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India to be ‘third largest SVOD market’ by end of 2020
India will have the third most SVOD subscribers in any country worldwide by the end…
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Amazon, RTVE embark on big budget ‘Boundless’ adventure
Amazon Prime Video and Spanish broadcaster RTVE are in pre-production on big budget drama Boundless,…
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News round-up: Series Mania adds ‘Homecoming’ creator Eli Horowitz to line-up; Insight TV expands with fuboTV
Series Mania adds Homecoming’s Eli Horowitz to line-up Eli Horowitz, the creator and showrunner of…
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Amazon hires Sony’s Mike Hopkins to lead video business
Amazon has hired Sony Pictures Television chairman and former Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins to oversee…
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Deals round-up: Eleventh Hour strikes Chris Atkins deal; NRK format extended in US; Amazon adds Spanish titles
Eleventh Hour picks up Chris Atkins’ rights Sony Pictures Television (SPT)-backed Eleventh Hour Films has…
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Amazon orders Italian and Latin American originals
Amazon has stepped up its investment in original shows in Italy and Latin America, ordering…
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How Netflix won back Hispanic and Latinx subscribers
As NATPE delegates arrive in Miami, Fateha Begum, associate director at TBI sibling IHS Markit…
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Marcy Ross steps down at ‘Jack Ryan’ producer Skydance Television
Jack Ryan producer Skydance Television is looking for a new chief after incumbent Marcy Ross…
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BBC, Amazon order Big Talk comedy from Stephen Merchant, Elgin James
BBC One in the UK and Amazon Studios have linked up on a new six-part…
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, ‘Chernobyl’, ‘Succession’ win at Golden Globes
Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge and The Crown actor Olivia Colman were among the stand-out winners…
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Amazon Studios strikes first-look deal with Orlando Bloom
Amazon Studios has struck a first-look deal with Carnival Row and Lord Of The Rings…
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Amazon reels in YouTubers for French scripted/unscripted hybrid
Amazon has signed up a raft of YouTube talent for its latest French original that…
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Disney+ downloads exceed 15 million, sending shares to record high
Disney+ has been downloaded more than 15 million times and generated $5m via in-app purchases…
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John Battsek: SVOD-backed sports films allow “human” portrayals of athletes like Andy Murray
Andy Murray: Resurfacing producer John Battsek has praised the SVOD-fuelled wave of sports documentaries for…
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BT eyes Disney+ for “super aggregation”-focused TV service
UK telco BT is courting the Mouse House around plans to bring fledgling streaming platform…
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Amazon extends animated series ‘Undone’, strikes overall deal with co-creator
Amazon has extended its adult animated series Undone into a second season and secured an…
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A+E Int’l moves into Spanish-language drama with ‘Hernán’
A+E Networks International has acquired global distribution rights to Hernán, the scripted series that is…
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News round-up: Acorn TV, RTÉ return to ‘Finding Joy’; 10 Play in Oz buys Amazon drama; Platform One’s Jennifer Fox deal
Acorn TV, RTÉ return to Finding Joy AMC Networks-backed streamer Acorn TV and Irish broadcaster…
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Amazon UK nabs first-window streaming rights to Lionsgate films
Amazon is set to be the first-window streaming home for Lionsgate films in the UK,…
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Amazon greenlights ‘The Peripheral’ adaptation from ‘Westworld’ creators
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit hour-long sci-fi thriller The Peripheral from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan…
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Disney+ to exceed 100 million subs by 2025
Forthcoming streamer Disney+ is expected to have secured more than 100 million subscribers by 2025,…
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Amazon follows tennis star Andy Murray’s road to recovery in feature doc
Amazon Prime Video is readying the roll-out of a feature doc on tennis player Andy…
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UK parliament calls for high-end tax relief reform, terms of trade review
The UK’s high-end tax relief for drama should be reformed and producers’ Terms of Trade…
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News round-up: ITV closes ‘Beecham House’; Amazon returns to ‘Modern Love’; C4’s royal doc deal
ITV moves out of Beecham House UK broadcaster ITV has ended period drama Beecham House…
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Amazon commissions German series with comedian Markus Stoll
Amazon Prime Video Germany has commissioned a series with comedian Markus Stoll. The streamer has…
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Exclusive: Disney+ hunts ‘chaste YA’ as SVODs descend on Cannes
The streaming giants are gathering force and playing ball with producers and distributors, with the…
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Disney, Amazon and Netflix face off over ads
Disney and Amazon are reportedly at an impasse over the availability of the former’s soon-to-launch…
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Britbox adds Amazon, Now TV execs to UK management team
BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has unveiled its senior management team ahead of the UK-focused…
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Sales round-up: Amazon adds ‘Teddy Ruxpin’; eOne visits ‘Between Two Worlds’; Power enters ring with boxing doc
Amazon welcomes Teddy Ruxpin Amazon has picked up rights to classic kids series The Adventures…
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Amazon Prime Video France picks up Newen’s ‘Inside Game’
Amazon Prime Video France has scored first-window SVOD rights to thriller The Inside Game from…