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Viacom International Studios UK wins first ITV order
Viacom International Studios (VIS) UK has picked up its first ever third-party commission, a two-part…
Bigger, better and celebrity-laden: Is the future of docs sustainable?
As documentaries cutting through on SVODs begin to look glossier and more high-profile by the…
Exclusive: ‘Blue Planet II’ exec joins Honeyborne as Netflix grows UK footprint
Blue Planet II production exec Katie Hall has departed the BBC’s Natural History Unit to…
Netflix sets up Sydney office
Netflix has set up a local outpost in Australia, with a small Sydney office slowly…
Spielberg to pen horror series for Quibi
Short-form streaming service Quibi has signed up Steven Spielberg to write a horror series, according…
ITV avoids trial with ‘Duck Dynasty’ producers
A lengthy legal battle between ITV and Duck Dynasty producer Gurney Productions has reached an…
Quibi teams with MTV Studios to reboot ‘Punk’d’, ‘Singled Out’
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi has partnered with MTV Studios to reboot Punk’d and Singled Out for…
‘Love Island’ returns with record viewers despite recent controversy
The fifth series of ITV2’s Love Island has launched with 3.3m viewers — its most-watched…
WarnerMedia taps development head for streaming service
WarnerMedia has tapped Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves to lead the development of its forthcoming…
WarnerMedia consolidation sees vast restructuring at TruTV, CNN
TruTV is laying off around 40% of its workforce, including the bulk of its marketing…
Endeavor files for IPO amid writers clash
Endeavor, the Hollywood talent agency and media empire, has announced it is filing for an…
‘Love Island’ reveals key changes to contestant duty of care
ITV has outlined new duty of care processes for contestants in its hit reality series…
Georgia faces film and TV backlash following anti-abortion bill
Georgia, the biggest state for filming in the US, is facing a growing backlash from…
Netflix eyes studio space at UK’s Pinewood Studios
Netflix is looking to lease at least a third of the UK’s Pinewood Studios as…
UK government launches inquiry into reality TV’s duty of care
Reality TV is facing unprecedented scrutiny in the UK this week following the death of…
Upfronts 2019: All 35 pick-ups broken down
This year’s Upfronts have so far yielded 35 series pick-ups across the big four…
Apple TV app launches in more than 100 countries
Apple has launched its redesigned TV app, making it possible for consumers to subscribe in…
Black Friday cancellations: ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Murphy Brown’ axed
US broadcasters have pulled the plug on a number of shows as part of its…
Endemol Shine exits ‘Masked Singer’ as Fox goes in-house for unscripted
Fox is launching an in-house studio for alternative entertainment that will count the next series…
Bob Iger: Disney “bullish” about Hulu potential
Disney is “bullish” about the potential of Hulu, including international expansion, but will have to…
Natural history co-pros unlikely as genre evolves for SVODs
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
Netflix orders seven-part true crime original ‘Killer Ratings’
Netflix has commissioned Caravan Productions and Quicksilver Media for a seven-part series on a Brazilian…
Hulu’s subscriber base balloons to 28m
Disney and Comcast-backed streaming service Hulu has grown its total customer base to over 28m,…
Obamas unveil first Netflix slate
Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has…
Netflix promises greater transparency after beating earnings expectations
Netflix bosses have promised to reveal more data around the viewership of its programming after…
Hulu buys back minority stake from AT&T
Hulu has struck a deal with AT&T to take back a 9.5% minority stake from…
MIPTV: The Big Deals
TBI looks at the top deals struck out of Cannes at last week’s MIPTV market….
Snap unveils new slate of originals
Snap held its first-ever Partner Summit on Thursday (4 April) to unveil a list of…
BBC, Discovery to build “Marvel library” of factual content with SVOD
Discovery boss David Zaslav has likened the business’s whopping nine-figure deal for BBC content to…
ITV boss defends “different and distinctive” BritBox UK plans
ITV boss Carolyn McCall has defended the broadcaster’s SVOD tie-up with the BBC, BritBox UK,…