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Sky to increase drama investment by 25%
Sky reported strong full-year results for its second quarter and revealed its plans to increase…
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Former Sony exec Andy Kaplan joins QYOU India
The former president of Sony Pictures Worldwide Networks, Andy Kaplan, has joined QYOU India as…
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ITV Studios taps Silver Reel exec for global acquisitions
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has hired Silver Reel Partners’ Bea Hegedus as VP…
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Shonda Rhimes reveals upcoming Netflix projects
Netflix and Shonda Rhimes revealed the projects the TV veteran has been working on since…
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Comcast drops bidding war with Disney
Comcast has dropped the bidding war with Disney to acquire assets from 21st Century Fox…
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Discovery extends Zaslav’s contract to 2023
Discovery has extended president and CEO David Zaslav’s employment contract through to the end of…
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SVOD subs overtake pay TV in the UK, Ofcom reports
Subscriptions to OTT TV services Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Now TV have overtaken traditional…
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Eurodata: World Cup Final reached 163m across Europe
The climax of the 2018 World Cup in Russia delivered strong figures across Europe and…
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Shiver appoints C4’s Haywood to new fact ent role
Shiver, the ITV Studios label, has appointed Channel 4 (C4) commissioning editor Simone Haywood to…
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US gov’t to appeal merger go-ahead for AT&T, Warner
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is to appeal the court decision approving the merger…
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Netflix surpasses HBO in Emmy nominations
For the first time, Netflix has surpassed HBO in the number of Emmy nominations it…
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Netflix’s cost of adding new customers has ‘rocketed’
Netflix’s US subscriber additions are beginning to slow and the cost of adding new customers…
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Reese Witherspoon to launch VOD channel with AT&T
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and AT&T will be debuting two new female-driven series on DirectTV,…
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Comcast lines up buyers for Fox sports assets
Comcast is lining up potential buyers for 21st Century Fox regional sports networks (RSNs) in…
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Netflix to launch Indian horror series following Sacred Games premiere
A few days after the premiere of Netflix’s Indian original Sacred Games, the streamer has…
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BBC & C4 plan £500m to bid for UKTV
The BBC is in talks with Channel 4 (C4) to make a £500 million ($657…
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Disney preps SVOD service launch with exec reorg
The Walt Disney Company has reorganised its marketing executives as it steps ups its plans…
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US Justice Department approves Disney’s $71.3bn Fox bid
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Disney’s bid for Fox assets, so long…
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Will Smith acquires German distributor Telepool
Will Smith and director Mark Forster have teamed up to acquire German distributor Telepool. Smith…
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YouTube steps up originals game with Kirsten Dunst series
YouTube Premium has ordered Kirsten Dunst-starring dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida,…
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Spun Gold adds three to leadership team, nabs BBCS exec
Spun Gold Television has added three new execs to its leadership team including former BBC…
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ABC greenlights Roseanne spin-off
After ABC cancelled its popular revival Roseanne earlier this year, the broadcaster has made a…
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Amazon inks first-look deal with Game of Thrones producer
Game of Thrones co-executive producer Vince Gerardis has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios….
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Apple orders immigration anthology series from Big Sick duo
Apple has ordered immigrant anthology series Little America from The Big Sick’s Lee Eisenberg and Alan…
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Objective promotes Pound, gains first commercial director
Objective Media Group (OMG) has promoted Roz Pound to act as its director of production…
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Sky Italia to co-produce Clooney’s Catch 22 as C4 brings it to the UK
Sky Italia has confirmed that it will co-produce George Clooney (pictured) drama Catch-22, alongside Paramount…
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Jay-Z to produce Meek Mill doc at Amazon
Amazon is set to feature a six-part documentary series that follows rapper Meek Mill as…
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eOne inks overall TV deal with UK prodco Fired Up Films
Entertainment One has signed a multi-year overall TV deal with Simon Howley and Jon-Barrie Waddell’s…
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Kew Media acquires Essential Quail for $24m
Canada’s Kew Media Group has agreed to acquire Essential Quail Media Group for an initial…
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BritBox platform unveils Royal Wedding plans
BritBox, the BBC Studios/ITV SVOD platform that targets North America, has announced plans to showcase…