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Amazon takes CBS summer drama – again
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has again secured rights to a CBS summer drama…
CBS strikes China streaming deal
The international arm of CBS has struck a programming deal with Chinese streaming service PPTV….
CBS axes Extant, adds American Gothic
US broadcaster CBS has given the greenlight to a new summer event series to its…
Amazon extends CBS summer series pact
Amazon Prime Instant Video has taken exclusive US streaming rights to broadcast network CBS’s next…
CBS ends Under the Dome
US broadcaster CBS will end rating smash Under the Dome at the end of its…
CBS latest summer event series is BrainDead
CBS has ordered BrainDead, a new comic thriller from the creators of The Good Wife…
Helen Cowley, Amazon Prime Instant Video UK
Name: Helen Cowley Title: senior manager, Amazon Prime Instant Video UK Helen Cowley has been…
Starz Play buys Showtime, CBS dramas
New Middle East and North African on-demand service Starz Play has acquired programmes such as…
LA Screenings: CBS Global Distribution
Armando Nuñez, president and CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group Studio chief Armando Nuñez tells TBI what…
Syfy takes linear UK rights to Extant
NBCUniversal’s UK pay TV channel Syfy has bought exclusive broadcast rights to CBS event series…
Virgin territory for Shomi
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has acquired exclusive local SVOD rights to The CW’s Hispanic US-themed…
WOWOW bags Extant exclusive
Japanese pay TV provider has acquired exclusive local rights to CBS dramas Extant and Penny…
CEE SVOD service welcomes Secretary
Eastern European region SVOD service Pickbox.tv has acquired exclusive rights to new season CBS shows…
Extant to return as Murder is greenlit
CBS sci-fi drama Extant has been handed a second season, as rival ABC gives full-season…
NCIS: New Orleans, Extant set for ProSiebenSat.1
Germany-based broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has extended its output deal with CBS Studios International, an agreement that…
Netflix bags exclusive SVOD rights to Gotham
Streaming service Netflix has secured exclusive subscription on-demand rights to Warner Bros.’ hot drama Gotham….
Vikings, Extant lead Amazon UK ‘ratings’
The first seasons of Vikings (pictured) and Extant are the most popular content on Amazon’s…
Buyers Briefing digital season: news digest
As part of our new weekly Buyers Briefing feature, we run down the biggest news…
CBS lines up James Patterson drama
US broadcaster CBS has gone straight-to-series on an adaptation of James Patterson novel Zoo ahead…
M6 extends CBS output deal
French broadcaster M6 has extended its multi-year output deal with CBS Studios International. This comes…
Amazon UK buys Halle Berry drama Extant
Amazon has snapped up exclusive first-window rights to buzzy sci-fi series Extant for its UK…
LA Screenings review: big name drama delivers on promise
Last week’s LA Screenings saw international buyers including BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen, TV2…
LA Screenings 2014: Spanish deal for Halle Berry series Extant
Spanish free-to-air broadcast group Atresmedia has snagged local rights to buzzy upcoming US drama Extant….
CBS, Amazon score Extant streaming agreement
CBS and Amazon have replicated the deal they struck for Under the Dome and made…
Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
ABC goes straight-to-series with Secrets & Lies remake
An upcoming Australian crime drama is being remade for US broadcast net ABC, which has…
Spielberg sci-fi set for CBS
CBS has given a straight-to-series order to Extant, a new sci-fi drama from Steven Spielberg’s…