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Facebook looks to “game-ify” content
As the platform roll outs its video offering Watch globally, it is ramping up its…
Endeavor invests in first UK scripted prodco
Endeavor Content is backing a new scripted production business helmed by Channel 4 drama boss…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Flirty Dancing
Distributor: All3Media International Producer: Second Star Productions Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Concept: Strangers take part…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Bisexual
Distributor: All3Media International Producer: Hootenanny/Sister Pictures Broadcaster: Channel 4/Hulu Concept: A transplanted New Yorker navigates dates with both men…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Rook
Distributor: Lionsgate Producer: Lionsgate, Liberty Global Broadcaster: Starz (US), Liberty Global (Europe, LatAm) Concept: A…
Netflix unveils US production hub in New Mexico
Netflix is to open a major US production hub in the southwestern state of New…
TBI Weekly: Could Endemol go back to Fox?
A new frontrunner to buy Endemol seems to emerge each week – is it all…
HBO Espana snaps up Charmed reboot
The CW’s Charmed reboot is heading to Spain. CBS Studios International has sold SVOD rights…
BBC Studios teams with indies for short-form scripted
BBC Studios, Clerkenwell Films and Anton are partnering on premium, short-form scripted content. BBC Studios…
Royal shows deliver for DRG
DRG has capitalized on the resurgence in royal interest during 2018 and announced three new…
Show of the week – Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World
Christiane Amanpour has built an illustrious career interviewing global power players and reporting from war-torn…
UKTV channels dropped from Virgin Media
Virgin Media is set to drop UKTV’s portfolio of 10 channels from its platform in…
Howard Swartz returns to Discovery from Arrow Media
Howard Swartz, a former Discovery Channel exec, is returning to the network as senior vice…
Betty adds factual heads including Lime Pictures exec
All3Media-owned Betty has appointed Lime Pictures’ Daniella Berendson (left) to the newly created role of…
Dori’s Basel joins Keshet international in newly-created role
Keshet International has hired third party co-operations and distribution veteran Revital Basel (left) as managing director,…
UKTV orders first doc from BBC Studios for W
UKTV has ordered documentary series Sex, Knives and Liposuction from BBC Studios’ Science Unit, a…
French consolidator Mediawan posts 2017 financials
Paris-listed production-distribution group Mediawan has reported its 2017 full year numbers. Both actual and pro…
Nordic SVOD penetration ‘outperforming’ other markets
SVOD has grown its share of overall subscription video expenditure in the Nordic markets over…
Dubuc ‘set for Vice’ after A+E exit
Nancy Dubuc is leaving her post as president and CEO of A+E Networks and is…
US pay TV revenues set for $26.6bn drop – forecast
The number of traditional pay TV subscribers in the US peaked in 2012 and will…
‘Biggest restructure’ in Channel 4 history underway
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is to undergo its biggest restructure in its 35-year history. A…
Stats show SVOD net Viaplay climbed 25% last year as new original arises
Nordic subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay saw viewing time increase by 25% during 2017, according to…
Comcast looking again at Fox after higher bid was rejected – report
Comcast made an offer last year for 21st Century Fox that was significantly higher than…
In-demand chart: Germany (January 28-February 2, 2018)
The amount of online articles and social media chatter around Star Trek: Discovery translates into…
Fremantle hires scripted trio including ex-Weinstein Co. exec
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has added three industry veterans to its scripted division, including Oliver…
Romper Stomper: the Wright time to revisit history
Geoffrey Wright’s earth-shaking 1992 movie Romper Stomper redefined representations of violence on the big screen,…
OTT net WhereverTV teams with Google for new launch
US-based OTT player WhereverTV is launching a Spanish-language Latino service in Latin America in a…
US legacy pay TV services ‘to lose 26% of subs by 2030’
US pay TV providers will lose 26% of their legacy subscriber base by 2030 amid…
House of Cards hiatus extended
The sixth season production of House of Cards has extended its hiatus as management deal…