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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…
Disney+ unveils first Dutch original with ‘Nemesis’
Disney+ has confirmed that its first scripted original in The Netherlands will be an adaptation…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Disney+ boosts originals with unscripted & kids orders
Disney+ and Disney Channels have commissioned a slew of new content across unscripted, kids &…
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…
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…
‘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…
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,…
Disney overhauls int’l content & names Hulu boss
Disney has appointed Joe Earley as president of streaming service Hulu as part of wider…
Nordic studio Gigglebug hires Disney alum as managing director
Nordic animation studio Gigglebug Entertainment has appointed Disney alum Beth Parker to the role of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Disney+ teams with Baobab to explore ‘The Witchverse’
Disney Branded TV has partnered with international animation house Baobab Studios to develop The Witchverse for…
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…
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…
Disney tops 100m US streaming subscriptions
Disney has reportedly surpassed 100 million streaming subscribers in the US. According to Ampere Analysis,…
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…
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….
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,…
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…
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….
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+…
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,…