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Fox spreads 24: Legacy globally
Fox Networks Group has acquired rights to 24: Legacy in 160 territories. The deal covers…
Amazon bags US rights to Sindbad
Amazon Prime Video in the US has acquired rights to Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies….
Channel 4 calls for Turner’s Search Party
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights to dark US comedy Search Party and will…
Aussie TV body demands Netflix contribution
Aussie industry body Screen Producers Australia has called on streaming service Netflix to contribute a…
Duck Dynasty prodco founders sacked and sued
The founders of Duck Dynasty have been sacked and are being sued by its board…
Fox deal price ‘alarms’ Sky shareholders
Shareholders in Sky could revolt against the deal that will see the European satcaster come under…
BBCWW recruits Harry Potter exec for D2C
BBC Worldwide has brought in Anna Rafferty to develop its direct to consumer offerings. She…
Discovery moves factual exec to Betty
Discovery Networks International’s VP of production and development for factual, Helen Hawken, has moved across…
Zed to rep CuriosityStream SVOD originals
Zed will shop selected originals from CuriosityStream, the factual SVOD service created by Discovery founder…
Netflix’s international subs to overtake US
Netflix’s international subscriber-base will overtake its US customer count in 2018, according to new independent…
BBC hires Scottish chief
Donalda MacKinnon has been appointed boss of the BBC’s Scottish operations. She is being upped…
BBC launches HDR trial of Planet Earth II
The BBC has begun making its flagship natural history series Planet Earth II available in…
Channel 5 launches My5 on Chromecast
Viacom-owned UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has made its My5 video-on-demand service available on Google’s…
France Télévisions preps Netflix alternative
France Televisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to…
Ian Jones leaving S4C
Ian Jones will leave his role running S4C at the end of the year. His…
TV3 overhauls channels, replaces UTV Ireland
Irish broadcaster TV3 has overhauled its two existing channels and is launching a new net,…
Keshet International plots new Asian offices
Keshet International has told TBI it is set to add to its Asian operations, with…
Orange France ‘definitely’ interested in Canal+
Telco and pay TV operator Orange would consider buying Canal+ if Vivendi put it up…
French net orders Vivendi Entertainment format
Vivendi’s formats and entertainment division has shopped a couple format to C8, the free-to-air DTT…
Ofcom details how it will regulate the BBC
Ofcom has revealed details of how it will regulate the BBC from next April. The…
New additions to EBU board
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organisation that represents European public broadcasters, has unveiled its…
Lionsgate closes US$4.4 billion deal for Starz
Shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US studio Lionsgate’s takeover of Starz, meaning the deal is now…
Seasonal OTT subs likely to churn
The number of OTT subs in key markets continues to increase at a healthy rate…
First Southeast Asia deal for Shark Tank
Business format Shark Tank is heading into Southeast Asia for the first time after VTV…
ITV buys into Discovery-backed New Form
ITV has invested in digital studio New Form. The digital studio was set up in 2014…
Netflix lifts the lid on viewing trends
Netflix says it has identified a new trend among its members whereby they integrate movies…
TDF buys into Lescure’s OTT service
TDF has taken a minority stake in OTT TV operator Molotov as part of a…
Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
New launches will drive Amazon’s SVOD share
Netflix will become less dominant in western European SVOD over the next five years as…
First deal for NBCU’s Spartan Race format
Discovery’s Danish net Kanal 5 has become the first international buyer of Spartan: Ultimate Team…