After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
HBO
2 min read
TBI Weekly: Brand power could hold key for the future of TV
This week, it’s become clear that simply having quality content is no longer enough to…
1 min read
30 years of TBI: The TBI 20 (2003)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
1 min read
Amazon usurps Hulu Japan as exclusive HBO home
Amazon Prime Video’s Japanese wing has struck a deal to bring major HBO titles such…
1 min read
OTT value to reach $119bn by 2022
Over-the-top (OTT) providers of digital TV such as Netflix and Amazon, are set to reach…
4 min read
Stock trader: Giorgio Stock bets on brands
Turner EMEA continues to grow under Giorgio Stock, who is targeting consumers with investment in…
1 min read
Canal+ orders HBO’s My Brilliant Friend
French group Canal+ has pre-bought My Brilliant Friend, a drama based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling…
1 min read
Ronan Farrow signs 3-year deal with HBO
Following the investigative takedown of Harvey Weinstein last year, New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow has…
1 min read
Game of Thrones won’t return until 2019 – official
Game of Thrones’ final winter is coming – but not until 2019. An announcement from…
1 min read
Netflix boards Syfy original from Game of Thrones creator
Game of Thrones writer and producer George R.R. Martin has landed a series on Netflix….
1 min read
Abraham & Heller replace Nevins as HBO doc bosses
As HBO doc boss Sheila Nevins steps down after 38 years in service, Nancy Abraham…
1 min read
Doc boss Sheila Nevins exiting HBO after 38 years
HBO Documentary Films’ influential president Sheila Nevins is leaving the premium US pay business after…
4 min read
Entertainment centre – why eOne brought TV and film together
John Morayniss tells Jesse Whittock how North American distributor Entertainment One is evolving, while the…
2 min read
Cinemax copro among new Sky originals
UK pay TV service Sky is working up a London-set gangster thriller as a coproduction…
1 min read
HBO greenlights Spanish-language comedy
HBO has given the green light to a Spanish-language comedy pilot named Mexico City: Only…
2 min read
HBO expands SVOD service in Europe
HBO Go has launched as a direct-to-consumer service in four central European countries. The premium…
1 min read
Netflix, FX & HBO drop shows with Louis C.K.
Following sexual misconduct claims made about Louis C.K., a range of companies working with the…
1 min read
HBO bags BBC’s Kit Harrington miniseries
US premium cabler HBO has acquired exclusive US rights to Gunpowder, the BBC’s three-part Kit…
2 min read
Game of Thrones fever drives Time Warner growth
The stunning viewing figures for Game of Thrones have pushed Time Warner and its subsidiary,…
1 min read
HBO adds int’l originals to US service
HBO will add original series from its European, Asian and Latin American services to its…
8 min read
Fighting the pirates
Illegal downloads and streams are directly impacting the TV business, but how far are they…
2 min read
Game of Thrones leads to record Sky audience
Sky recorded record entertainment audiences in its fiscal first quarter and grew its customer numbers…
2 min read
HBO tops pay list as US subs get selective
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the…
1 min read
HBO & Sky Arts open book on Rolling Stone
US premium channel HBO and the UK’s Sky Arts have co-commissioned a documentary series about…
1 min read
HBO gives Watchmen the green light
HBO has given the greenlight to Watchmen and ordered backup scripts for the project. Damon…
2 min read
Viaplay commits to Conspiracy of Silence
MTG video streaming service Viaplay has ordered an eight-part political thriller named Conspiracy of Silence….
2 min read
Sky’s Spanish SVOD service launches
European satcaster Sky has debuted in Spain’s increasingly crowded and competitive subscription VOD service. The…
1 min read
Veep to step down from HBO
US premium cable network HBO is ending political sitcom Veep after seven seasons. The series…
1 min read
Fox brings The Good Fight to Germany
Fox Networks Group has secured rights to The Good Fight in Germany from CBS Studios…
1 min read
True Detective officially returning to HBO duty
US premium cable channel HBO has finally confirmed a third season of crime drama True…
1 min read
Game of Thrones smashes ratings records
The finale of the latest Game of Thrones took a massive 16.5 million viewers in…