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M&A chatter continues with Amazon & Lionsgate rumours
Lionsgate has emerged as the latest major entertainment group set for consolidation, with Amazon among…
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Jordan Peele to rekindle Twilight Zone for CBS SVOD net
CBS is reworking classic sci-fi anthology The Twilight Zone for its SVOD service, a move…
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Jeremy Piven’s CBS drama dropped
US broadcaster CBS has dropped Wisdom of the Crowd, which stars the under-fire Jeremy Piven….
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CBS resolves carriage dispute with Dish
Dish Network has reached a multi-year carriage deal with CBS, after its channels such as…
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CBS/Dish dispute leaves viewers in the dark
Stations from the CBS broadcast network, including the main broadcast network and the Smithsonian Channel,…
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Fox officially ends Network Ten output deal
Following CBS’s acquisition of Australia’s Network Ten, Fox has officially ended its output deal with…
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CBS’s Ten deal nears completion
US broadcaster CBS has just one obstacle to overcome in order to take over Australian…
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In-demand chart: Europe (Sept 25–Oct 1, 2017)
Star Trek: Discovery has made waves in Europe, coming up top rated across all seven…
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CBS names drama chief following Davis exit
Long-serving CBS Entertainment exec Yelena Chak will succeed Christina Davis as the Eye Network’s head…
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CBS orders F.B.I. drama from Dick Wolf
US broadcaster CBS has commissioned a 13-episode drama from procedural king Dick Wolf. F.B.I. (WT)…
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Murdoch & Gordon fail to stop CBS’s Ten deal
Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon have failed in their attempt to stop US broadcaster CBS…
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CBS loans Ten A$143m to pay off creditors
CBS has handed Network Ten a multi-million dollar loan to pay off creditors – including…
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Producers encouraged as CBS buys Ten
Australian producers have reacted with support for a deal that will see US broadcaster CBS…
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Ex-CBS alternative chief joins Verizon’s Go90
Former CBS alternative programming chief Chris Castallo is headed to digital video platform Go90 to…
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Disney takes on Netflix with own SVOD service
The Walt Disney Company is pulling all of its movies from Netflix in order to…
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CBS All Access takes global SVOD route
CBS’s SVOD service, CBS All Access, is headed to the global market. The service will…
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CBS & BeIN partner to bring titles to MENA
CBS Studios International and BeIN Media Group, the MENA (Middle East and North Africa)-based pay…
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CBS All Access picks up Will Ferrell comedy
CBS All Access, the Eye network’s SVOD platform, is adding three new scripted shows to…
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CBS ‘among nine eyeing Network Ten’
US broadcaster CBS may be in hunt for Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten. CBS is…
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Key CBS drama exec stepping down
The head of drama development at US broadcaster CBS, Christina Davis, has stepped down. The…
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Netflix among top five ‘must keep’ TV brands in US
Netflix now ranks among the top five ‘must keep’ TV brands in the US, above…
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CBS takes Showtime to India
CBS and India’s premium streaming platform, Hotstar, have agreed a licensing and trademark agreement to…
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CBS poaches Warner Bros legal exec
CBS has named Warner Bros. exec Nick Macrae as senior vice president of legal and…
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CBS ‘claiming A$843m debts from Network Ten’
CBS Studios International (CBSSI) is reportedly claiming A$843 million (US$642.2 million) in debts from troubled…
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Amazon takes CBS summer drama – again
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has again secured rights to a CBS summer drama…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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NCIS named ‘most watched’ drama series again
US procedural NCIS has been named the most-watched drama series for the eighth year in…
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Ten enters voluntary administration
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has appointed voluntary administrators after its financial backing collapsed. Administrator…
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SBS takes The Good Fight to Australia
Australian cultural pubcaster SBS has become the latest net to buy CBS All Access legal…
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CBS current chief exiting
US broadcaster CBS is losing a second senior executive in a week, with Bridget Wiley…