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AwesomenessTV
Hulu picks up thriller from Wattpad, AwesomenessTV & Grammnet
Hulu has made a straight-to-series order of Light as a Feather, a thriller from Wattpad…
AwesomenessTV’s Day to lead new Viacom unit
AwesomenessTV’s business chief, Kelly Day, will lead a new digital-focused production unit for US media…
Former ABC & Verizon exec to lead Imagine
Ex-ABC comedy chief and Verizon mobile content boss Samie Kim Falvey has joined Ron Howard’s…
TBI Weekly: UK kids TV shake-up
Kids television has been on the agenda this week as the industry gears up for…
AwesomenessTV hires Bonnie Pan as network head
AwesomenessTV has hired Endemol Shine Beyond’s former president, Bonnie Pan, as head of network. In…
2btube & AwesomenessTV sign partnership deal
Spanish-language digital talent agency 2btube has partnered with AwesomenessTV to produce and manage the latter’s…
Ex-AwesomenessTV chief joins Paramount
AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins as joined Paramount Pictures to lead a new youth-skewed division. Robbins…
AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK
Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media…
NBCU pumps $500m into Snapchat IPO
NBCUniversal has invested US$500 million in Snapchat’s IPO last week as the latest phase of…
Robbins exits AwesomenessTV
Brian Robbins is leaving AwesomenessTV, the kids-focused multichannel network he founded five years ago. Robbins…
ITV, AwesomenessTV create UK block
Details of the upcoming AwesomenessTV-themed block coming to UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 have been…
Awesomeness staffs up Verizon content venture
The upcoming AwesomenessTV and Verizon mobile content venture has drafted in the former drama department…
Vessel voyage to end after Verizon acquisition
Jason Kilar’s online video service Vessel will close on October 31 after US telecoms giant…
ABC names new comedy chief
US broadcast network has upped Jamila Hunter to replace Samie Falvey as its comedy chief….
Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
ABC’s Falvey to run Awesomeness mobile VOD net
Youth-focused content firm AwesomenessTV has poached the head of comedy at US broadcaster ABC to…
ITV, AwesomenessTV create UK pact
UK broadcaster ITV and kids-focused YouTube channel operator AwesomenessTV have entered into a two-year content…
Go90 poaches Vessel buyer for content post
US mobile platform Go90 has poached Ivana Kirkbride from rival Vessel to become its chief…
Netflix greenlights Cameron Dallas series
Netflix’s latest original programme is an unscripted series featuring social media star Cameron Dallas. The…
Verizon buys Awesomeness stake, preps TVOD net
US telco Verizon has bought a quarter of AwesomenessTV in a deal valuing the multichannel…
AwesomenessTV launching in the UK
DreamWorks-backed YouTube channel AwesomenessTV is available in the UK from today. The channel targets a…
DreamWorks to supply DHX nets with toons
DreamWorks Animation is supply Canadian kids TV broadcaster DHX Media with 130 episodes of coproduced-animation…
AwesomenessTV to expand with Endemol Beyond
Endemol Beyond is to launch local language versions of teen multichannel network AwesomenessTV following the…
Comcast debuts YouTube rival Watchable
US media giant Comcast has launched its ‘YouTube killer’, Watchable, a streaming site that debuts…
AwesomenessTV scores DHX network deal
Multiplatform content firm AwesomenessTV is to produce programming for DHX Media’s Canadian kids television channel…
Netflix orders series from Bratz prodco
Netflix has picked up Project Mc², a new kids series about four young super smart young…
AwesomenessTV makes Kaplan Films president
Kids digital producer and channel operator has hired Matt Kaplan as president of its Awesomeness…
YouTube funding Smosh, AwesomenessTV titles
Online video giant YouTube is to fund four original series from popular digital content brands…
YouTube, Seibert set for Junior@MIPTV
The second Junior@MIPTV event on Tuesday, April 14, will feature YouTube’s global head of family…
YouTube, Vice, Maker and more for MIP Digital Fronts
Digital platforms and content companies including YouTube, Vice, and Maker Studios will be in Cannes…
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