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Amazon teams with ITV for Kate Beckinsale drama
Amazon Prime Video and UK broadcaster ITV are coproducing a limited drama series starring Kate…
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De Moraes exits as Twofour restructures development team
Formats veteran Ana De Moraes is leaving UK-based Twofour Group, which is restructuring its development…
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M6 brings new services to distribution deal with Altice
French commercial broadcaster M6 has struck a distribution deal with SFR that closely mirrors the…
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Amazon reveals subs’ streaming habits
Amazon Prime Video has unveiled a number of “curious facts” and “milestones” related to its…
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UKTV CEO claims originals strategy success
The CEO of British multichannel broadcaster UKTV, Darren Childs, has claimed investment in original programming…
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UK video spend ‘grew by 7.5% in 2017’
UK consumer spend on video grew for the third consecutive year in 2017, climbing 7.5%…
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Apple could buy Netflix – Citi analysts
The chances of tech giant Apple buying Netflix this year stand at around 40%, according…
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Vice president on leave after allegations
Vice Media president Andrew Creighton has been placed on leave as the youth-skewed entertainment and…
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Netflix buys second Ricky Gervais stand-up special ‘for $20m’
SVOD giant Netflix has acquired another stand-up special from Ricky Gervais, with the comedian claiming…
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Hollywood women hit back at harassment
More than 300 women working in film, television and theatre are backing an initiative aimed…
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Game of Thrones remains most-pirated TV show – TorrentFreak
HBO’s Game of Thrones has retained its unwanted crown as the world’s most pirated TV…
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Netflix ‘far behind’ in the Indian OTT market
Netflix is “far behind” other players in the Indian over-the-top video market, ranking fifth in…
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UK kids industry gets ‘much-needed’ £60m cash injection
The British kids TV industry has been given a £60 million (US$81.3 million) production and…
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What you missed over the holiday period: TV news highlights
Around the world, industry execs are dusting off the holiday season cobwebs, slurping down the…
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TBI’s top ten stories of 2017
In many ways, 2017 was a landmark year for television and the wider world, with…
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PwC: Netflix as popular as pay TV in the US
Netflix uptake is now as strong as pay TV use in the US, with 73%…
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Abraham & Heller replace Nevins as HBO doc bosses
As HBO doc boss Sheila Nevins steps down after 38 years in service, Nancy Abraham…
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Amazon rejects comedies as data reveals originals hunger
Amazon Prime Video has turned down all of its latest pilot season comedies, as research…
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Hulu stats reveal viewers turned to comedy this year
Hulu has released year-end data showing that its viewers, all based in the US, turned…
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Discovery launches SVOD motorcar service
Discovery Communications’ focus on ‘super fans’ continues with the launch of a motorcar-themed SVOD service…
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MGM rejigs int’l TV sales to achieve ‘greater efficiencies’
MGM has rejigged its international sales division in order to find “greater efficiencies”. The changes…
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Ovum: Amazon to make more video revenue than Netflix in 2018
Amazon will overtake Netflix to generate more over-the-top (OTT) video revenue in 2018 thanks to…
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In-demand in 2017: Game of Thrones reigns supreme
HBO’s Game of Thrones (GOT) reigned supreme as the most in-demand show across of 2017,…
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Vevo president and CEO Erik Huggers steps down
Erik Huggers has stepped down as the president and CEO of major label-backed music video…
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Spurlock dropped from projects after misconduct admission
After Supersize Me’s Morgan Spurlock admitted to previous accounts of sexual misconduct, he has been…
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BBC Two plots Harvey Weinstein doc
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is to be the subject of a feature length doc…
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Doc boss Sheila Nevins exiting HBO after 38 years
HBO Documentary Films’ influential president Sheila Nevins is leaving the premium US pay business after…
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Analysis: the Mouse catches the Fox – how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
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BT strikes deal with Sky for Now TV and sports
BT has agreed a deal to sell Sky’s low-cost OTT TV service Now TV to…
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Netflix and web giants protest as FCC votes to repeal net neutrality
Netflix and other web giants have lashed out after US legislators voted to repeal net…