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Disney plans $16bn content spend, 350m subs target & raft of new originals
The Walt Disney Company has announced plans to spend between $14-$16bn on content for its…
Show of the Week: The Weekly: Special Edition
This new, premium eight-part documentary collection is the latest production from the team behind the…
TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from Edinburgh TV Festival
The 2020 Edinburgh TV Festival’s virtual nature didn’t stop the annual event from making an…
FX chairman John Landgraf reveals diversity push at the US network
John Landgraf, chairman of Disney-owned FX Networks and FX Productions says that 63% of directors…
TBI In Conversation: ‘Mrs America’s Dahvi Waller on Hollywood gender inequality
In this latest instalment of our In Conversation strand, we talk to Mrs America showrunner Dahvi…
FX and Hulu partner with New York Times for new doc from ‘The Weekly’ team
US network FX and Disney-owned streaming service Hulu have partnered with The New York Times…
FX chief John Landgraf unveils latest annual drama findings
John Landgraf, FX Networks and FX Productions chairman, has unveiled the latest findings from his…
John Landgraf: More than half of FX writing staff are women, POC
More than half of US cable channel FX’s writing staff are women or people of…
FX’s Landgraf “embraces” Hulu potential, confirms windowing between services
FX boss John Landgraf has said the channel “embraces” the distribution potential afforded by Hulu,…
FX orders TV adaptation of Hannah Fidell’s ‘A Teacher’
Disney-owned US cabler FX has ordered a 10-part limited series based on Hannah Fidell’s 2013…
FX teams with Jeff Bridges for off-grid drama
Disney’s US cablenet FX is teaming up with The Big Lebowski (pictured) star Jeff Bridges…
Disney focuses on Hulu as it closes FX streaming service
Disney is to close down the SVoD service launched by its recently acquired cable network…
Lionsgate strikes two-year output deal with Hulu, FX
Disney-controlled streamer Hulu and cable channel FX have struck a two-year output deal with Lionsgate…
FX rejigs exec team for originals
Disney-owned FX Networks has reorganised its originals team, appointing Eric Schrier as president of FX…
FX boss Landgraf: Netflix isn’t telling “whole story” around viewership
FX boss John Landgraf has lashed out at Netflix, criticizing the streaming giant’s viewership claims….
LatAm scripted: The end of telenovelas?
For decades, the telenovela has been Latin America’s flagship TV genre, seducing audiences around the…
FX, Netflix win big at Golden Globes
FX and Netflix emerged as the big TV winners of Sunday night’s (6 January) Golden…
Top US cable entertainment channel rankings unveiled
USA Network, home of The Sinner and Banijay’s forthcoming Temptation Island reboot, was the most…
FX: Streamers surpass broadcasters in scripted originals for the first time
In 2018, SVOD services have surpassed broadcasters in the number of scripted originals on their…
Golden Globes nominations: FX, Amazon & HBO top Netflix
FX, Amazon and HBO have surpassed Netflix in nominations for the 76thannual Golden Globes, which…
FX strikes first UK output deal with the BBC
Disney-owned cable channel FX has struck its first UK output deal, linking with the BBC….
Netflix and HBO tie up for Emmy wins
HBO and Netflix reached a tie with 23 wins each during the 70th annual primtetime…
Propagate sets up La Niña at FX networks for adaptation
Propagate has reached an agreement with FX to develop hit Colombian format La Niña for…
FX signs first-look deal with Atlanta director
FX Productions has signed a first-look deal with Atlanta director and exec producer Hiro Murai….
Adapting audio: Why podcasts are making it big in TV
A string of networks from HBO to Amazon have adapted podcasts for the small screen,…
FX, Donald Glover exit Deadpool animated series
FX, Donald Glover and Marvel Television have all excited a deal which would see them…
Ex Machina’s Alex Garland lands drama pilot with FX
US cable net FX has given a pilot order for a drama from Ex Machina…
YouTube TV ups price and adds Turner channels
YouTube TV is set to up its price from US$35 to US$40 per month, has…
Sky Atlantic places Trust in Danny Boyle’s FX drama
European pay TV channel Sky Atlantic has bought a Danny Boyle-led retelling of the Getty…
Disney secures $66bn 21st Century Fox entertainment takeover
The Walt Disney Company has secured a US$66 billion deal that hands it most of…