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Sony Pictures sells self-commissioned thriller ‘Alex Rider’ to 100+ territories

Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) coming of age spy-thriller Alex Rider has been sold into more than 100 territories, following last week’s deal with Amazon in the UK. The show, which was first with ITV before being commissioned by SPT’s international production and distribution divisions on spec, has been acquired by Movistar+ in Spain, Nordic streamer […]

Telia strikes OTT deal with Discovery for TV4, C More channels

Nordic telco Telia has secured European Commission approval for a deal that will see it license OTT rights to its linear channels to Discovery in Sweden and Finland. The EC had previously made it a condition of its approval for Telia’s acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting’s Swedish and Finnish commercial networks TV4 and MTV, as well […]

Disney’s Kevin Mayer departs Mouse House to become TikTok CEO

Kevin Mayer, Disney’s head of direct-to-consumer and international team, is stepping down to become COO of Chinese tech firm ByteDance and CEO of its mobile video platform TikTok. Mayer led the team since its founding in 2018, during which time he oversaw the launches of Disney+, ESPN+ and the integration of Hulu. During his tenure […]

TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for Netflix & Disney+?

Netflix and Disney+ are among the few services to have seen an upside to lockdown but where next for these two SVOD behemoths? Sarah Henschel and Max Signorelli, analysts at TBI sibling Omdia, explore how the two streamers might fare against three different scenarios. The implications of the Covid-19 virus are constantly developing, so Omdia […]

IBC 2020 cancelled over coronavirus uncertainty

IBC, the broadcast industry’s leading European event, will not take place this year. CEO Michael Crimp said that dialogue with the IBC community indicated that an early decision on whether to run the event would be preferred. Crimp said that there were “still many unknowns” relating to the coronavirus crisis about whether and how an […]

Foxtel reveals launch date for new SVOD streamer ‘Binge’

Australian pay TV operator Foxtel is to launch its new streaming service on 25 May with more than 10,000 hours of domestic and international programming. The SVOD’s name, which is expected to be Binge but has not yet been confirmed, will offer shows such as Friends and The Big Bang Theory, which are moving from […]

UK set to double number of SVOD subscribers by 2024

The UK’s increasing dependency on SVOD services has been laid bare with a new report estimating that the number of subscribers in the country is estimated to double in the next five years. According to new figures from GlobalData, the total number of SVOD subscriptions is expected to rise from 22.4 million to 44.6 million […]

UK takes ‘significant step’ as Covid-19 production blueprint unveiled

The UK’s major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV and Sky have unveiled new industry-wide guidelines for producing TV, as the business attempts to work around Covid-19 restrictions. Channel 4, Channel 5, Scotland’s STV, news and factual producer ITN, the Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-Demand Services (COBA) and producer body Pact have also joined the […]