E! Entertainment


E! to document Bruce Jenner transition

Comcast’s channel E! Entertainment will document American celebrity Bruce Jenner’s transition to a transgender woman. The currently untitled 8x60mins series was announced on Friday during an ABC interview with Jenner, the patriarch of the Kardashian reality TV family. On US cable the show debuts on Sunday, July 26 at 9pm, and will also go out […]

Discovery, TV4 bag GRB titles

Discovery Networks and TV4 in Sweden are among buyers of programming from LA-based GRB Entertainment. Discovery Networks CEEMA has acquired King of Thrones, while its sister in Latin America took seasons five and six of Untold Stories. TV4, meanwhile, took The Wildlife Docs, while rival Swedish broadcaster SVT bagged Pregnant & Dating. In sub-Saharan Africa […]

Regal ambitions

Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks with the studio’s TV boss Kevin Beggs, and looks at the other regal offerings in the market. E! is best known for its glossy entertainment programming and awards show coverage, but like many US cable channels last year took the […]

YouTube star lands E! comedy talk show

A YouTube star with more than two million subscribers will host a comedy talk show for NBCUniversal-owned cable channel E! Entertainment. E! has given the greenlight to The Grace Helbig Project (WT), which is based on the It’s Grace YouTube channel. The show will see Grace Helbig – dubbed an “uber fan” for her love […]

Liz Hurley British Royal family show is E!’s first scripted original

US pop culture channel E! Entertainment has ordered an original drama starring Elizabeth Hurley as the queen of a fictional British Royal family. The Royals is a one-hour drama set for premiere in 2015 and represents NBCUniversal-owned E!’s first scripted effort. Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill) is executive producer, writer and director of the show, […]

ProSieben hands former Sky, Lovefilm exec digital role

Lesley Mackenzie, the former group digital officer of streaming site Lovefilm, has landed a role overseeing German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s digital operations. Mackenzie will lead a slate of assets including on-demand video sites Maxdome and Studio71 as executive VP of ProSieben’s E-Entertainment division. Mackenzie left Amazon-owned Lovefilm in 2012 and has since held consultancy roles […]

Universal Channel to go live in Germany

NBCUniversal International Television’s channels division is set to launch its flagship pay-TV brand Universal Channel in Germany for the first time on September 5. The channel will be available on Sky Deutschland in HD and on Deutsche Telecom, in both HD and SD, with the rollout following a recent look, logo and tagline overhaul for […]

Record audience figures swing Sky Deutschland to profit

German pay TV platform Sky Deutschland said it reached record audience levels in Q1 2013, helping it to swing to a profit and record a 14% increase in revenues. Over the course of the quarter, ended March 31, 2013, Sky Deutschland said its customer base grew by 42,100 to 3.4 million and claimed that more […]

The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media

Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the UK. The channel will launch on the cable platform, which is in the throes of being acquired by Liberty Global, on March 6. It will be channel 285 on the Virgin Media EPG. Style is run by Universal Networks International, […]

NBC closing international channels and cutting jobs

NBC Universal is closing several of its international channels and has placed a group of its staff at risk of redundancy, TBI has learned. Industry sources confirmed that NBC will close several of its networks. The channels are part of NBC Universal’s international television group, which is run by Kevin MacLellan. Specifically, its channel division […]