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Breaking Bad
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The script for AMC International
With consumers and the TV industry fixated on high-end drama, TBI speaks to the people…
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AMC exits unscripted
US cable channel AMC is stopping production of its unscripted slate in order to focus…
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Breaking Bad’s Paul inks development deal with Sony
Aaron Paul, who played student meth-head turned master drug cook in AMC drama Breaking Bad,…
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AMC launching internationally after MGM rebrand
AMC Networks is launching its flagship AMC channel internationally. The US-listed channel operator is rebranding…
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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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BBC boss: UK drama matches US fare
The director of television at UK pubcaster the BBC has claimed the notion that US…
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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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Thrones most illegally shared US show, CBS hardest hit network
New research into illegal file sharing shows that over the course of one week a…
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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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AMC chief: on-demand has changed shape of TV drama
Technology including video-on-demand and digital video recording has helped change the shape and improve the…
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Breaking Bad on-demand drives Sony’s TV numbers
Sony has said that subscription video-on-demand deals for Breaking Bad drove a significant increase in…
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Multi-studio deal brings back Blinkbox programme trial
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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Teleset follows Breaking Bad remake with drug cartel series
Teleset, the Sony Pictures TV-backed Colombian producer, has secured an order for a new original…
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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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Swedish cable launch for Netflix
Subscription video-on-demand service Netflix is available on Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo platform as…
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Sundance Channel to launch in MENA
The Sundance Channel is set to launch in the Middle East and North Africa thanks…
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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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Breaking Bad’s Gilligan signs new Sony deal
Vince Gilligan has signed a new overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, keeping the Breaking…
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News brief: Dutch Netflix gets Breaking Bad, Sony movies
Netflix in the Netherlands has acquired a package from Sony that includes crime drama Breaking…
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News brief: Africa’s M-Net cuts Sony Pictures deal
Sub-Saharan African pay TV platform M-net has agreed a programming deal with Sony Pictures Television….
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Katzenberg reveals US$75 million Breaking Bad pay-per-view offer
Jeffrey Katzenberg told MIPCOM delegates today that he offered the producers of Breaking Bad US$75 million…
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Breaking Bad signs off with record ratings
The final episode of Breaking Bad has won the best ever ratings for US cable…
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AMC confirms Saul Goodman Breaking Bad spin-off
The Breaking Bad spin-off series featuring crooked lawyer Saul Goodman has officially been given the…
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Kevin Spacey: $100m House of Cards ‘more cost effective than traditonal TV’
Actor Kevin Spacey has attacked the cost of the pilot season model and claimed it…
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Vince Gilligan ‘hopeful’ of Breaking Bad spin-off
The creator behind meth drama Breaking Bad says he is “hopeful” AMC and Sony Pictures…
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Sony preps El Mariachi TV series
Sony Pictures Television is making a TV series based on the Robert Rodriguez action movie…
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Netflix UK launches Breaking Bad finale eps close to US debut
Netflix in the UK will launch the final episodes of AMC drug drama Breaking Bad…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Douglas Davis, Blinkbox
Douglas Davis is in LA this week attending the Screenings for the first time. Davis…
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US Hispanic net cooks up Breaking Bad remake
US Hispanic channel Univision has partnered with Sony Pictures Television to create a Spanish-language version…