After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
BBC
1 min read
Amazon gives Ripper Street two more seasons
Having rescued UK drama Ripper Street, Amazon has now committed to two more seasons of…
2 min read
BBCWW bags US Office scripts, Luther deal
BBC Worldwide has acquired scripts to the US version of BBC comedy The Office, and…
1 min read
BBC taps FremantleMedia for factual chief
The BBC has poached the managing director of FremantleMedia UK’s prodco Boundless to become head…
2 min read
Niche content ‘now economically viable’
The content market is polarising with niches “now economically viable,” according to former Amazon executive…
1 min read
BBC finds Stephenson drama replacement
Polly Hill has been appointed controller of drama commissioning at the BBC, replacing the outgoing…
1 min read
BBC Follows the Money with Danish drama deal
Follow the Money (Bedraget) has become the latest foreign-language drama acquired by UK public broadcaster…
2 min read
Ex-FremantleMedia UK boss joins All3
Former FremantleMedia UK CEO Sara Geater is joining another UK-based production giant, All3Media, as COO….
1 min read
Ex-Intel TV, BBC iPlayer chief joins Vevo
Former Intel TV and BBC digital chief Erik Huggers has joined music video content company…
2 min read
BBC buys into UK indie
BBC Worldwide has bought a 25% stake in Curve Media, the UK indie set up…
2 min read
BBC’s drama channel launching in Europe
BBC Worldwide is launching its drama channel BBC First in Europe for the first time,…
2 min read
Trapped marks Icelandic drama first for the BBC
UK public broadcaster the BBC has bought Trapped, the upcoming Icelandic drama from local filmmaker Baltasar…
9 min read
Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
1 min read
BBC Earth set for Indian launch
The commercial arm of the BBC is gearing up to launch premium international channel brand…
1 min read
Netflix, BBC in key Planet Earth streaming deal
Netflix’s push into natural history programming continues after the streaming service secured US rights for…
2 min read
Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
1 min read
Clarkson ‘planning car show comeback’
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson (above middle) is plotting a replacement petrolhead series after…
1 min read
Netflix goes blue-chip with Planet Earth creators
Streaming service Netflix is going after the blue chip factual audience by commissioning a landmark…
2 min read
BBC drama boss exits for J.J. Abrams prodco
The BBC’s drama chief, Ben Stephenson, is leaving the UK public broadcaster and relocating to…
1 min read
NBCU inks Thorne duo development deal
NBCUniversal has signed a one-year first-look deal with UK writing duo Jim Keeble and Dudi…
3 min read
Official: BBC drops Top Gear’s Clarkson
The BBC will not renew the contract of controversial Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, throwing…
2 min read
A+E poaches BBC Worldwide’s Hill
A+E Networks has poached BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill to become its chief creative officer, international….
2 min read
BBC loses Family Guy to rival ITV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has swiped free TV rights to Fox animated comedy Family Guy…
1 min read
TV3 names Jeff Ford replacement
Ireland’s TV3 has named Lynda McQuaid as its director of content to replace the Fox…
1 min read
Children’s Media Foundation says TV market failing kids
The Children’s Media Foundation has backed the research issued yesterday that suggested there is a…
1 min read
Scripps to ‘meet BBC Trust chair over UKTV’
Scripps Networks Interactive will meet directly with the chair of the BBC Trust in an…
2 min read
UK commercial PSBs attacked over kids investment
UK indies trade body Pact and Teletubbies creator Anne Wood have come together to slam…
2 min read
Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
2 min read
Geater slams BBC, Channel 4 over indie stance
UK indie trade body Pact has slammed pubcasters the BBC and Channel 4 over the…
1 min read
BBC Worldwide says Top Gear impact ‘minimal’
BBC Worldwide said today that it will offer international Top Gear broadcasters alternative, original content from…
1 min read
BBC Can’t Touch This on Saturday nights
The BBC has ordered a new Saturday night primetime gameshow, Can’t Touch This. In the…