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Fox makes major OTT move in Asia
Fox International Channels is launching several of its key services over the top in Asia….
Fox’s Empire headed to UK youth net
Fox’s new season break-out hit Empire has landed on UK TV. A deal between Twentieth…
Sony launches PlayStation Vue cloud TV service
Sony has launched its new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, in the US cities of…
Apple ‘planning’ autumn web TV launch
Apple is reportedly planning to launch an online TV service this autumn in partnership with…
Fox, NBC buy Marvista movies for Asia
US-based producer and distributor Marvista has sold several of its TV movies to channels in…
Fox, MTG win Battle Creek
Fox International Channels has acquired Battle Creek from Sony Pictures Television for its Fox channels…
Fox gives David Smyth intn’l copro role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted David Smyth to senior VP, sales and development,…
Fox denies Discovery takeover report
Twenty First Century Fox has moved swiftly to deny reports that its executives have held…
Crave cuts Fox SVOD deal
Fledgling Canadian SVOD service Crave has struck a programming deal with Fox, for several of…
Barnett recruits Rodrigue for BBC America post
Sarah Barnett has brought SundanceTV colleague Nena Rodrigue to US cable channel BBC America. Rodrigue…
FIC aligns all international Fox channels
Fox International Channels is aligning all of its international Fox channels under a unified global…
Andreae out at Fox, Electus’ Henson in
Simon Andreae’s spell at the top of US broadcast network Fox’s reality arm is over,…
Regal ambitions
Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…
Fox leaves Gracepoint
US broadcast network Fox has cancelled crime drama Gracepoint after one season. The show failed…
Buyers Briefing: Devi Noviana, RCTI (Indonesia)
Name: Devi Noviana Title: head of international acquisitions Ahead of the ATF market in Singapore,…
Fox 21, Fox TV Studios merging under Salke
Fox Television Group is merging two of its studios to create a cable production powerhouse….
Fox’s Red Band Society disbanded
Fox’s teen medical drama Red Band Society has been pulled from schedules, prompting questions over…
CBS scores FIC Sweden deal
Fox International Channels Sweden has scored a multi-year programming agreement with the distribution arm of…
Sony’s cloud TV service to ‘reinvent’ viewing
Sony has unveiled PlayStation Vue, a new cloud-based TV service that combines live, on-demand, and…
Calemzuk forms Rampante, teams with Time
Former Fox and Shine boss Emiliano Calemzuk has created a new content company, Rampante, and…
Fox poaches Bekker to run FIC Africa
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named former Wananchi Programming managing director Hannelie Bekker as managing…
Ex-Fox chief Reilly lands Turner CCO role
Former Fox network chief Kevin Reilly has joined Turner Broadcasting System as president of cable…
Fox’s Utopia experiment over
US broadcaster Fox has cancelled big-budget social experiment format Utopia. Just two months after the…
Sky Deutschland counters Netflix with OTT
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched an OTT TV service, Sky Online, that will…
Dutch Fox orders Hounds, MTG builds production hub
The Fox channel in the Netherlands has ordered a Release the Hounds special, which will…
DreamWorks sale talks ‘stall’
Discussions that may see Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation sold to Japan’s SoftBank Corp. have “cooled”,…
Canadian, Oz buyers reach Gracepoint
Canada’s Global TV and Australian pay TV provider Foxel have acquired Gracepoint, the US remake…
ITV, WPP back new Avnet digital producer
UK broadcaster ITV and advertising giant WPP are the main investors in Indigenous Media, a…
News brief: Sons of Anarchy shatters FX ratings record
US cable channel FX has seen the premiere of the final season of biker drama…
News brief: Israel’s BOOM! sell to Kazahkstan
Keshet International game show BOOM! has sold to Kazakhstani net Channel Seven. Arai Production will…