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CBS rejigs entertainment as Geller exits
US broadcaster CBS has upped Kelly Kahl to president of entertainment and drafted in The…
Taking Bull by the horns
Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this…
ABC exec to run Showtime business ops unit
ABC’s long serving Jana Winograde is joining US cable channel Showtime as president of business…
Young Sheldon, 9JKL land key CBS slots
US broadcaster CBS has handed new comedies Young Sheldon, 9JKL and Me, Myself & I…
Canal+ becomes French Showtime home
Pay TV giant Canal+ is to bring the Showtime channel brand to France for the…
CBS names Castallo successor
CBS has gone in-house to find a successor to network alternative programming chief Chris Castallo….
HBO Nordic, Zee take on The Good Fight
CBS has shopped The Good Fight to HBO in Europe and Zee in India. The…
CBS names Europe copro chief
The international studios arm of US broadcaster CBS has named a new coproductions chief in…
Ex-VH1 exec takes CBS alternative spot
Former VH1 reality chief Susan Levison has joined US broadcaster CBS in a senior alternative…
Traditional US networks top Europe demand
Demand for programming from broadcasters is outweighing cable and SVOD players in Europe, exclusive new…
CBS calls for Ambulance
Broadcaster CBS has commissioned a US remake of Dragonfly’s UK format Ambulance. The one-hour alternative…
CBS alternative chief to exit
CBS’s executive VP of alternative programming, Chris Castallo, is leaving the Eye Network after ten…
CBS ents chief takes leave after heart attack
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is to take medical leave after suffering a heart attack,…
Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway
Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord…
CBS greenlights Big Bang Theory offshoot
The Big Bang Theory, one the US’s most-successful sitcoms, is getting its first spin off….
More4 engages in The Good Fight
UK digital terrestrial More4 has acquired CBS All Access original The Good Fight. The Channel…
YouTube launches live TV streaming service
YouTube has unveiled details of its much-anticipated television streaming service, describing it as “live TV…
CBS sells Twin Peaks and Bull to Wowow
Wowow has acquired the upcoming reboot of cult TV series Twin Peaks. The Japanese pay…
New indie group buys Content & others for $104m
Content Media Corp. is one of six companies that has been sold to a new…
New indie group buys Content & others for $104m
Content Media Corp. is one of six companies that has been sold to a new…
James Corden takes stake in CBS series prodco
James Corden has formally become a partner in Fulwell 73, the UK-based firm that produces…
Sky buys MacGyver reboot for the UK
Sky has acquired MacGyver and the reboot of the 1980s series will launch on the…
Starz Play renews Warner Bros. deal
Starz’ MENA-focused OTT service has renewed a programming deal with Warner Bros. The news comes…
Mark Gordon hires ex-CBS current series chief
US producer The Mark Gordon Company has hired former CBS Television current programming chief David…
NATPE: Bakish outlines Viacom turnaround plan
New Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has begun to flesh out a plan to turn the…
Netflix ‘more indispensable’ than US networks
Netflix is the TV brand that US viewers would be most reluctant to give up,…
Official CEO in as Viacom-CBS merger crumbles
Bob Bakish has been named permanent president and CEO of Viacom after the potential re-merger…
Viacom has ‘no interest’ in Vice
Viacom has no interest in Vice Media and will not move for a stake in…
Viacom’s Bakish ‘eyes Vice stake’
New Viacom boss Bob Bakish is interested in buying into Vice, the millennial-focused media company….
Channel 4 buys JonBenét Ramsey true crime series
Channel 4 has acquired The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, the two-part true crime event series that…