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News round-up: ITVX & Stan pick up ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’; Laura Franses joins S4C Digital; Urban Myth to adapt ‘The Hike’
ITVX & Stan pick up ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ UK streamer ITVX and Stan in Australia…
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Peacock paid subs stick at 13 million as Q2 losses deepen
NBCUniversal-owned streaming service Peacock saw its paid subscriber numbers stall at around 13 million in…
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TBI Weekly: Two ways an SVOD burst impacts the industry
As news of NBCU’s planned streaming service designed to ‘pay’ users to watch was revealed…
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BBCWW hires NBCU formats exec as exec producer
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has hired NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s Anaïs Baker as executive producer for fact ent,…
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NBCU holds Thai Singer Auction
NBCUniversal International Formats is set for the worldwide sales launch of Singer Auction, a new…
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ATF: done deals as Asian market expands
As the dust settles on another Asia Television Forum, TBI runs down some of the…
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Raft of commissions for Channel 4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 unveiled a raft of new programming at its upfront in London…
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Doc series will follow live death row case
An upcoming French doc series, 20 Years on Death Row, will follow the ongoing case…
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Jimmy Fallon moved, Seth Myers comes to UK
Late night US talkshow The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is moving to E! in…
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MacLellan upped in NBCU restructure
NBCUniversal has given Kevin MacLellan has taken on an expanded role at is international business…
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Soundcloud appoints NBCU’s TV Everywhere boss
Berlin-based music service Soundcloud has appointed digital media veteran and former NBCUniversal and HBO executive…
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Syfy orders linear, digital and virtual reality drama
Pay TV net Syfy has ordered Halcyon, a futuristic cop drama that will go out…
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Hulu captures 12 Monkeys
Hulu has acquired US streaming rights to Syfy series 12 Monkeys. The on-demand service has…
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TBI February/March 2016
True crime: A new wave of true crime series that ape the structure of serialised…
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HBO Lat-Am cuts NBCU volume deal
HBO Latin America has agreed a multiyear movie deal with NBCUniversal. The agreement give HBO…
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News brief: Cartoon Network poaches content boss from NBCU
Cartoon Network has recruited Brian Robillard as vice president, content business operations for its Cartoon…
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News brief: NBCU’s Chocolate Media making ITV ‘tactical quiz’
NBCUniversal-owned producer Chocolate Media has won a commission from ITV for quiz show The 21st…
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Hulu unveils 2014 originals, acquisitions
US streaming site Hulu has unveiled a deep slate of original programmes and new acquisitions…
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Esquire Network staffs up
NBC Universal-owned US cable channel Esquire Network has made a trio of hires, all from…
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E! orders party travel series from Monkey Kingdom
US cable network E! has ordered Party On, a new series looking at A-list holiday…
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Bravo launches new YouTube channel
NBCU-backed US cable network Bravo has launched What Happens Live Clubhouse!, a new YouTube channel….
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New-look Universal Channel hitting the UK
NBCUniversal’s new-look Universal Channel will debut in the UK on August 5. NBCU has been…
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Shine America poaches legal boss from NBCU
Shine America’s expansion has continued with the hire of Jeffrey Schneider who has taken the…
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NBC and Hearst’s Esquire TV channel to launch in September
The Esquire TV channel will roll out on September 23, its backers NBCUniversal and Hearst…
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Comcast cable channels grow as NBC toils
NBCUniversal’s cable channels business grew revenues by 4.6% in the first quarter of this year,…
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Syfy Kids heads for CEE
KidsCo is set to launch its joint Syfy Kids programming block in Central and Eastern…