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‘HBO, Netflix lead Amazon in digital originals’

Demand for key original series from HBO Now and Netflix far out-strips that for Amazon Prime Instant Video shows internationally, according to new research. Parrot Analytics’s study of the UK, US and Australian markets showed HBO’s Game of Thrones is by far the most demanded originally-produced series from an SVOD provider. The results were reached […]

Bell secures HBO content as Corus rejigs

Bell Media has secured an “unprecedented” agreement with HBO that means just one operator will offer all HBO programming for the first time in Canadian television history. Bell’s rival Corus Entertainment will stepping back from the pay TV movies business, transferring over its HBO content licensing rights as the deal kicks in. Subsequently, Bell will […]

Star Channel becomes HBO’s Japanese partner

Japanese premium movie net Star Channel has become the territory’s exclusive home of HBO programming. An exclusive deal means subscribers to Sony Pictures Entertainment-backed Star will be the first to see HBO movies and series in Japan. It already has rights to key series such as Game of Thrones. Time Warner-owned HBO has a similar […]

Bell giving Greenpeace doc multiplatform launch

Canadian media giant Bell is launching feature doc How to Change the World across pay TV, SVOD and free-TV, starting early next month. The doc follows the story of Greenpeace, and the multiplatform launch will be timed to coincide with a United Nations climate conference in Paris. The film will debut on HBO Canada, a […]

Sky extends HBO deal across Europe

Sky’s role as the exclusive home of HBO programming will be extended beyond the UK and across all of the 21st Century Fox-backed pay TV firm’s European territories. A new deal sees Sky take first-run rights to HBO shows in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy, and includes extensive on-demand rights. Upcoming big-ticket HBO […]

News brief: Universal Italy buys Best Film Directors

The Universal Channel in Italy has acquired 91x26mins of Hollywood’s Best Film Directors. The series profiles famous film directors including Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). The series is distributed by Paris-based Prime Entertainment, which has previously shopped it to buyers including AMC, BSkyB, HBO and Netflix. Speaking about the series, David Freydt, managing director of Prime […]

Netflix CEO says there is ‘not enough TV’

Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said there is not “nearly enough” TV content, coming out in strong opposition to the likes of FX boss John Landgraf who has said there is a glut of programming that is causing a ‘malaise’ among viewers. The Netflix chief added that Netflix will be investing in more content for […]

HBO Europe CEO exiting, restructure underway

HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen will leave the company at the end of the year, with HBO Nordic boss Hervé Payan taking control of the premium channel operator’s Europe-wide operations. Payan joined HBO Nordic in 2012, running its OTT operation in the Nordic region. Prior to that he was at Orange and Italian pay TV operator […]

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, in early November, and plans to ramp up the number of originals coming out of its Hungarian base. Speaking ahead of a screening of Golden Life (Aranyélet) in Budapest, HBO Hungary executive producer Gabor Krigler said that having looked to […]

Beyond poaches ABC exec for drama drive

Producer and distributor Beyond has recruited David Ogilvy to run a new Australia-based scripted division. Ogilvy joins from the ABC where he was a drama commissioner. He has a long list of credits from his time at the Australian pubcaster including The Code (above), Rake, Anzac Girls, and The Straits. At the new Beyond division […]

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