to accept Comcast offer
Sky has advised its shareholders to accept Comcast’s $39bn takeover days after the US telecom…
4 min read
TBI Weekly: Top takeaways from RTS London
A vibrant RTS London conference earlier this week saw top figures in the UK market…
1 min read
Exclusive: Netflix, Apple circle tech-led kids programming
Netflix and Apple are circling tech-led children’s programming, and are believed to be eyeing a…
2 min read
Limonero, Scorpion strike deals with Netflix, Nat Geo
UK distributor Limonero Films has struck a raft of deals for HIV documentary Lovesick, including…
1 min read
Sony launches POP kids app on PlayStation 4
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched an PlayStation on-demand app for children in the UK…
1 min read
5Star picks up Dirty Tricks from Vice Studios
UK broadcaster 5Star has ordered factual entertainment series Dirty Tricks from Vice Studios. The new…