Bruce Tuchman, former president of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, has invested in NextUp, the stand-up comedy SVOD service, as it sees its latest investment round double. NextUp’s last financial raise saw it valued at £1.5 million (US$2.12 million). The target for the latest funding round on SyndicateRoom was £300,000, and is currently oversubscribed […]
Ahead of his keynote at Informa’s OTTtv World Summit tomorrow in London, former AMC Networks, MGM and Nickelodeon executive Bruce Tuchman argues that consumer behaviour – and people moving houses – is killing the basic cable bundle in the US. A year ago, there were still several industry prognosticators who sincerely and ardently expressed their […]
Niche SVOD services will continue to gain ground in a world where launching new linear services is now ‘implausible’, says former AMC and MGM international boss Bruce Tuchman. In an article for TBIvision.com, Tuchman (pictured), now a media investor and board member of TV analytics specialist Parrot, notes the likes of CrunchyRoll, WWE Network and […]
What do such disparate brands as CBS All Access, CrunchyRoll, WWE Network and Eros on Demand have in common? All of these are specialised OTT-delivered SVOD services with over one million subscribers, and are growing fast. Not so long ago, people were still skeptical about Netflix’s future. That time is past, and it’s no longer […]
Viewpoint: Bruce Tuchman, global media executive and former president of AMC and Sundance Channel Global on why streaming service Netflix needs to tailor its local services if it wants to win around the world. At CES earlier this year, Netflix was all over the news touting its new-found worldwide ubiquity. “One hundred thirty countries,” the […]
Bruce Tuchman is leaving US cable group AMC after five years running its international channels operation. Tuchman is president of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, and one of the best-known execs in the international channels business, having built AMC’s global channels operation and done the same for US studio MGM prior to that. TBI […]
AMC Global has secured international rights to the television adaptation of John le Carré novel The Night Manager. Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddlestone (The Avengers) are starring in the six-part drama, which is a coproduction of the American arm of pay TV group AMC, British pubcaster the BBC and prodco The Ink Factory. The […]
AMC Networks International has launched Sundance Channel Global on Orange TV through its ADSL fibre and satellite platforms in France. The channel went live last week as part of Orange’s Cinema and Series TV, broadcasting independent feature films and documentaries andoriginal drama series. “This exciting launch will significantly extend the reach of Sundance Channel in […]
UK pay TV platform BT will make the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead available to all British viewers on its BT Showcase channel on Freeview. AMC launches on Friday (August 28) exclusively on BT TV, but the first episode of Fear, which launched in the US to record-breaking ratings yesterday, will debut on […]
AMC Networks International has confirmed is launching its AMC channel for the first time in the UK on August 28, exclusively via operator BT, and has bought drama Rectify ahead of the debut. AMC first revealed details of the exclusive carriage deal for its flagship channel in June, at the time targeting a September launch […]
