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HBO Europe CEO exiting, restructure underway
HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen will leave the company at the end of the year,…
HBO Europe preps Golden Life, more local drama
HBO Europe will launch Golden Life, a family crime drama based on a DRG-distributed Finnish format,…
Beyond poaches ABC exec for drama drive
Producer and distributor Beyond has recruited David Ogilvy to run a new Australia-based scripted division….
Content companies vie to be Best Distributor
Five content sales companies have been shortlisted for the Best Content Distributor category in the…
Channels switch on OTT
Premium, basic pay and free TV channels around the world are looking to OTT and…
Showtime chief: US and UK writing styles merging
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Showtime president David Nevins told delegates here in Edinburgh that elements…
Iannucci launches spirited BBC defence
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Comedy writer Armando Iannucci used his keynote lecture at the Edinburgh…
HBO strikes five-season Sesame Street deal
HBO and Sesame Workshop have agreed a five-season deal for iconic kids series Sesame Street….
David Simon pilots set for HBO
HBO’s long-standing partnership with The Wire creator David Simon continues with the greenlight of two…
HBO NOW set for ‘case-by-case’ int’l launches
Subscriber satisfaction for HBO’s US over-the-top service has surpassed expectations with announcements about new country…
HBO pulls Bulgarian channels in fees row
HBO Bulgaria has pulled its HBO and Cinemax services from pay TV operator Bulsatcom’s platform…
HBO Now launches on Amazon Fire tablets
HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…
Comcast to launch Stream online TV service
Comcast is due to begin trialling a new streaming cable service in the US called…
HBO orders Katims drama pilot
US premium cable channel HBO has ordered a romantic drama pilot from Parenthood creator Jason…
Red flag to a bull: James Ross, Lightning Int’l
It’s a common sight in Asia: husband and wife, together on the sofa – or…
HBO Now to launch on Android
HBO’s recently-launched US streaming service, HBO Now, is due to launch on Android devices this…
Sky launches Veep on demand before linear
Sky is making the new, fourth, season of HBO comedy Veep available as on on-demand…
FremantleMedia takes Young Pope rights
FremantleMedia International has snagged international rights to The Young Pope, the upcoming Canal+, HBO and…
BT adds Game of Thrones downloads
UK telco BT has added Game of Thrones to its download-to-own line-up and claims the…
In the spotlight: Colin Callender
Wolf Hall producer Colin Callender reveals the influences that have shaped a five-decade career spanning…
HBO picks up Lanzmann doc
US premium cable channel has acquired a 40-minute documentary that looks into the making of…
A+E to rebrand H2 as Vice
Having ploughed US$250 million into Vice Media last year, A+E Networks is now retooling one…
Game of Thrones premiere notches 18.1 million
The opening instalment of season five of Game of Thrones garnered a total of 18.1…
Sky postpones Gibney’s Scientology doc
UK satcaster Sky has pulled its scheduled broadcast of Alex Gibney’s controversial Scientology documentary, Going…
Romanian launch for HBO Go
HBO’s TV Everywhere service HBO Go has launched on Digi Net and Digi TV in…
Sky Germany going day-and-date with HBO
Sky Germany will start launching HBO series on the same day they go out on…
Broomfield’s Sleeper awakens channels
Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, has sold to broadcasters in Australia,…
Vice launching daily news and OTT channel with HBO
Youth content brand Vice is launching a daily news service on HBO in the US…
Tax break sweetener to drive UK copros
International drama shot in the UK has just become more appealing to overseas investors following…
Apple ‘planning’ autumn web TV launch
Apple is reportedly planning to launch an online TV service this autumn in partnership with…