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Better Call Saul
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‘Fleabag’ wins big at Television Critics Association Awards
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag was the critics’ pick at this year’s Television Critics Association (TCA) awards….
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‘Game Of Thrones’ shatters Emmy record as HBO sweeps nominations
HBO’s Game Of Thrones has shattered Emmy records to help the AT&T-owned cable channel scoop up 137…
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UK ad ‘hiccup’ impacts on AMC’s international business
AMC has blamed a “hiccup” in UK ad revenues for a lacklustre performance by its…
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Sony Pictures buys distributor Funimation
Sony Pictures Television Networks has reached an agreement to acquire a “substantial” majority stake in…
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AMC locks in Talking Dead host
AMC has inked a long-term deal with Chris Hardwick, the comedian and host of popular…
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Netflix reveals global bingeing habits
Netflix users tend to burn through The Walking Dead and Orange is the New Black,…
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AMC hands Preacher talk show companion
US cable network AMC has continued its tradition of handing key original drama series a…
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Sony promotes Kalouria to president post
Sony Pictures Television has promoted Sheraton Kalouria to president and chief marketing officer. He will…
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Netflix Better Call Saul
Netflix will make new episodes of Better Call Saul available internationally a day after they…
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Badlands boosts AMC with big cable numbers
US cable channel AMC has another hit on its hands after science-fiction/martial-arts drama Into the…
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Netflix gets Bob Odenkirk original feature
US streaming service Netflix is continuing its push into original feature films with Girlfriend’s Day,…
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Netflix: viewers never hooked by shows’ pilots
Pilot episodes do not immediately hook viewers to a TV show, but taking away ad…
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Networks up, movies and distribution down at Sony
Sony Corp.’s film and TV division swung to a loss in the most recent quarter…
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Israeli VOD service lands Romanzo Criminale
New Israeli on-demand platform Cellcom TV has acquired Italian gangster drama Romanze Criminale from Germany-based…
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Netflix raises price in the UK, Brazil
Streaming service Netflix has increased its basic UK monthly subs fee. The SVOD service has…
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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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Nine’s SVOD service nears 100,000 subs
Australian SVOD service Stan is on course to sign up 100,000 members just a month…
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Israeli nets agree to unique Saul deal
A trio of Israeli pay TV platforms have acquired Better Call Saul in an “unprecedented”…
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Sony poaches exec for Oz sales
Greg Sneddon is replacing Mark Young as Sony Pictures Television’s senior VP, distribution in Australia…
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Stan nabs Amazon series, launches ahead of Netflix
Stan has become the latest subscription video-on-demand service to roll out in Australia, beating streaming…
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Foxtel service adds TV series as Netflix approaches
Foxtel’s subscription-on-demand service, Presto, will add television series for the first time, as the platform…
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AMC preps roll out of Breaking Bad spin-off Saul
AMC will launch the first episodes of the much-anticipated Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul…
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Nine’s SVOD service to launch with Better Call Saul
Nine Network’s upcoming A$100 million (US$86.7 million) SVOD service will launch in the new year,…
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Breaking Bad spin-off Saul gets pre-debut renewal
The upcoming Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul has been renewed before the first season…
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Josh Sapan’s drama lessons
AMC has struck pay (TV) dirt three times with Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The…
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Netflix ‘planning French original series’
Netflix will commission an exclusive drama series in France next year following the launch of…
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Sony sticks with programming chiefs
Sony Pictures Television has extended the contracts of co-presidents, programming and production Jamie Erlich and…
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Mosko, the capital of Sony TV
In 2001, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer closed most of Sony’s TV production business. Just…
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Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
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Breaking Bad spin-off Saul scores Netflix streaming deal
Episodes of the hotly-anticipated Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will launch on Netflix in…
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