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Propagate looks to Europe and invests in Incognita
Propagate is to invest in Edouard de Vésinne’s prodco, Incognita, as it looks to expand…
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Endemol Shine & Viu to adapt The Bridge for Asia
Asian VOD service Viu has teamed with Endemol Shine Group (ESG) to produce a localised,…
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CBS All Access begins int’l expansion with Canada launch
CBS All Access, CBS’ SVOD service, has launched in Canada marking its first expansion into…
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DLT Entertainment acquires indie prodco Vera
DLT Entertainment has acquired independent production company Vera Productions. The deal will see Vera MD…
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Chrysalis unveils pact with veteran scribes Marks and Gran
Independent producer Chrysalis Vision has signed an exclusive first look deal with veteran UK writers…
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Park brothers upped as Warner expands Korean ambition
Suk Park and Hyun Park have been named co-heads of production & acquisitions for Korean…
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Cineflix hires ex-Newen exec for copros
Cineflix Media has appointed ex-Newen exec Julien Leroux to the new position of SVP for…
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Top 10 pay TV operators to lose $20bn in revenues by 2023
The world’s top 10 pay TV operators by revenue will experience losses of US$20 billion…
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UK’s high-end drama boom leads to £2.6m in levy funds
The UK’s booming production schedule in television drama saw a record £2.6 ($3.63) million paid…
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Weinstein Co. adds bankruptcy advisor to board
Weinstein Co. has appointed Drivetrain Advisors’ Ivona Smith to its board of directors, an executive with…
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Vice Media opens India offices
Vice Media has opened its first offices in India, the nation set to become “the…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ to reach younger audiences
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
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Bolloré hands Vivendi reins to son Yannick
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
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Paramount orders First Wives Club TV reboot
Paramount Network has ordered a series reboot of cult 1996 movie The First Wives Club,…
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Mattel names Ynon Kreiz CEO
Mattel has appointed ex-Maker Studios and Endemol Group boss, Ynon Kreiz, as CEO. The move…
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Discovery vet upped to Travel Channel GM
Discovery has appointed veteran TV exec Jane Latman (pictured) as general manager for Travel Channel….
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AMC’s Sundance picks up Sharon Horgan’s Motherland
Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ premium video streaming service, has picked up Sharon Horgan’s British TV…
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Amazon greenlights Utopia remake by Gone Girl scribe
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order for Utopia, based on the British series of…
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Mob Wives prodco JustJenn adds development exec
Mob Wives producer JustJenn Productions has hired actor and producer Devyn Inez Fusaro as development…
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Sky reports 10% earnings increase
Sky reported a 10% increase in earnings for the nine months to March 31, despite…
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Nordic Entertainment names senior team ahead of MTG split
Nordic Entertainment Group – the renamed and soon-to-be split-off broadcasting arm of Modern Times Group…
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Amazon hits 100m Prime members
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has revealed in his yearly shareholders letter that Prime now has…
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Nat Geo orders string of drama & factual titles
National Geographic has announced a string of new titles across its channels including a Ridley…
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DHX boss to exit as senior team sees reshuffle
DHX Media is set to reshuffle its senior team after its co-founder, president and COO,…
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Fulwell73 hires Whizz Kid exec as UK development head
Fulwell73, the producer of James Corden’s Late Late Show and Roast Battle, is expanding its…
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Ex-Discovery VR boss co-founds new VR studio
A new virtual reality (VR) studio co-founded by two former Discovery executives – including the…
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Agatha Christie’s Ordeal goes global with Endeavour
Endeavour Content has secured sales in key territories for Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence. The…
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Netflix to launch new Euro originals including Julian Fellowes drama
Netflix is set to launch a new string of European originals including a Julian Fellowes…
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OWN orders Will Packer duo
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has ordered two new series from Straight Outta Compton producer…
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BT premieres The Terror on YouTube in UK first
BT is giving the public a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s thriller…