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.
Factual
2 min read
C4 deputy director of programmes Kelly Webb-Lamb to leave UK broadcaster
Channel 4’s deputy director of programmes & head of popular factual Kelly Webb-Lamb is to…
1 min read
Raise The Roof exec Jane Muirhead to vice-chair Pact Council
UK screen trade association Pact has appointed Raise The Roof co-founder Jane Muirhead as vice-chair…
1 min read
BBC Scotland commissions Escobar assassination doc
BBC Scotland has commissioned a new feature-length documentary exploring the story of a Scottish mercenary…
1 min read
Banijay, ITVS, All3, eOne & Fremantle unveil plans for The London TV Screenings
UK-based distributors Banijay Rights, Entertainment One, All3Media International, Fremantle and ITV Studios have unveiled further…
1 min read
A+E Networks UK commissions crime trauma docuseries
A+E Networks UK has commissioned a six-part documentary series, exploring the stories of those who…
1 min read
UK distributor Passion launches ‘producer programming brief’
UK sales firm Passion Distribution has launched a new initiative to support producers and set…
2 min read
Deals round-up: DCD strikes global sales; ZDFE shops post-WW2 crime doc; Korea’s Studio M adapts BBC drama
DCD signs global factual sales UK distributor DCD Rights has secured a raft of sales…
2 min read
Telemundo hires former ViacomCBS streaming chief as part of global push
NBCUniversal-owned Telemundo Enterprises has hired ViacomCBS International’s former streaming chief Ezequiel Fonseca Zas and A+E…
2 min read
UK’s BossaNova unveils distribution launch slate & pitching event
BossaNova, the UK-based content creation, financing and distribution outfit launched by TCB Media Rights co-founders…
2 min read
Sky expands environmental pledges with ‘preference’ for carbon neutral partners
NBCUniversal-owned Sky has unveiled a series of expanded environmental commitments for its TV productions in…
1 min read
Netflix appoints Discovery’s Jhamal Robinson to lead production in US & Canada
Netflix has hired Discovery’s Jhamal Robinson to oversee production for the streamer in North America….
1 min read
Blue Ant’s Love Nature ups Alison Barrat to expanded commissioning role
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has promoted Alison Barrat to become SVP of production & development…
1 min read
Univision restructures by hiring Telemundo alum Silberwasser & ViacomCBS’s Gazzolo
US Hispanic broadcaster Univision has restructured its senior team with the hire of former ViacomCBS…
2 min read
Thunderbird Entertainment hires Goldsmith to helm new global distribution division
Canadian prodco Thunderbird Entertainment has launched a new global distribution and consumer products division to…
1 min read
UK’s Chalkboard TV hires ex-Sky commissioner Bill Hobbins as creative director
UK-based indie Chalkboard TV has appointed commissioning and production veteran Bill Hobbins to the newly…
1 min read
‘Up’ documentary director Michael Apted dies, aged 79
Michael Apted, the documentarian and film-maker behind the long-running UK factual series Up, has died aged…
2 min read
Roku buys Quibi’s short-form content in deal valued at ‘less than $100m’
AVOD streamer Roku has confirmed a deal to acquire more than 75 shows from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s…
1 min read
Arrow Pictures hires BBC alum Katie Elmes
Factual producer Arrow Pictures has hired Katie Elmes as a development executive. Elmes has a…
1 min read
ITVSGE hires K7 Media’s head of strategy Girts Licis to oversee licensing
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has appointed K7 Media’s Girts Licis to work across its…
1 min read
44 Blue ups Andrew Paskoff & Shirley Jackson to senior production roles
US-based 44 Blue Productions has upped Andrew Paskoff to EVP of production and operations and…
2 min read
Disney & Discovery execs launch ‘class pass’ streaming firm, backed by Michael Eisner
Former Disney and Discovery execs have launched a new streaming aggregation service, with former Mouse House…
2 min read
News round-up: Discovery+ teams with Starzplay for MENA launch; Facebook Watch returns pregnancy docuseries
Discovery+ teams with Starzplay for MENA launch Discovery has announced plans to roll-out its new…
1 min read
Netflix hikes UK prices to cover ‘$1bn investment in local content’
Netflix is hiking its prices in the UK as it looks for ways to cover…
1 min read
Discovery hires AT&T exec for distribution & fills new global streamer role
Discovery has hired AT&T’s SVP of content & programming Michele Barney to take on Eric…
2 min read
Disney+ content chief Ricky Strauss exits, Mouse House rejigs senior execs
Disney+ content chief Ricky Strauss is stepping from his position, after nine years with the…
1 min read
Roku growth soars to 51 million users as Q4 viewing tops 17 billion hours
Streaming device maker and AVOD operator Roku has announced its latest milestone of 50 million…
1 min read
UK doc ‘My Big Family Farm’ travels in slew of global deals
Broadcasters in Canada, Australia, and across Europe, Asia, CIS and the Baltics have acquired UK…
2 min read
Bell Media’s content chief Mike Cosentino out amid streaming restructure
Canada’s Bell Media has restructured its senior management team with execs including content chief Mike…
2 min read
Fremantle’s Naked hires Twofour’s Natalie McArdle as development chief
Fremantle-owned Naked has hired Twofour’s director of development Natalie McArdle, who is leaving the ITV…
1 min read
Amazon buys ‘Dirty John’ podcast firm Wondery
Amazon is expanding its media business with the acquisition of podcast start-up Wondery, best known…