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
1 min read
Discovery+ sets Vinnie Jones-fronted farm renovation docuseries
Discovery+ has ordered Vinnie Jones: The Wild Life (working title), a docuseries following the Hollywood…
2 min read
AMC scripted co-heads, Emma Miller & Carrie Gillogly, join Netflix
Emma Miller and Carrie Gillogly, co-heads of AMC’s scripted team, have both left the US…
2 min read
Exclusive: Belinda Menendez on NBCU sales line-up & “creative” FAST deals
As this year’s LA Screenings draws to a close, buyers are preparing to wave a…
1 min read
Amazon Prime Video adapts graphic novel ‘Butterfly’ with ‘The Good Doctor’ prodco 3AD
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a six-part drama based on graphic novel Butterfly, from one…
2 min read
WBD’s Max dives into underwater animation ‘Mermicorno: Starfall’ with Atomic Cartoons & Tokidoki
Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer that relaunched in the US earlier this week, has…
1 min read
ITVX explores ‘Playboy Bunny Murders’ with Ian Lamarra’s Soho Studios & Future Studios
UK streamer ITVX is expanding its true crime offering with a series exploring the murders…
1 min read
Toonz & Kenn Viselman team to launch Itsy Bitsy Animation
Itsy Bitsy Entertainment, the firm led by kids & family entertainment producer Kenn Viselman, has…
2 min read
Banijay’s Workerbee makes first prodco deal with backing for Red Sauce exec’s Welsh prodco Ty’r Ddraig
Banijay-owned production firm Workerbee Group is backing a new start-up from its former head of…
1 min read
Channel 4 & Netflix reveal launch plans for joint commission ‘Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef’
Channel 4 and Netflix have revealed release dates for the companies’ upcoming joint commission, Five…
1 min read
News round-up: ‘Deal Or No Deal’ returns to Spain; SPI’s Dizi lands on Prime Video channels; Mercury & Stim prep ‘Octicorn & Friends’
Deal Or No Deal returns to Spain Telecinco in Spain has ordered a new version…
2 min read
MGM+ appoints Prime Video exec as global general manager to ‘unify US & international’ streamer
US-based streamer MGM+ has named former Prime Video exec Josh McIvor as its global general…
1 min read
BBC orders doc exploring plight of Britain’s kelp forests
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned The Man Who Loves Kelp (working title), a documentary…
1 min read
Blue Ant Media & Vizio strike FAST deal to add Homeful & Love Pets to extend US reach
Blue Ant Media is expanding its rapidly growing network of FAST channels, after striking a…
1 min read
Comcast launches Now TV streaming bundle via Xfinity
NBCUniversal parent Comcast is launching Now TV, a new streaming service that includes more than…
1 min read
Disney+ Hotstar & BBC Studios India prep mystery drama ‘School Of Lies’
Disney+ Hotstar has linked up with BBC Studios (BBCS) India for its latest drama, this…
1 min read
Netflix orders ‘American Gladiators’ docuseries
Netflix has commissioned Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story Of American Gladiators, a docuseries about…
1 min read
Cineverse reshuffles leadership, with Erick Opeka named president
LA-based distributor and channels operator Cineverse has reshuffled its senior leadership, with an expanded role…
2 min read
Spain’s Zinkia explores shock sale of ‘Pocoyo’ to France’s Animaj Investment
Spanish kids company Zinkia could be about to sell its hugely popular children’s brand Pocoyo…
2 min read
TF1 names France Télévisions exec to replace drama chief Anne Viau
TF1 Group in France has hired France Télévisions’ acting drama chief Anne Didier to oversee…
2 min read
News round-up: Little Dot takes ‘Wombles’ onto social; Beckham’s Studio 99 moved under Authentic label
Little Dot takes Wombles onto social All3Media’s Little Dot Studios is to make social media…
1 min read
Amazon’s Freevee brings adult animation ‘Gary And His Demons’ to US
Amazon AVOD service Freevee has picked up Canadian adult animated comedy Gary And His Demons…
1 min read
Viaplay appoints EVP & head of sports to replace departed Peter Nørrelund
Viaplay has appointed one of its veteran execs to oversee the Nordic streamer’s sports operations…
1 min read
FilmRise & Canal+ Docs board doc ‘Missing From Fire Trail Road’
New York-based producer & streaming firm FilmRise and French TV network Canal+ Docs have boarded…
1 min read
Kino Lorber acquires First Look streamer Topic, forms joint venture
US distribution firm Kino Lorber has acquired a majority stake in First Look Media streamer…
2 min read
Sky Studios hires BBC scripted exec Rebecca O’Connor as director of production
Sky Studios has hired BBC drama exec Rebecca O’Connor as its director of production. O’Connor,…
2 min read
Exclusive: Keith Le Goy on ‘Twisted Metal’ “buzz” as Sony’s next video game adaptation hits market
LA Screenings is well and truly underway, with shows already beginning to move. Sony Pictures…
1 min read
Lionsgate acquires religious drama ‘The Chosen’ for global distribution
Lionsgate has acquired global distribution rights to all seasons of event series The Chosen, from creator, director and…
2 min read
Sony strikes global deals for ‘Twisted Metal’, ‘Winter King’ & ‘Ten Pound Poms’
A slew of international broadcasters and platforms have struck deals for Sony Pictures Television (SPT)…
1 min read
Japan preps new tax incentive scheme to entice international TV & film productions
Japan is expanding its tax incentive scheme as it looks to attract international TV and…
2 min read
SkyShowtime details originals line-up, including former HBO Max shows
European streamer SkyShowtime has confirmed premiere dates for a slew of originals and exclusive series…