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
Temple Street secures TV rights to Biggest Modern Woman in the World
Temple Street, a division of Boat Rocker Studios, has secured the rights to internationally bestselling…
1 min read
Parrot & Guinness World Records name most ‘in-demand’ shows in the world
Parrot Analytics, the big data TV analytics firm, has partnered with Guinness World Records (GWR)…
1 min read
MGM’s Big Fish taps Sirens’ development exec
MGM’s Big Fish Entertainment, the production house behind Live PD, has appointed Sirens Media’s Daniel…
2 min read
Facebook rolls out Watch platform globally
Facebook is to roll out its Watch service globally, one year after the service was…
1 min read
Netflix appoints Facebook’s VP of communications
Netflix has appointed Facebook’s vice-president of communications, Rachel Whetstone, as its chief communications officer. Commenting…
1 min read
BrewDog sets up SVOD service with 100 hours of content
BrewDog, a popular independent craft brewery from Scotland, has launched The BrewDog Network, a curated…
1 min read
UK’s My Dad Wrote a Porno heads to HBO
The UK hit podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno is set to appear on HBO…
1 min read
DRG hires sales manager from All3Media
DRG has hired All3Media International’s Lucy Roberts as senior sales manager. Roberts will be senior…
1 min read
HBO Asia picks up Asian adaptation of The Bridge
HBO Asia is set to air the Asian adaptation of Endemol Shine’s The Bridge, a…
1 min read
Gravity Falls creator inks overall deal with Netflix
Netflix has signed a multi-year overall deal with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch. Under the…
1 min read
Edinburgh: Netflix reveals string of unscripted originals
Netflix’s VP of unscripted Brandon Reigg revealed a list of upcoming titles on the platform…
1 min read
ABC orders up new drama, Reef Break
ABC has gone straight to series on a 13 episode drama series starring Poppy Montgomery….
1 min read
Ronak Kordestani announced as 3 Ball president
Unscripted production company 3 Ball Entertainment has a new president: the company says Ronak Kordestani…
1 min read
Save Me sold to STARZ
One of Sky UK’s most critically acclaimed shows, Save Me, has been acquired by STARZ…
1 min read
BBC announces new comedy from Benidorm creator
BBC Studios has ordered a 6×30’ series from the creator of Benidorm, Derren Litten. Scarborough,…
1 min read
Channel 5 makes a Cold Call
Channel 5 in the UK has commissioned a new 4 x 60’ drama for transmission…
1 min read
The Nuttery bolsters Galaga Chronicles team
Digital-first entertainment studio The Nuttery has announced Roberto Orci is joining the team working on…
1 min read
Iflix launches 24-hour news service
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix is set to launch a 24-hour news service in all…
1 min read
Jeremy Corbyn: A British Digital Corporation could counteract influence of Netflix, Amazon
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that a sister corporation should be set up for the…
2 min read
YouTube to potentially place premium unscripted shows in front of paywall
Luke Hyams, head of the newly formed originals unit at YouTube EMEA, discussed the shows…
1 min read
Big Bang Theory to end in 2019
The world’s number one comedy, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, will end next year at…
1 min read
Peaky Blinders moves to BBC 1 as channel aims at younger viewers
BBC One controller Charlotte Moore revealed at Edinburgh’s International TV festival that Peaky Blinders will…
1 min read
FacebookWatch lands new prank show
ITV America’s Loud TV (Tiny House franchise, Girls Incarcerated) is teaming up with WWE star…
1 min read
Chad Hodge signs deal with Tomorrow Studios
Chad Hodge, the showrunner behind the TNT series Good Behavior (right) starring Michelle Dockery, has agreed…
1 min read
Royal shows deliver for DRG
DRG has capitalized on the resurgence in royal interest during 2018 and announced three new…
1 min read
A&E Networks poses an old question: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
A&E UK and the History Channel are putting out a new, 5×60’ series this autumn…
1 min read
UKTV orders Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over
Firecracker Films has a new project lined up with Stacey Dooley which will see the…
1 min read
BBC Studios signs partnership with Freedom
One of Scotland’s leading independent producers, Freedom Scripted Entertainment has signed a co-development and production…
1 min read
Support for UK broadcasters a “vital” part of Brexit negotiations, says UK culture secretary
In his first public facing speech as secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and…
2 min read
UK director gender gap worsening – report
A new report has revealed a worrying drop in the representation of female directors in…