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The QYou completes US$7.3m financing deal
Youth broadcaster The QYou has completed a US$7.3 million financing deal that will see it…
Ovation buys The Halcyon, X Company
US cable net Ovation has bought two Sony-distributed period dramas: The Halcyon and X Company….
Star forced to back down in FRAPA format row
International formats body FRAPA has moved to distance itself from claims from Star China over ownership…
Seven orders Warner Bros’ Little Big Shots
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven has ordered a local version of Little Big Shots, the…
Movistar+ appoints distribution partners
Movistar+ has announced About Premium Content, BetaFilm and Sky Vision the distributors of a trio…
Kudos nabs BBC drama exec for development
Endemol Shine Group-owned drama house Kudos has hired a new head of development from UK…
Haddad exits as Endemol Shine rejigs Mid-East
Endemol Shine Middle East (ESME) managing director Lara Haddad is leaving after the production unit…
BBC Four enters Sweden’s Black Lake
UK network BBC Four has acquired Swedish thriller series Black Lake. The 8x45mins mystery drama…
Sky buys All Time 10s channels group
UK-based paycaster Sky has acquired Diagonal View, the digital channels company behind the All Time…
ITV position set to worsen, say analysts
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s performance looks set to worsen as a result of a Brexit-related…
Real World prodco pacts with Korea’s Signal
Bunim/Murray Productions has signed a joint development deal with South Korea’s Signal Entertainment Group. This…
Lip Sync Battle on first Paramount Network slate
Paramount Network’s first slate includes programming from the network it replaces, Spike, and TV Land….
AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK
Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media…
Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service
US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…
Turkey, Russia edge out US in drama exports league
Turkey has the largest number of top ten drama exports around the world, research from…
Ex-Canal+, HBO exec joins Discovery Sweden as GM
Discovery Networks Sweden has hired a former Canal+ and HBO Nordic exec as its general…
Fremantle and Banijay settle format row
FremantleMedia prodco Abot Hameiri and Banijay Group have settled their legal dispute over alleged similarities…
Endemol Shine, BBCWW, Sony execs join Fox
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has hired six executives, who are joining from the likes…
Hulu’s Mindy Project coming to an end
Hulu comedy The Mindy Project is to end after a final, sixth season. The series…
Amazon greenlights McLaren racing series
Amazon Prime Video’s focus on motoring programming has picked up pace with the commission of…
BBC starts streaming news on Hulu Japan
The BBC has started streaming its international news channel on the Hulu on-demand service in…
CBS ents chief takes leave after heart attack
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is to take medical leave after suffering a heart attack,…
BET programming chiefs exiting
Stephen Hill and Zola Mashariki are stepping down as programming chiefs at Viacom’s BET Networks….
Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway
Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord…
NBC reunites Poehler & Offerman for unscripted show
Parks and Recreation stars Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are reuniting on an unscripted series…
Ofcom to set UK originals quotas for BBC
The BBC’s new regulator, Ofcom, will demand the UK’s pubcaster produces a minimum number of…
The ABC’s Chris Rose joins Beano
Chris Rose has joined the Beano animation team in the UK, and will be director…
Channel 4 privatisation off, relocation possible
The UK government is expected to announce that it will not privatise UK broadcaster Channel…
Animal Planet adapts Plimsoll’s rescue dog format
Discovery Communications-owned Animal Planet counts an adaptation of British-created format Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs…
The New Statesman plotting return to power
Iconic British satire The New Statesman is set to return to screens under a new…