![TBI logo TBI logo](https://tbivision.com/wp-content/themes/tbivision_child/assets/images/logo/tbivision-aqua-logo.png)
After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
News
Iger to remain CEO as Disney search goes on
Bob Iger has signed a year-extension to remain chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney…
Orange eyes free TV, preps content unit
Orange is considering launching a free TV channel in France that would sit alongside its…
Sony UK lands Netflix’s Orange is the New Black
Sony has acquired Netflix original Orange is the New Black for its UK pay TV…
All3Media International staffs up
The international arm of All3Media has hired several staff and promoted others. All3Media International has…
Canal+’s Pujol promoted to C8 programme chief
France’s Canal+ has put Vincent Pujol in charge of free-to-air channel C8. Pujol is promoted…
ZDF joins Depardieu’s culinary journey
ZDF Enterprises has taken German-speaking rights to Bon Appetit, the French food and travel series…
Bento Box prodco hires kids veteran for UK launch
Fledgling kids prodco Sutikki is opening a UK office and has hired former 4Kids, Zodiak…
TVN Media names new board president
Scripps Networks Interactive-owned Polish broadcaster TVN has appointed Piotr Tyborowicz as president of the board of…
Fincham/Hincks prodco staffs up
Expectation Entertainment, the fledgling UK prodco set up by Peter Finchan and Tim Hincks, has…
ComScore: Netflix leads by US use and engagement
Netflix has the highest household penetration and viewing time per month among the major OTT…
Two-thirds ‘keep pay TV due to bundles’
Two thirds of US pay TV customers say that they keep their TV subscriptions because…
Lifestyle trumps other genres, says Scripps
Lifestyle channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive says the types of shows on its channels drive…
Vice lines up short-form scripted
Vice Media has ordered a slate of short-form scripted content from New York-based digital studio…
Ex-HBO Lat Am execs joins Canal+ Hispanic net
Former HBO Latin America Luis Fonseca has joined Canal+’s US Hispanic channel operator Thema America….
Euro nets bring in Ollie & Moon
Two European channels have acquired Cottonwood Media’s kids TV toon The Ollie & Moon Show….
Paramount ties with Telefe for multi-lingual drama
Viacom’s recent acquisition of Argentinian broadcaster Telefe is already reaping rewards. Viacom-owned Paramount Television is…
Toca Boca to end SVOD app after six months
Kids games studio Toca Boca has shuttered its subscription VOD app just six months after…
One Born Every Minute spin-off set for All 4
Six of the 250-plus children born on Channel 4 factual series One Born Every Minute…
Barcroft to produce US shows with Complex Networks
Youth-focused media group Complex Networks and UK-based Barcroft Media will coproduce original programmes in the…
Fresh blow to Canal+ as Orange secures HBO deal
Orange’s OCS service is to become the exclusive home of HBO shows in France, dealing…
German broadcaster buys Irish gameshow
German broadcaster Das Erste has greenlit a local version of Play it by Ear, the…
Sky introduces programme voice search
Sky has introduced a new function on its top-end set-top boxes allowing viewers to search…
Federation hires former Zodiak, Lagardère exec
Paris-based Federation Entertainment has recruited Benoît Lacombe as COO. The former Lagardère and Zodiak France…
Kids on-demand service scoops BBC content
Kids SVOD service Azoomee has snagged a raft of BBC kids shows. The on-demand service…
New A+E net Blazes into Italy
A+E’s new fact-ent channel Blaze will launch on Sky Italia today. The channel launched on…
‘Age of the big TV bundle drawing to an end’
The age of paying for a large bundle of channels but only watching a handful…
Warner Bros. ups sales vet after Blair promotion
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has upped veteran commercial exec Phil Goodhew following Robert Blair’s…
Boat Rocker, Fisher-Price co-developing original
Canada’s Boat Rocker Media and toyco Fisher-Price are co-developing an original series based on a…
Cake cooks up Gingerbread toon house
UK-based kids company Cake and Australia’s Studio Moshi have joined forces to create an animation…
History lines up annual presidents anthology
US cable channel History is preparing an annual anthology drama event focused on American presidents….