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Kids round-up: Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’; CBC revives ‘Street Cents’ on TikTok; Latoya Raveneau inks Disney deal
Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’ Disney+ has commissioned The Muppets Mayhem, a new comedy series…
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Disney+ unveils first Dutch original with ‘Nemesis’
Disney+ has confirmed that its first scripted original in The Netherlands will be an adaptation…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Disney+ is aligning Star with Hulu for int’l growth
The long-term viability of streaming has been under the spotlight in recent weeks but Disney’s…
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TBI Weekly: How Disney’s banking on turning content into cash
Disney will be 100 years old in 2023, but what does the Mouse House have…
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Disney surges on streamer growth, as content spending to rise by $1bn
Disney has quietened concerns over a faltering end to 2021 by returning to form in…
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Disney’s Star & Russia’s Okko snag SVOD rights to ‘Keeping Faith’
Disney+ and Russian streamer Okko are among buyers of the BBC and S4C Welsh drama,…
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Disney+ boosts originals with unscripted & kids orders
Disney+ and Disney Channels have commissioned a slew of new content across unscripted, kids &…
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Hulu takes Fox’s ‘Masked Singer’, ‘MasterChef’ & more via new unscripted pact
US streamer Hulu has struck a far-reaching output deal with Fox Entertainment that will see…
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HBO Max hires former iflix content chief, Disney & Viu alums ahead of Asia expansion
WarnerMedia has hired the former chief content officer at iflix to lead HBO Max’s production…
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ showrunner Bruce Miller renews Disney overall deal, MGM dropped from pact
Bruce Miller, showrunner on Hulu drama The Handmaid’s Tale has renewed his multi-year overall deal…
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Disney+ to launch in 42 more countries, incl Poland, Hungary, Turkey & South Africa
Disney+ is to be rolled out into 42 countries across Europe and MENA this summer,…
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Disney overhauls int’l content & names Hulu boss
Disney has appointed Joe Earley as president of streaming service Hulu as part of wider…
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Nordic studio Gigglebug hires Disney alum as managing director
Nordic animation studio Gigglebug Entertainment has appointed Disney alum Beth Parker to the role of…
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Candle Media hires Disney, UTA execs to oversee acquisitions & integration
Fast-growing investment firm Candle Media has hired former UTA and Disney execs as its chief…
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FX spins ‘Justified’ with Timothy Olyphant reprising role in ‘City Primeval’ adaptation
FX has greenlit a spin-off from its highly-rated Justified drama, again based on a novel…
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Scripted round-up: Disney+ orders ‘Real Steel’ spin-off; ‘Arrow’ spun for The CW; NBC reboots ‘Quantum Leap’
Disney+ orders Real Steel spin-off Disney+ is looking to create a spin-off series based on…
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Hulu satirises TV industry’s reboot frenzy with ‘Modern Family’ co-creator
Disney’s US streamer Hulu has ordered a comedy from the co-creator of Modern Family that…
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20th Television’s drama development head Michelle Mendelovitz to exit
20th Television’s SVP & head of drama development Michelle Mendelovitz is leaving the company after…
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Disney closes Spanish pay-tv channels Fox Life & Viajar
Disney has closed down its pay-tv channels Fox Life and Viajar in Spain as the…
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Disney+ teams with Baobab to explore ‘The Witchverse’
Disney Branded TV has partnered with international animation house Baobab Studios to develop The Witchverse for…
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Disney+, ABC in Oz take trip to Studiocanal’s ‘Ridley Road’
Disney+, ABC in Australia and Nordic pubcasters including Sweden’s SVT are among buyers of Ridley…
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BBC & C4 shows thrash Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ for viewers, according to new UK data
The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off have beaten…
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Disney tops 100m US streaming subscriptions
Disney has reportedly surpassed 100 million streaming subscribers in the US. According to Ampere Analysis,…
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Disney’s content spend to hit $33bn in 2022, doubling Netflix’s target
Disney plans to increase its overall content spend to around $33bn in 2022, marking an…
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Disney+ to overtake Netflix as world’s biggest streamer by 2027, report predicts
A new report has boldly predicted that Disney+ will surpass Netflix for subscribers by 2027….
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TBI Weekly: Why US SVOD saturation matters for global production
US viewers have been gobbling up content at unprecedented rates over the past few years,…
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Disney+ unveils ‘Balenciaga’ as first Spanish scripted original
Disney+ is doubling down on fashion-focused dramas, with its first Spanish scripted original exploring the life of…
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Disney+ buys Sky Italia drama ‘Anna’ across Europe as Fremantle racks up sales
Disney+ has taken a swathe of rights across Europe for Fremantle’s dystopian new-world drama, Anna….
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Disney CEO Bob Chapek shares expansion plans as Disney+ subs slow
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has touted plans for a huge expansion of global streamer Disney+…
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Sweden stacks SVODs with 350,000 new subscriptions in 12 months
The Swedish streaming market has added 350,000 subscribers over the past 12 months, with Netflix,…