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Netflix rejigs exec ranks with new remits for Nishimura, Riegg
Weeks after it delineated exec ranks between English-language and international content, Netflix has again restructured…
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Disney completes $71bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Disney completes its US$71bn acquisition of the bulk of 21st Century Fox today, paving the way…
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Netflix cancels ‘One Day At A Time’ citing low ratings
Netflix has cancelled family sitcom One Day At A Time after three series. The streaming…
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New Regency launches int’l TV arm
New Regency, the entertainment company behind Bohemian Rhapsody, has launched an international TV outpost in…
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TCAs: CuriosityStream, Nat Geo, BritBox unveil slates
CuriosityStream finds Speed with Arrow Media Factual SVOD CuriosityStream – which made its debut at the TCAs…
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Disney to lose $150m in third-party licensing revenue in 2019
Disney has confirmed that the business will this year lose around $150m in content licensing…
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MTV launches mobile SVOD MTV Play in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV’s first-ever direct-to-consumer SVOD mobile streaming app MTV…
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Discovery applies for Netherlands channel licences ahead of Brexit
Discovery is applying for new broadcast licences in the Netherlands for its European pay TV…
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Amazon launches AVOD channel with IMDb
Amazon has launched Freedive, an ad-supported streaming channel featuring movies and TV shows, with the…
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Tim Cook says Apple will launch new services this year
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the company will launch new services this year,…
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Discovery expands UK portfiolio with DMax launch
Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMax will launch…
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ZDFE acquires Dutch distributor Off The Fence
ZDF Enterprises has acquired Dutch producer-distributor Off The Fence. The German business has bought the…
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Nat Geo takes Tyson’s StarTalk off-air amid misconduct allegations
Nat Geo has pulled chat show StarTalk off the air following multiple sexual misconduct allegations…
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“Purposeful” formats, CEE scripted on the rise in 2019
International TV research consultancy K7 Media has unveiled its predictions for 2019, forecasting that Disney+…
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Top US cable entertainment channel rankings unveiled
USA Network, home of The Sinner and Banijay’s forthcoming Temptation Island reboot, was the most…
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Eleven Sports “miscalculation” serves as wake-up call to sports providers
Eleven Sports’ distribution headaches have served as a pressing “wake-up call” to sports providers looking…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios Showcase unveils line-up
Drama Republic’s Pure (pictured) and 72 Films’ global history series Icons are among the programmes headlining next year’s…
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TBI Weekly: Our top stories of 2018
It has been exactly a year to the day since Disney revealed its proposed acquisition…
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Netflix unveils most-binged shows of 2018
BBC One co-production Bodyguard and coming-of-age drama On My Block were among Netflix’s most binged…
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Acorn TV expands global footprint to 30 territories
Acorn TV, the US streaming service specialising in British television, is expanding into 30 countries,…
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Netflix & WarnerMedia strike $100m deal for Friends
Netflix is due to pay WarnerMedia $100m to place Warner Bros. hit Friends on its platform…
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TBI Weekly: The Future is Factual – The Top Unscripted Trends of 2018
Weeks after unveiling its long-gestating, multi-million-dollar collaboration with David Attenborough, Netflix made another strong statement…
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TBI Weekly: Could Barclays’ SVOD fund go global?
Barclays Corporate Banking is looking to expand its SVOD investment fund outside the UK as…
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Distributor-led commissions: the 5 things producers need to know
As production funding from broadcasters continues to lag behind production costs, and production companies increasingly…
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Disney’s SEC filing sheds light on Hulu value
Disney has valued The Handmaid’s Tale SVOD Hulu at around US$9.26bn, according to a Securities…
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Facebook rolls out “fewer, bigger, better” strategy
Facebook is rolling out a “fewer, bigger, better” strategy around scripted content as it rejigs…
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Fairfax shareholders approve Nine Network merger
Fairfax Media shareholders have backed the 150-year-old Australian firm’s merger with commercial channel Nine Network,…
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Sky drama head moves to Netflix
Sky UK’s head of drama Anne Mensah is to exit the company for Netflix and…
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Disney CEO sets sights on Hulu takeover, reveals SVOD plans
Disney has lifted the lid on its new streaming service, which will be called Disney+…
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Facebook rolls out HQ Trivia rival Confetti globally
Facebook is rolling out trivia game show Confetti internationally via Fremantle. The social media platform has…