Fox Networks Group has signed a new multi-year deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to secure exclusive content for Fox in Norway, Finland and Sweden alongside enhanced on-demand rights. The deal will see new shows including X-Men universe series The Gifted, sci-fi series The Orville (pictured) and supernatural-themed Ghosted made available to Fox’s Nordic […]
Hulu is set to add near 3,000 episodes of classic shows after expanded agreements with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution. The US streaming service will add hit comedies, dramas and iconic series such as How I Met Your Mother, Bones and Glee. Some shows have been added and others will follow in coming weeks. The […]
Fresh Off the Boat creator and showrunner Nahnatchka Khan has scored a pod deal at 20th Century Fox Television. The multiyear agreement will see the producer writing, developing and supervising projects for Fox’s production arm through her Fierce Baby Productions imprint. Khan is best known for ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat, which was earlier […]
A large proportion of US consumers watching content on Netflix are not paying subscribers, using the account of a friend or family member, according to new research. Survata is conducting a 5,000-sample survey of Netflix users, looking at what they are watching, and how they access the service. It found that as of mid-March, 56% […]
UK broadcaster ITV is due to replace its ITV Player catch-up service and ITV.com website with a new digital destination for all its TV channels and online services. Due to launch later this year, ITV Hub will put live TV channel streaming “at the heart” of the new service, in a bid to offer a […]
Kevin Reilly has promoted Deborah Bradley to an executive VP post at Turner Broadcasting System. Bradley (left), previously a senior VP in Turner’s sales team, has been named EVP, networks and programme optimisation, content strategy and commercialisation. In the role she will be responsible for acquisitions, licensing, programme planning, scheduling, operations and inventory management for […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has swiped free TV rights to Fox animated comedy Family Guy from pubcaster the BBC. Under a multi-year pact with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, Seth MacFarlane-created series Family Guy (pictured), American Dad, The Cleveland Show and new series Bordertown will go out on comedy and young adult-skewed ITV2. The deal […]
US broadcast network Fox has ordered Bordertown, a new animated series from Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane and Mark Hentemann. The comedy series follows two families living in the titular fictional Southwest desert town on the U.S.-Mexico border. The father of one family is a Border Patrol Agent and the other industrious Mexican immigrant, setting up […]
