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Apple
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Apple orders another drama from Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine
Apple has ordered a thriller hailing from Reese Witherspoon’s prodco Hello Sunshine, making it the…
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Apple inks first overall deal with Bates Motel’s Kerry Ehrin
Apple has closed its first overall deal with Bates Motel’s co-creator Kerry Ehrin, who will…
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TBI Weekly: Where is Apple’s TV distribution strategy?
This week, Apple’s launch date for its slate of original programming was revealed to be…
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Apple plans Spring/Summer 2019 launch for originals slate
Apple is set to release its range of TV titles for Spring or Summer 2019,…
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Eddy Cue: Apple won’t buy Netflix or Disney
Consumer tech giant Apple will not buy Netflix or The Walt Disney Company, according to…
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Bob’s Burgers creator making first Apple adult toon
Apple is adding a new animated comedy by Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard to its…
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TBI Weekly: The OTT ‘arms race’ heats up
This week, it seems that almost every major TV player is claiming their stake in…
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Discovery eyes global OTT after closing Scripps deal
Discovery has completed its US$14.6 billion takeover of US cable rival Scripps Networks Interactive, and…
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BBC boss fears threat of digital giants
BBC director general Tony Hall is again attacking the threat of the US-based digital companies…
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Apple taps Sony for new Latin America head
Apple has hired Sony Pictures Television’s Angélica Guerra as its first head of Latin American…
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Apple orders thriller drama from Sixth Sense director
Apple has ordered its latest original by Sixth Sense writer and director M. Night Shyamalan….
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Apple taps Gaumont’s head of production
Apple’s Worldwide Video Programming division has hired veteran production exec Carol Trussell as head of…
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Ryan Murphy exits Fox for exclusive $300m Netflix deal
Netflix has pulled off perhaps its biggest production coup to date by prising US super-producer…
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BBC Showcase to host tech giants Apple, Netflix & more
BBC Worldwide Showcase 2018, held later this month (February 18-21), will be hosting Apple, Netflix,…
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Apple hires Paramount exec as comedy chief
Apple has hired Dana Tuinier from The Paramount Network as creative executive for comedy within…
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine hires CEO
Reese Witherspoon’s (pictured) production company has hired Sarah Harden as its permanent CEO, following her…
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Propagate gains backing from The Raine Group
Indie studio Propagate Content has secured “significant” financial investment from merchant bank The Raine Group….
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Apple wants viewers to See original epic drama
In its latest push for originals, Apple has ordered an epic futuristic drama written by…
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Apple heads for Home with original docuseries
Apple has gone straight-to-series on a ten-part docuseries about boundary-pushing home builds. Home will take…
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Apple adds second Witherspoon scripted original
Apple’s push into original scripted television has continued by putting a second series from Reese…
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Apple could buy Netflix – Citi analysts
The chances of tech giant Apple buying Netflix this year stand at around 40%, according…
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Ovum: Amazon to make more video revenue than Netflix in 2018
Amazon will overtake Netflix to generate more over-the-top (OTT) video revenue in 2018 thanks to…
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Apple builds worldwide content team with True Jack hire
Apple has hired Michelle Lee, who served as head of development for Jason Katim’s True…
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‘FAANG effect’ creating UK production shortages
Research by Creative Skillset (CS), the industry skills body for the screen-based creative industries in…
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GroupM: young will ‘erode TV viewing’ as they age
Growing older no longer increases television viewing time, according to GroupM’s ‘The State of Video’…
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Apple sets first official drama series
Apple has officially signed off on its first drama series, the long gestating scripted series…
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Analysis: why would Fox sell to Disney?
Yesterday, it emerged 21st Century Fox had held talks to sell much of its business…
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Amazon & ITV team ‘but SVOD model ending’
A veteran British producer has warned cosy coproduction arrangements between American SVOD services and UK…
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Amazon moves to iconic Culver Studios
Amazon Studios is relocating from its Santa Monica base to the iconic Culver Studios. The…
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Apple confirms ex-C4 exec Jay Hunt as Euro chief
Tech giant Apple has confirmed the hire of former Channel 4 content chief Jay Hunt,…