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Gordon Ramsay to speak at MIPCOM 2017
Celebrity chef and TV host Gordon Ramsay and National Geographic’s global networks CEO Courteney Monroe…
TBI weekly round-up: Diana doc, Silverman’s Jamaican drama
TBI’s latest news round-up takes a look over some of the biggest deals, hires and…
ABC Studios and Hoodlum sign global first look deal
ABC Studios International and Australian prodco Hoodlum Entertainment have signed a worldwide first look deal,…
Netflix acquires global rights to Dynasty reboot
Netflix has acquired global rights to The CW’s reboot of Dynasty for all international territories…
Netflix, Facebook ‘face Thai ultimatum’
Digital giants Netflix, YouTube and Facebook must register with Thailand’s national telecoms register or face…
YouTube Red orders batch of new originals
Subscription video service YouTube Red has ordered a live action kids series featuring YouTube star…
Content Innovation Awards entries deadline fast approaching
The deadline to enter the 2017 Content Innovation Awards is fast approaching. Interested parties have…
Canal+ gains freedom to strike exclusive deals
France’s competition watchdog has removed the majority of restrictions placed on pay TV operator Canal+…
Comedy Central taps Defy for digital shorts
Comedy Central International has struck a partnership with digital media producer Defy Media for the…
BBC orders Farmer Wants a Wife-inspired format
The BBC had ordered a new take on the much-travelled Farmer Wants a Wife format…
China’s Twitter rival banned from streaming video
Chinese regulators have ruled that three of the countries major internet groups much stop streaming…
Globosat buys into Vice Brazil in expansion push
Vice Media and Globosat will partner to expand the Vice brand’s local presence across online,…
Netflix and Amazon impact on US pay TV challenged
US pay TV will not decline as rapidly in the face of competition from Netflix…
GroupM downgrades UK TV advertising forecast
Advertising giant GroupM has downgraded its expectations for growth in the UK advertising market this…
Turner buys into Asian digital content network
Turner Asia Pacific has taken a minority stake in POPS Worldwide, a Vietnamese digital media…
ITV Studios acquires Swedish prodco Elk Prods
ITV Studios has acquired the Swedish production company Elk Production, a subsidiary of Elk Entertainment…
ITV Studios, Sky execs join Lookout Point
High-ranking production execs at ITV Studios (ITVS) and satcaster Sky are joining UK drama house…
eOne inks multi-year deal with StoryBy
Global independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) has entered a multi-year TV first-look deal with US-based…
Pubcasters pact to combat Netflix, Amazon threat
Two of Europe’s primary public broadcasters are strategically combining their arsenals to combat the growing…
ITV Studios promotes Oldfield in drama push
Catherine Oldfield has been promoted to creative director of ITV Studio’s drama label, Tall Story…
Raw taps Century Films’ Evans for factual role
All3Media-owned producer Raw has appointed Century Films’ Liesel Evans as its creative director of UK…
Ex-Warner Bros exec Hungate resurfaces
Former Warner Bros. Television Production UK (WBTVPUK) co-chief Claire Hungate has been named CEO of…
2btube & AwesomenessTV sign partnership deal
Spanish-language digital talent agency 2btube has partnered with AwesomenessTV to produce and manage the latter’s…
Netflix to let kids control originals narratives
Subscription VOD service Netflix is to introduce interactive ‘branching’ narrative episodes to a pair of…
2D dominates Cartoon Forum entries
Seventy percent of projects at the upcoming Cartoon Forum are 2D efforts. A total of…
Dan Snow history podcast becomes VOD service
A new thematic VOD service based on television historian Dan Snow’s podcast network will launch…
Amazon Prime picks up Israeli drama
Amazon Prime Video has picked up Israeli romantic comedy series The Baker and The Beauty,…
TBI hires new deputy editor
Television Business International (TBI) has hired Kaltrina Bylykbashi as its new deputy editor. Bylykbashi will…
Watchdog submits Sky takeover report to culture sec
UK regulator Ofcom has submitted its public interest report on the proposed acquisition of Sky…
Sky Deutschland launches Sky Store
Sky Deutschland has launched its own version of Sky Store, the electronic sell-through service provided…