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Zenith: gap between TV and web narrowing
The gap between TV and internet consumption will narrow to just seven minutes in 2019,…
Netflix cuts into Turkey with original
Streaming giant Netflix is getting into the original programming game in Turkey. The Los Gatos-based…
Filmbox to coproduce Steven Seagal drama
Poland-based pay TV provider SPI International / Filmbox will coproduce a new Steven Seagal television…
Roadshow buys into Blink to enter unscripted
Australian distributor Roadshow Films has moved into unscripted television production by acquiring a 50% stake…
ITV Studios hands Beale expanded role
ITV Studios (ITVS) has upped Mike Beale to managing director, Nordics and its global creative…
Federation takes AIDS drama to market
Paris-based Federation Entertainment is taking a drama about the emergence of the AIDS disease in…
Sky brings Aussie drama to Germany
Sky Deutschland has acquired Australian primetime medical drama The Heart Guy. The Essential Media-produced series…
Chinese VOD nets welcome Teletubbies
Chinese streaming services Youku and iQiyi have both acquired both seasons of the rebooted Teletubbies…
Viacom in business with Altice USA
New York-based media giant Viacom has partnered with the US’s newest cable competitor, Altice USA,…
Netflix cancels ‘most expensive show’ Get Down
The Get Down, widely believed to be the most expensive show ever produced, is not…
Amazon secures streaming rights to new Soderbergh movie
Amazon has unveiled a deal to bring Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Logan Lucky, to Prime…
History to open Blue Book with Robert Zemeckis
US cable channel History has ordered a straight-to-series drama from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis….
MTG launches VR platform Viareal
MTG has launched a virtual reality app, offering extensions from its linear TV shows and…
Lionsgate TV UK unveils two book to screen adaptations
Lionsgate Television UK has announced two new scripted development projects with publishers Harper Collins and…
HBO renews Veep and Silicon Valley
They may not get huge ratings, but HBO’s Veep and Silicon Valley are regarded as…
ITVSGE licences Graham Norton show in Latin America
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has signed a deal to air new seasons of The Graham…
Vodafone Portugal taps Red Bull for 4K movies-on-demand
Vodafone Portugal is to make movies available in 4K resolution to its Videoclube on-demand users…
WGA ratifies studio writers contract
The Writers Guild of America has formally ratified the new three-year deal with the Alliance…
Netflix & Amazon face 30% Euro content quota
The European Council has agreed there should be a minimum 30% quota on European works…
BBC Worldwide confirms BBC Store closure
BBC Worldwide is shutting down its transactional VOD service, BBC Store, amid changing viewing habits…
BBCW strikes deal with SMGP to expand Doctor Who in China
BBC Worldwide today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading Chinese media company Shanghai…
Strong choice for CEO at Nice prodco
Nice Entertainment Group has named a Mastiff programming chief as the CEO of its Danish…
Expectation scours World for drama chief
Start-up prodco Expectation Entertainment continues to build up its ranks, this time hiring a World…
Charles Ferguson explores Watergate for A+E’s History
A+E Network’s History channel has made a concerted drive into scripted series recently. But this…
Vivendi units team up with Red Bull production outfit
Vivendi’s production arm Studiocanal and sister company Universal Music Group has formed a co-development partnership…
CMJ teams with journalist Steve Miller on true crime series
Canada-based production company CMJ Productions has signed a development deal with veteran journalist and author…
Tiger Aspect to produce Aliens Love Underpants for Sky
Endemol Shine-owned Tiger Aspect (Mr Bean, Charlie and Lola) is adapting award-winning children’s book Aliens…
Blue Ant buys RACAT to form natural history powerhouse
Toronto-based producer-distributor Blue Ant Media has announced the high-profile acquisition of international media organisation RACAT…
eOne plots film & TV arms merger as revenue grows
Entertainment One has posted revenues of more than £1 billion (US$1.4 billion) as it revealed…
BBC America pacts with Elisabeth Moss for drama
US cable channel BBC America is working with Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss on a…