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FX
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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…
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Show of the Week: The Weekly: Special Edition
This new, premium eight-part documentary collection is the latest production from the team behind the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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FX chief John Landgraf unveils latest annual drama findings
John Landgraf, FX Networks and FX Productions chairman, has unveiled the latest findings from his…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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FX rejigs exec team for originals
Disney-owned FX Networks has reorganised its originals team, appointing Eric Schrier as president of FX…
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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….
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LatAm scripted: The end of telenovelas?
For decades, the telenovela has been Latin America’s flagship TV genre, seducing audiences around the…
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FX, Netflix win big at Golden Globes
FX and Netflix emerged as the big TV winners of Sunday night’s (6 January) Golden…
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Top US cable entertainment channel rankings unveiled
USA Network, home of The Sinner and Banijay’s forthcoming Temptation Island reboot, was the most…
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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…
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Golden Globes nominations: FX, Amazon & HBO top Netflix
FX, Amazon and HBO have surpassed Netflix in nominations for the 76thannual Golden Globes, which…
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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….
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Netflix and HBO tie up for Emmy wins
HBO and Netflix reached a tie with 23 wins each during the 70th annual primtetime…
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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…
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FX signs first-look deal with Atlanta director
FX Productions has signed a first-look deal with Atlanta director and exec producer Hiro Murai….
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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,…
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FX, Donald Glover exit Deadpool animated series
FX, Donald Glover and Marvel Television have all excited a deal which would see them…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Disney secures $66bn 21st Century Fox entertainment takeover
The Walt Disney Company has secured a US$66 billion deal that hands it most of…