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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 (Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas), Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire) and Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger. The currently-untitled series has been in the works at Time Warner-owned HBO for some time. Set in New York in the 1970s, it follows the […]

Abrams’ Westworld remake gets HBO order

US premium cabler HBO has confirmed a 10-episode order for a remake of 1970s sci-fi horror Western Westworld. The one-hour drama project hails from writer Jonathan Nolan, brother of Hollywood director Christopher Nolan, and Lost and Fringe creator JJ Abrams. Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions and Kilter Films are working on the project in […]

Buyers Briefing: Andrea Scrosati, Sky Italia

Name: Andrea Scrosati Title: Executive VP,  programming, news and partner channels, Sky Italia. As the Italian business prepares to become part of Sky Europe, Sky Italia’s Andrea Scrosati talks to TBI about its programming strategy, increased investment in original drama and entertainment, and what’s coming up at the Italian pay TV platform.   How was MIPCOM […]

Big-screen to small-screen

Amid what is described as the ‘Golden Age’ of TV drama there is an increasing trend to look to feature films for small-screen inspiration. John Hazelton looks at the film-to-TV trend and reveals how top creative talent to raiding is studio vaults to find material for the small screen When Fargo won this year’s Emmy […]

Time Warner restructuring costs to hit $400m

Time Warner has spent US$346 million on restructuring and redundancy costs to date this year. The US media giant’s latest financial results show third quarter restructuring and severance costs were US$303 million as a strategy to significantly reduce headcount kicked in. Staff are being cut at channels business Turner Broadcasting System, studio subsidiary Warner Bros. […]

Starz confirms global SVOD service for 2015

US premium cable net Starz will launch its planned international subscription on-demand service next year, with initial investment in the project totalling around US$20 million. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht confirmed the plans in a conference call for Starz’s third quarter, saying: “We believe there is significant value in pay-premium channels, but value is being constrained […]

HBO takes on Netflix with OTT

US premium cabler HBO will launch an over the top service in the US. HBO CEO Richard Plepler told investors in HBO parent company Time Warner that the HBO OTT service will roll out in 2015 and be ‘transformative’ for the company. HBO already runs a TV Everywhere service, HBO GO,but the OTT move means […]

Euro broadcaters buy Outlander

A raft of international broadcasters including HBO Netherlands and Viasat have acquired US drama series Outlander. Sony Pictures Television distributes the series and has struck the sales deals, with several buyers in Latin America also buying the scripted series. The series, based on Diana Gabaldon’s second book in the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber, was […]

HBO hangs hopes on Euro drama

HBO Europe has made a concerted push into both the local scripted and non-scripted markets. Jesse Whittock heads to Bucharest to hear about its drama series Umbre and future programing plans from executive VP, programming and production Antony Root Dangling metres above a yellow Bucharest taxi and suspended by a thick metal cable, the stuntman […]

Canal+ strikes HBO SVOD deal

French pay TV operator Canal+’s on-demand unit Canalplay has struck a deal with US pay TV channel provider HBO to acquire subscription video-on-demand rights to The Wire and Strike Back. Seasons one to five of The Wire and seasons one and two of Strike Back will be available via Canal+’s SVOD service from now until […]

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