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
Amazon gains Euro rights for Disney titles
Amazon is launching two new series exclusively for Prime Video as part of a new…
Blue Ant crafts CCTV9 co-production
Blue Ant Media-owned Beach House Pictures has entered into a partnership with China’s CCTV9, which…
US trumps Europe in binge-watching stakes, says Ampere
Binge viewing is more common in the US than in Europe but is rapidly becoming…
MTG promises ‘more growth and higher profits’ post split
MTG’s decision to split the business in two will create greater focus and flexibility and enable more…
Playground to adapt The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock
UK and US-based producer Playground has gained film and TV rights for Imogen Hermes Gowar’s…
Proper TV rejigs senior team
Canada’s Proper Television has made a number of changes to its senior team after Boat…
Vice confirms Vivendi’s Delport as int’l chief
Vice has confirmed that it has appointed former Vivendi Content head Dominique Delport as its…
Montgomery names Spoke’s leadership team
Brent Montgomery, ITV America’s former CEO, has named the team he will work with to…
Nickelodeon parts with Drake & Josh producer Dan Schneider
Nickelodeon has parted ways with Dan Schneider, the producer of popular kids’ shows such as…
Viacom invests in Trevor Noah prodco with first-look deal attached
Viacom is set for a strategic partnership with Day Zero Productions, an international production and…
Amazon greenlights Spielberg and Bardem miniseries
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order of a four-hour miniseries based on the epic…
LA-based Brits Mirren & Carmichael launch TV outfit
LA-based Brits Simon Mirren (Versailles) and Jamie Carmichael have teamed to launch a TV and…
Fremantle NA appoints Glankler as commercial president
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has moved Rick Glankler to the newly created position of president…
HBO completes European OTT rollout with Poland launch
HBO now offers direct-to-consumer services across its entire HBO Europe footprint, after launching HBO GO…
MTG appoints Sweden CEO
MTG has appointed its head of Nordic Entertainment Operations, Filippa Wallestam, as the new chief…
Apple plans Spring/Summer 2019 launch for originals slate
Apple is set to release its range of TV titles for Spring or Summer 2019,…
Liberty Global drops Multimedia Polska takeover
Liberty Global has withdrawn its €690 million takeover offer for Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska, the…
ITVS appoints PBS’s Mike Kelley to US sales
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed Mike Kelley as senior vice president for…
UKTV invests in drama with Collie Cousins as first commissioner
Multichannel broadcaster UKTV has appointed Philippa Collie Cousins as its first dedicated drama commissioner. Reporting…
BBC to launch dance format with Simon Cowell’s Syco
The BBC has commissioned Simon Cowell’s (pictured) Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK’s Thames to produce…
October lands exclusive deal with Rio Ferdinand director
October Films has signed an exclusive partnership with the director behind Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum…
FX, Donald Glover exit Deadpool animated series
FX, Donald Glover and Marvel Television have all excited a deal which would see them…
Keshet is on The Search with Youngest Media
Keshet International has teamed with indie entertainment studio Youngest Media to produce a brand new…
Netflix and Formula 1 partner for exclusive docu-series
Netflix has partnered with Formula 1 for a season-long collaboration on a docu-series that follows…
Acorn orders first straight-to-series UK drama
North American streaming service Acorn TV has ordered its first straight-to-series drama from the UK….
Modern Times Group carves business in two
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to split in two, with its European free and pay…
Fox to air Meghan Markle special
Fox is set to air a two-hour special named Meghan Markle: An American Princess on…
Byron Allen storms to $300m Weather Channel acquisition
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has acquired The Weather Channel for US$300 million. Allen (pictured) has…
Netflix discovers Diagnosis doc series from trio
Netflix has commissioned a new documentary series from Scott Rudin Productions, Lightbox and The New…
ABC Oz backs female Shakespeare drama from ABC Studios Int’l
Australian pubcaster the ABC has boarded a drama from its international production unit that will…