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Netflix reaches record share price, surpasses Disney market cap
Netflix’s share price has struck a record high amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with the company…
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Sky unveils doc & nature channel launch dates, donates to Covid-19 fund
European pay-TV operator Sky will launch its two new UK factual channels – Sky Documentaries…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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Viacom18 CEO Sudhanshu Vats quits company
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO and MD at Viacom18, is stepping down after eight years at…
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NBCU’s Peacock launches amid ‘significant’ Covid-19 impact
NBCUniversal (NBCU) has rolled out its new streaming service Peacock to select users in the…
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BBC Studios appoints Rebecca Glashow as Americas president
BBC Studios has appointed Rebecca Glashow, the former co-head of ViacomCBS-owned Awesomeness, as president of…
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EOne’s chief strategy officer Peter Micelli to depart
Entertainment One’s (eOne) chief strategy officer Peter Micelli is leaving the transatlantic producer and distributor,…
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How Covid-19 lockdown highlights kids TV’s diversity problem
Wa’qaar A Mirza, co-founder and global CEO of Safi Ideas, whose UK-based production outfit is…
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Quibi eyes TV as first week download figures emerge
Quibi’s CEO Meg Whitman has said the short-form streaming service was downloaded more than 1.7…
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Sony invests $400m in Chinese streamer Bilibili
Sony is ploughing $400m into streaming and entertainment service Bilibili, in a deal that will…
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Kids round-up: ‘Octonauts’ expands in LatAm, MENA; NHK adds ‘Find Me In Paris’; Corus exec joins Wildbrain
Silvergate’s Octonauts travel to LatAm, MENA Sony Pictures Television-owned Silvergate Media’s preschool animation Octonauts is…
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UK’s C4 slashes $300m from budget as advertising plummets
Channel 4 in the UK has unveiled almost £250m ($310m) of cost-cutting measures to deal…
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WarnerMedia poaches Freeform boss for global kids, young adult role
WarnerMedia has appointed the president of Disney’s US cablenet Freeform to head up the global…
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UK’s Covid-19 fund opens as survey reveals huge hit on freelancers
The UK’s Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund has opened for applications after being…
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ViacomCBS takes 100% control of Israel’s Ananey & launches media fund
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has taken full control of Israeli content producer and pay-TV provider…
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UK broadcasters & Pact call for freelance support
UK broadcasters and producers have called on the culture secretary to ensure that TV industry…
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News round-up: ZED moves into animation; Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ to return; Cineflix sails away with ‘Coast Guard’
ZED moves into animation with Lina’s World Paris-based producer and distributor ZED has picked up…
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ITV slashes bonuses & salaries to deal with Covid-19
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has axed director bonuses and cut the pay of its board…
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Kids round-up: Hopster comes to Mediacom in US; Ameba picks up anime series
Hopster heads to Mediacom Children’s TV streamer Hopster is now available to US subscribers of…
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Exclusive: TV2’s Anette Rømer on “business as usual” in Denmark
All this week, TBI is hearing from broadcasters around the world about the impact that…
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Disney+ unveils India price rise & new launch date
Disney is to push ahead with the roll-out of its news streaming service Disney+ in…
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Exclusive: RTÉ’s Dermot Horan on ‘buying time’ as production slows
All this week, TBI is hearing from broadcasters around the world about the kind of…
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Disney unveils raft of pay cuts to deal with Covid-19
Disney’s top execs – including VP’s, SVP’s and EVP’s – are to take pay cuts…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How kids control what appears on screen
Almost two-thirds of parents believe their child usually controls what’s on TV when they’re co-viewing,…
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Netflix, YouTube among winners as US streaming soars
Netflix and YouTube viewing in the US has soared since the Covid-19 outbreak, according to…
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Exclusive: How are int’l buyers working around Covid-19?
The way that we all work has changed. Most of you will be reading this…
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ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Max Conze to depart with immediate effect
Max Conze is to step down as CEO at German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 immediately, with the…
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UK broadcasters join call for freelance support from government
The UK’s public service broadcasters (PSB) have added their voices to the cries of support…
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Disney+ app gets five million downloads on first day in Europe
The Disney+ app has attracted over five million downloads in its first 24 hours of…
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Exclusive: Vuulr appoints former Disney acquisition exec
Online programme sales platform Vuulr has added a raft of executives to its ranks as…