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Netflix boards BBC America drama

Streaming service Netflix has boarded BBC America comedy thriller series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency….

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Study: ‘peak TV’ reached this summer

Most consumers believe 2016 will mark the ‘summer of peak TV’, but that the saturation…

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Top Gear host’s show heads for US cable

A motoring show from one of the presenters of the Top Gear reboot has been…

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BBC America puts Poehler drama in development

US cable network BBC America has put a raft of drama projects into development, including…

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IMG to sell BBC America drama

IMG is moving further into distribution by acquiring rights to new BBC America drama Dirk…

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Amazon snags Doctor Who rights

Amazon has bagged exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who, the iconic UK sci-fi series….

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Euro nets buy Planet Earth follow-up

Scandinavian pubcasters SVT and DR and Italy’s Mediaset have bought Planet Earth II as the…

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BBCWW pushes ahead with US OTT plans

BBC Worldwide is pushing ahead with its plans to launch an OTT service in the…

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BBC America spurs AMC to Q2 growth

AMC Networks’ new stake in US cable channel BBC America allowed the cable channels group…

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BBC America ties with Deutschland ’83 scribe

US cable channel BBC America now counts a new project from Deutschland ’83 co-creator Anna…

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Finance group buys Orphan Black producer

The Toronto-based prodco behind BBC America sci-fi drama Orphan Black has been sold to a…

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Profit down at BBC Worldwide post-AMC deal

Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…

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Collier names AMC, SundanceTV top team

Charlie Collier has laid out his top level management team at US cable channels AMC…

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Amazon gives Ripper Street two more seasons

Having rescued UK drama Ripper Street, Amazon has now committed to two more seasons of…

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Hulu bags ‘major’ AMC drama output deal

American on-demand service Hulu has bagged a pair of major deals, one with AMC Networks….

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Collier replaces Barnett at SundanceTV

AMC’s president, Charlie Collier, will add SundanceTV to his duties. By becoming president and general…

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Alastair Fothergill on The Hunt

Alastair Fothergill embodies blue-chip documentary more than any other filmmaker and with his latest series,…

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German net joins BBC’s Hunt

Germany’s NDR Naturfilm has become a coproduction partner on the BBC’s new Alastair Fothergill natural…

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Barnett recruits Rodrigue for BBC America post

Sarah Barnett has brought SundanceTV colleague Nena Rodrigue to US cable channel BBC America. Rodrigue…

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Simon Perry to run production at Swedish film fund

+++CORRECTION An earlier version of this story named former BBC America boss Perry Simon as…

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Regal ambitions

Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…

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Simon exits as Barnett takes on BBC America

BBC America’s 49.9% stakeholder, AMC Networks, has appointed SundanceTV executive Sarah Barnett as president and…

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French telco tracks down BBC’s Intruders

French telco operator OCS has acquired the BBC’s new mystery drama Intruders following MIPCOM. The…

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AMC buying into BBC America in US$200m deal

AMC Networks is buying a 49.9% stake in BBC America for US$200 million. The US…

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BBC, BBC America order horror series from Life on Mars Team

BBC1 and BBC America are coproducing The Living and the Dead, a new period ghost-hunter…

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BBC Two, America on alert for Intruders

The UK’s BBC Two and US cable channel BBC America are coproducing an 8x45mins mystery…

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AMC tipped to make move for BBC America stake

US-listed channel operator AMC Networks is in negotiations to buy almost half of BBC America,…

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BBC, BBC America order epic period drama from Downton Producer

UK pubcaster the BBC and US cable net BBC America have commissioned The Last Kingdom,…

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Worldwide sells BBC America royal comedy back into the UK

UK channel E4 has acquired Almost Royal, the first original comedy to come out of…

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BBC Worldwide content push continues with promotion

BBC Worldwide has upped executive producer Julie Swanston to VP of commissioning in Worldwide’s channels…