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Colin Callender’s Playground adds another UK exec
Playground Entertainment, the fast-growing prodco run by former HBO programming chief Colin Callender, has hired…
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Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
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HBO, Viacom join content programme
Cable Europe has introduced a new form of associate membership for content providers, with Viacom…
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HBO preps huge Game of Thrones simulcast
The upcoming season of Game of Thrones will launch simultaneously in 170 countries next month….
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HBO launches SVOD Netflix rival
HBO has unveiled HBO Now, its OTT subscription on-demand service that will allow consumers access…
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HBO remaking Scandi drama in Europe
HBO Europe is making two local versions of Nordic Noir hit Mammon. The European arm…
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John Hendricks: still curious
John Hendricks tells Stewart Clarke about CuriosityStream and how it will harness the ‘third evolution…
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HBO and Apple ‘in OTT talks’
HBO and Apple are reportedly in talks that could see Apple TV become a key…
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Walking Dead creator’s Outcast to Cinemax
Cinemax has taken The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s new series, Outcast, to series. HBO…
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Time Warner: $19bn content investment coming
Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes says spend on production and programme marketing at the US…
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A-listers attached to historical HBO mini
US premium cable channel HBO has ordered a historical miniseries that has actors Tom Hanks,…
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Showtime to launch in Canada
CBS Corp. will launch branded programming from its premium cable channel Showtime in Canada for…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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HBO’s OTT service to shake up SVOD market
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top…
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Online retailer readies Amazon OTT challenger
US-based online retail company Overstock.com has revealed an Amazon Prime Instant Video rival at the…
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Epix eyes original drama with Disney alum hire
US premium cable channel Epix looks set to push into original drama after hiring the…
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HBO preps scientology, Cobain and Sinatra docs
HBO has unveiled a slate of high-end docs including new projects from Alex Gibney and…
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Canadian Netflix rival taps into The Wire
Canadian OTT service CraveTV has acquired all seasons of The Wire and will launch remastered…
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HBO Go launches on Amazon
HBO Go has launched on Amazon’s Fire TV device in the US and is due…
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HBO, Showtime deals for Presto as Stan taps ABC
Australian on-demand services Presto and Stan have both scored new programming deals. The deals come…
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US cable ‘needs to change’ in face of industry shift
Cable TV is a “legacy model” that is “under threat” meaning US cablers need to…
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BBC to adapt JK Rowling detective novel
UK pubcaster the BBC is to drum up a TV drama adaptation of detective novels…
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Foxtel service adds TV series as Netflix approaches
Foxtel’s subscription-on-demand service, Presto, will add television series for the first time, as the platform…
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HBO greenlights Scorsese, Jagger rock drama
US premium cable channel HBO has given the greenlight to a drama from Martin Scorsese…
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Abrams’ Westworld remake gets HBO order
US premium cabler HBO has confirmed a 10-episode order for a remake of 1970s sci-fi…
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Buyers Briefing: Andrea Scrosati, Sky Italia
Name: Andrea Scrosati Title: Executive VP, programming, news and partner channels, Sky Italia. As the Italian…
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Big-screen to small-screen
Amid what is described as the ‘Golden Age’ of TV drama there is an increasing…
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Time Warner restructuring costs to hit $400m
Time Warner has spent US$346 million on restructuring and redundancy costs to date this year….
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Starz confirms global SVOD service for 2015
US premium cable net Starz will launch its planned international subscription on-demand service next year,…
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HBO takes on Netflix with OTT
US premium cabler HBO will launch an over the top service in the US. HBO…