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Keshet staffs up London office
Keshet International has hired international TV veteran Anke Stoll and hired Rose Hughes as senior…
Critical picks up German TNT drama
Critical Content has taken international rights to The Valley, the murder mystery drama that played…
Discovery launches online VR offering
Discovery has launched Seeker VR, an OTT 360-video and virtual reality offering. The YouTube channel…
Polsat makes digital originals move
Polish pay and free TV broadcaster Polsat Group has selected the first four film and…
CBS CEO: Netflix ‘is not eating the world’
Netflix is not “eating the world” and has helped to drive up the price of…
Kiefer Sutherland to speak at MIPCOM
Kiefer Sutherland will give a keynote address at MIPCOM next month. The actor will be…
FYI preps trip to Downton Shabby
US cable net FYI will debut a new home renovation series next month, Downton Shabby….
Sky Vision hires for US, Asia
UK distributor Sky Vision has created new roles in the US and Asia, bringing in…
TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week
Our exclusive Distributor Survey 2016 has been top of the agenda this week on TBIVision.com…
Ukraine welcomes ‘historic’ tax rebate law
Ukrainian producers are today celebrating the introduction of state-supported television and film tax rebates aimed…
Alex Graham takes Guardian parent chair
Not long after establishing Two Cities Television, Alex Graham has been named chairman of the…
MGM extends Robertson contract
MGM has renewed the contract of Greg Robertson, meaning he will remain in charge of…
Report: Verizon set to buy Vessel
US telco Verizon is in position to acquire mobile video platform Vessel, according to a…
Netflix reveals Naked movie
Netflix has given the greenlight to a feature film starring Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie), based…
Russian remake for NZ drama Step Dave
A Russian network is getting a remake New Zealand drama Step Dave. Distributor All3Media International…
Sky ‘rapidly closing the gap’ on Liberty Global
Sky is “rapidly closing the gap” on its larger rival Liberty Global in Western Europe,…
NBCU closing Tellycopter in unscripted rejig
NBCUniversal is set to close its central development unit Tellycopter as part of a wider…
BBC plots Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pilot of All Round to Mrs Browns, an…
Bodle buys back Power
Justin Bodle has bought Power, handing his new company the production and distribution business he…
Netflix goes ‘fully local’ in Turkey
Netflix has unveiled a “more localised” version of its service in Turkey, with domestic content…
Netflix elects Designated Survivor
Netflix has acquired international rights to new season ABC political drama Designated Survivor. The deal…
Netflix reveals how quickly it hooks viewers
Streaming service Netflix claims to know exactly when its customers around the world become ‘hooked’…
Glamorous NY move for Israeli prodco
The co-founder and CEO of Israeli’s Studio Glam has moved to New York City to…
Love Nature hires ex-Viacom, BBCWW exec
Wildlife-focused on-demand service Love Nature has hired Anthony Jewitt as its first director of partnerships….
Warner Bros. ups Canuck sales exec
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted James Andrews to a sales director position in…
Remarkable hires ex-Optomen exec
Endemol Shine UK prodco Remarkable has hired a former Optomen Television development exec and promoted…
Dooley follows Dauman out of Viacom
The interim president and CEO of Viacom, Tom Dooley, will leave the media giant in…
Drive’s distribution arm strikes Barcroft deal
Fledging distributor Drive Media Rights has picked up a raft of content from Barcroft Media….
Netflix aims for half-original content line-up
Netflix aims to move to a 50-50 split between licensed and original content, according to…
BBC starts putting shows out to tender
The BBC is putting some of its key series out to tender as part of…