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Epix
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Ex-Turner & Amblin chief to lead Epix
Former Turner and Amblin Partners chief Michael Wright has joined MGM’s US premium pay TV…
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Industry vet to lead Cannabis OTT channel
Douglas Lee has been named as general manager of 420TV, the new OTT TV channel…
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MGM to produce Patrick Dempsey drama for Epix
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Canada on a…
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Viacom eyes all-cash Scripps takeover
Viacom is reportedly eyeing one of the biggest all-cash takeovers in recent US media history…
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MGM to buy all of Epix
Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwin-Mayer is to buy Viacom and Lionsgate out of premium cable channel Epix….
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HBO Europe on-demand nets stop at Berlin Station
HBO Nordic and HBO España make two of three new buyers of Epix’s drama series,…
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MGM in talks to buy out Epix partners
US studio MGM Holdings is reportedly in talks to buy Viacom and Lionsgate out of…
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Lionsgate ‘in talks to sell Epix stake’
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly set to offload its stake in US premium cable channel Epix…
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Epix poaches BBCWW exec for content sales
US premium network Epix has poached a high-ranking BBC Worldwide America distribution executive. Sandy Ashendorf…
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Meg Ryan returns to TV drama with Epix
US premium cable channel Epix is to bring big screen star Meg Ryan back to…
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Epix hires NBCU’s Dakss for digital post
US premium cable channel Epix has hired Jonathan Dakss from NBCUniversal to fill a key…
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Epix to adapt Get Shorty for TV
US premium cable channel Epix is to produce a TV version of 1990s movie Get…
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Fremantle nets Serena Williams film
FremantleMedia has snagged international rights to Serena, a feature doc about world-beating tennis champion Serena…
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NATPE: drama execs say golden age continues
A selection of top US drama executives here in Miami on the first day of…
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Epix adds Tappan as scripted efforts expand
US premium cable channel Epix has appointed former Landscape Entertainment (Raven Rock) executive Ben Tappan…
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Hulu grabs Epix films as Netflix deal ends
US streaming service Hulu has swooped for exclusive movies from premium pay network Epix after…
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Sling OTT service adds Epix channels
Sling, the fledgling US OTT service operated by pay TV operator Dish, has struck a…
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Viacom promotes Gorke for US distribution
Viacom has promoted Tom Gorke to a wider content distribution role in its domestic networks division….
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Epix to coproduce stand up show with Comedy Central
US premium network Epix has unveiled new comedy specials premiere, including one coproduced with Comedy…
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Orange is the new black this season
Netflix is going big on original programming. Having started off with Lilyhammer, it stepped things…