BT and AMC will broadcast the channel free of charge in the UK from October 28 to November 5 via the Sky digital satellite platform. During the period, Sky subscribers can catch a host of series marathons as well as the exclusive UK premiere of new drama series Snatch (pictured), which stars Harry Potter star […]
BBC Worldwide has brought in Anna Rafferty to develop its direct to consumer offerings. She will be digital marketing director at Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK pubcaster the BBC, joining from Pottermore, the Harry Potter business. Before that she ran Penguin Books’ digital division. In her new role Rafferty will work up Worldwide’s consumer […]
Sky in Germany is due to launch a pop-up Harry Potter channel that will show all eight Warner Bros. Entertainment films starring the boy wizard. Sky Cinema HD Harry Potter will run from November 4 to 20, with the channel to coincide with the November 17 cinema release of Harry Potter spin-off movie Fantastic Beasts […]
Endemol Shine Studios has secured an exclusive, multi-year development deal with Lock, Stocking and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie. This will see the US studio arm of Endemol Shine Group working with Ritchie and his production partner, Lionel Wigram, who co-founded Ritchie/Wigram Productions. This marks the first time Ritchie, who is known for creating […]
NBCUniversal International Studios has created a joint venture production with Harry Potter and Gravity producer David Heyman. Heydey Television launches with a pair of series commitments from NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. Heyman is best known for securing the rights to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books for cinema and then producing the subsequent eight movies. […]
South African transactional video-on-demand service Altech Node has scored a wide-ranging feature film deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. South African telecoms group Altron TMT launched Altech Node in September last year as an entertainment hub, streaming server, Wi-Fi hotspot, home automation and energy management system, telephone, videophone and e-commerce platform. Content services firm Vubiquity […]
UK pubcaster the BBC is to drum up a TV drama adaptation of detective novels Harry Potter author JK Rowling wrote under the pen-name Robert Galbraith. The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm novels, which follow detective Cormoran Strike, will be the base material for the crime drama, which Bronte Films will produce. The BBC and […]
Shine Group drama prodco Kudos Film & TV will work with indie Parti Productions to nurture Asian talent and develop Asian-themed scripted shows. As part of an exclusive first-look coproduction deal that Kudos CEO Jane Featherstone and Parti’s founder Nishi Parti brokered, the pair will seek to develop and produce TV dramas for the UK […]
Entertainment One is pitching a TV series to broadcasters based on the 2010 UK movie Skeletons. The producer and distributor was talking to potential partners about the project at MIPCOM last week and a senior eOne source told TBI that two, currently named, channels are in pole position to come on board the series. UK-listed […]
Warner Bros.’ international TV unit will sell the upcoming TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy as part of an extended deal with the author. The Casual Vacancy novel tells the story of the death of a small town councillor and the ensuing mystery. It was the Harry Potter author’s first effort since the […]
