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Tinopolis invests in ex-ITV exec’s new indie
Producer and distributor Tinopolis has invested in former ITV exec Claire Zolkwer’s, UK-based production company…
Keith Dawkins exits Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon veteran and TeenNick and Nicktoons executive VP Keith Dawkins is set to depart the…
HBO Asia buys Keshet’s NBC drama
HBO Asia and TVNZ in New Zealand have bought Keshet International’s NBC series The Brave….
WMR moves into scripted with Frank Warren drama
UK-based factual specialist World Media Rights (WMR) is developing a scripted drama about English boxing…
Grand Tour beats rivals in Europe – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
Global OTT revenues set to double by 2022
Global over-the-top TV (OTT) revenues will more than double between 2016 and 2022, driven by…
Walter Presents brings in first Italian drama
Walter Presents, the global television drama service that Channel 4 launched last year, has brought…
Netflix agrees C$500m originals deal with Canada
Netflix has committed to a five-year, C$500 million (US$400 million) spend on Canadian original programming,…
HBO tops pay list as US subs get selective
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the…
Telecom Italia gets new CEO & okays Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Vivendi exec Amos Genish as…
Twofour & ITV cousin to coproduce in US
Twofour Group’s US programming will have cousin ITV America (ITVA) attached as a coproducer from…
TBI Weekly: TV pays respect to top execs
Two prominent execs sadly passed away this month, with many in the industry paying respects for…
Men & Motors net relaunches as lifestyle format
UK channel brand Men & Motors has been retooled for the international market as a…
Madam Secretary syndicated on Netflix, WeTV
CBS Corporation has signed a multi-platform syndication agreement for its political drama Madam Secretary, giving…
Amazon to ‘increase content spend again’
Amazon will keep apace with Netflix’s original content spend, with Roy Price reportedly promising staff…
Viacom backs UK prodco Banjo
Viacom is supporting a new UK-based production company, Banjo Television. The comes through Viacom-owned Elephant…
ITVSGE hands EMEA to Johnson
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has promoted Americas sales chief Greg Johnson control of the…
Story Lab expands in CEE
UK-based distributor The Story Lab has launched a Ukrainian office. The Story Lab Ukraine is…
Trace launches distribution arm
Afro-music and entertainment channels group Trace has launched a distribution division, which a former France…
Film firm taps Borderline’s Rocha to lead TV unit
Zoë Rocha, who produces Channel 5 and Netflix mockumentary Borderline, is joining film financier The…
RTÉ calls for half-hour scripted comedies
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board have formed a partnership to support new Irish scripted…
South Korean first for Turkish drama
South Korean channel GTV has acquired what it claims to be the first Turkish drama…
Amazon picks up McMafia outside UK, US
Amazon has picked up BBC Worldwide and AMC drama McMafia for more than 200 territories,…
YouGov: ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer
The ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer with overall TV viewing figures fairly steady, despite…
HBO & Sky Arts open book on Rolling Stone
US premium channel HBO and the UK’s Sky Arts have co-commissioned a documentary series about…
Sky scraps overnight measurements
UK paycaster Sky is to scrap overnight measurements in favour of a seven-day cumulative audience…
eOne poaches BBC Worldwide exec for sales
Entertainment One has hired Joyce Yeung from BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) to become executive VP of…
Joan Lambur debuts prodco with Sinking Ship
North American TV industry veteran Joan Lambur has launched a new prodco, with Canada’s Sinking…
Mercury Filmworks expands management team
Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks is expanding its management team, promoting several key executives and…
Amazon builds with TNT’s Berlin drama 4 Blocks
Amazon has picked up Berlin-set gangster drama 4 Blocks from TNT for a worldwide audience….