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Lionsgate promotes Jeffrey Hirsch to become Starz CEO
Lionsgate-backed US cabler Starz has handed its chief operating officer Jeffrey Hirsch a new long-term…
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Amazon Studios boss leaves door open for ‘Fleabag’ despite Waller-Bridge’s protestations
Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke is keeping the door wide open for another season of…
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Discovery launches cooking SVOD Food Network Kitchen
Discovery is launching its latest brand-focused direct-to-consumer offering via Food Network Kitchen – a major…
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Kids round-up: Atomic Cartoon appoints Nick alum; BES adapts ‘Dinner Detectives’; Amazon welcomes ‘Harry’ to India
Atomic Cartoons adds Nick alum for Canadian hub Thunderbird Entertainment’s Atomic Cartoons has appointed LA-based…
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Amazon strikes overall deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Hot on the heels of her Emmy wins, Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has struck an…
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ‘Fleabag’ helps UK to dominant Emmys display
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy Fleabag were among the standout winners…
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Amazon cooks up ‘Family Food Fight’ in Brazil with SBT
Brazilian broadcaster SBT has linked up with Amazon on a local remake of Endemol Shine…
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Amazon adds to Australian original slate with comedy commissions
Amazon is following up on its recent order for debut Australian original LOL: Last One…
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Amazon plots Fire TV expansion in Europe
Amazon is planning to launch its Fire TV offering in additional markets in Europe outside…
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Amazon snags Simon Pegg, Nick Frost comedy horror ‘Truth Seekers’
Amazon Prime Video has picked up global rights to eight-part paranormal horror comedy Truth Seekers,…
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Amazon’s Jennifer Salke dismisses sharing viewership data
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke has said her company “does not embrace” sharing details of…
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Amazon expands ‘Carnival Row’ but axes ‘Lore’ and ‘The Romanoffs’
Amazon has ordered a second season of its Orlando Bloom-starring drama Carnival Row before the…
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Apple, Amazon talk up flexible deals
Apple’s creative director for Europe Jay Hunt and Amazon Studios’ director of European originals Georgia…
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Amazon agrees Brosnahan first-look deal
Amazon will work with Brosnahan and her label Scrap Paper Pictures to create shows that…
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Streaming round-up: WarnerMedia lines up ‘Dune’, Amazon teams with Bullock
WarnerMedia taps ‘Blade Runner 2049’ director for ‘Dune’ series adaptation WarnerMedia has tapped French-Canadian Blade Runner…
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History Play launches in UK and Germany on Amazon Channels
Amazon has added the A+E Networks’ History Play streaming service to its line-up of Prime Video Channels…
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Amazon spent $1.7bn on content in first quarter of 2019
Amazon spent $1.7 billion on video and music content during the first quarter of this…
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Amazon explores free music service to take on Spotify
Amazon is in talks to launch a free music streaming service that will see it…
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Exclusive: Amazon taps TF1 exec to head up unscripted in France
Amazon has hired TF1’s non-scripted development manager Thomas Dubois to head up unscripted in France….
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A “new game” for German drama
The floodgates have opened for premium German drama after a comparatively slow start in the…
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PBS launches streaming channel on Amazon
PBS distribution has launched streaming channel PBS Living on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, which will…
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Amazon gets European exec teams in place as it “bulks up” unscripted
Amazon is staffing up across Europe with commissioning and business affairs teams in major markets,…
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TBI Weekly: Berlinale spotlights Netflix’s sour reception amidst Europe’s scripted boom
The growing influence of European series was evident at Berlinale’s fourth TV market, which hosted…
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“Netflix for Walking” future-proofs against Amazon over-reliance
Walks Around Britain has set up a direct-to-consumer offering to protect its following, which it…
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Realscreen: Podcasts can “translate to ratings” for unscripted buyers
Built-in communities and tangible data points around successful podcasts can prove to be invaluable for…
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TBI Weekly: AVOD, branding and ‘You’ discussion dominates NATPE
The aftermath of rampant consolidation was in the spotlight at this week’s NATPE market, where…
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TBI Weekly: Endemol Shine to monetise ‘deep’ catalogue via Amazon AVOD
As test partner to Freedive, the new ad-supported streamer from Amazon and IMDb, Endemol Shine…
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Exclusive: Amazon UK hires ITN’s development head for commissioner role
Amazon has hired ITN Productions’ head of development Dan Grabiner, TBI has confirmed. The exec,…
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Amazon’s global profile sparks Grand Tour format change
Jeremy Clarkson has said that The Grand Tour’s increasingly international profile on Amazon Prime Video has led…
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Amazon, Circle of Confusion to develop drama based on graphic novel
Circle of Confusion Television Studios, a joint venture between Circle of Confusion and ITV Studios…