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ITV’s Leftfield Pictures set for Facebook talk show
ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures has teamed with Scooter Braun’s SB Projects to develop and produce…
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Forest Whitaker to star in Epix mobster series
MGM-owned cable channel Epix has given a straight-to-series order for ABC Signature Studios-produced drama, Godfather…
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Netflix & Buzzfeed partner for short-form doc
Netflix is set to launch a new short-form documentary series with Buzzfeed that follows the…
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CBS All Access begins int’l expansion with Canada launch
CBS All Access, CBS’ SVOD service, has launched in Canada marking its first expansion into…
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Cineflix hires ex-Newen exec for copros
Cineflix Media has appointed ex-Newen exec Julien Leroux to the new position of SVP for…
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Mattel names Ynon Kreiz CEO
Mattel has appointed ex-Maker Studios and Endemol Group boss, Ynon Kreiz, as CEO. The move…
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AMC’s Sundance picks up Sharon Horgan’s Motherland
Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ premium video streaming service, has picked up Sharon Horgan’s British TV…
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Nordic Entertainment names senior team ahead of MTG split
Nordic Entertainment Group – the renamed and soon-to-be split-off broadcasting arm of Modern Times Group…
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BT premieres The Terror on YouTube in UK first
BT is giving the public a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s thriller…
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Netflix reaches 125m subs with revenue surge for Q1
Netflix added a record number of first quarter subscribers and grew its streaming revenues by…
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Netflix & A+E partner for Sky Vision true crime series
Netflix has partnered with A+E Networks UK and Sky Vision Productions on a new true…
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Scripps veteran duo gain top spots at Discovery
Scripps execs Allison Page and Courtney White have landed top roles at Discovery’s lifestyles group,…
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Marcus Wolter to become CEO of newly formed Banijay Germany
Banijay Group is to launch a German outfit with Marcus Wolter acting as CEO from…
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Amazon Studios reshuffles after Salke hire
Amazon Studios has restructured its TV arm after the hire of NBC’s Jennifer Salke as…
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Warner Bros. vet Sue Kroll launches TV & film outfit
Warner Bros. former president of worldwide marketing and distribution, Sue Kroll, has launched a new…
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Dori Media hires Sony exec as it looks to Europe
Dori Media Group is reshuffling its sales division with Sony Picture Television’s Carolina Sabbag headed…
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A newly unified BBC Studios looks to China
BBC Studios, which has officially merged its production and commercial arms today, is looking for…
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BBCWW launches channels across MENA, Turkey
Factual channel BBC Earth is due to launch across the Middle East and North Africa…
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Vice confirms Vivendi’s Delport as int’l chief
Vice has confirmed that it has appointed former Vivendi Content head Dominique Delport as its…
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LA-based Brits Mirren & Carmichael launch TV outfit
LA-based Brits Simon Mirren (Versailles) and Jamie Carmichael have teamed to launch a TV and…
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Liberty Global drops Multimedia Polska takeover
Liberty Global has withdrawn its €690 million takeover offer for Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska, the…
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UKTV controller Emma Tennant passes away
The British television industry is today mourning the passing of the well liked UKTV controller…
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Bruce Tuchman invests in ‘Netflix of stand up comedy’
Bruce Tuchman, former president of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, has invested in NextUp,…
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COBA claims EPG changes may derail kids content investment
UK multichannel broadcasters’ association COBA has issued a warning that changes to regulations governing the…
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Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy – again
The Weinstein Company, whose ex-chairman Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual harassment, has filed…
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BBC ends Robot Wars for the second time
UK broadcaster BBC Two has killed off its mech-on-mech battle format Robot Wars for the…
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Netflix boards ZDF thriller Tabula Rasa
Netflix has launched ZDF Enterprises’ psychological thriller series Tabula Rasa on its platform. The 9×50…
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US pay TV pricing out subscribers – TiVo
Price continues to drive North American pay TV subscribers to cut their services, while more…
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INTV: Keshet Int’l launches $55m high-end drama fund
Keshet International’s big week is continuing with the launch of a US$55 million global content…
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US pay TV revenues set for $26.6bn drop – forecast
The number of traditional pay TV subscribers in the US peaked in 2012 and will…