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News round-up: Global deals for ‘Best Interests’; C5 enters ‘The Incident Room’; AMC renews ‘Dark Winds’
Global deals for ‘Best Interests’ France Télévisions, RTÉ in Ireland, ABC in Australia, Hot in…
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Peacock, Bell Media & Arte board ‘Vigil’ S2 as ITVS strikes global pre-sales for BBC thriller
NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the US, Bell Media and TVA in Canada and Arte in France…
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Comcast launches Now TV streaming bundle via Xfinity
NBCUniversal parent Comcast is launching Now TV, a new streaming service that includes more than…
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Buyers in China, NZ & Japan among 1,000 hours of ITV Studio sales at ATF
Buyers in China, New Zealand and Japan are among those to have picked up more…
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NHK, Asharq News & Now TV strike Espresso factual deals
Japanese pubcaster NHK, MENA broadcaster Asharq News and Hong Kong’s Now TV have each struck…
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Sales round-up: BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’; ITV makes double reorder for ‘The Masked Singer’; Now TV & Discovery+ in slew of ‘Anti-Vax’ doc deals
BBC goes ‘Searching For Italy’ UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired CNN Original travelogue series…
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Africa’s Universal TV & Hong Kong’s Now TV snags ‘Leverage: Redemption’
NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) and Now TV in Hong Kong have acquired rights to Electric…
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Mola TV, SBS, TVNZ ink Keshet drama deals
Broadcasters and streamers across Asia, Australia and New Zealand have picked up a raft of…
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UK’s BT preps flexible pay-TV packages to compete with streamers
UK telco BT has launched a range of new ‘flexible’ TV packages in a bid…
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Britbox adds Amazon, Now TV execs to UK management team
BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has unveiled its senior management team ahead of the UK-focused…
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HBO readies two-hour ‘Game Of Thrones’ documentary
HBO is readying a two-hour documentary that goes behind the scenes on the final series…
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BBC box sets head to Sky, Now TV
Sky and BBC Studios have struck a deal to bring a list of BBC comedy…
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Sky UK among buyers of Ryan Murphy’s Fox drama 9-1-1
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed its high rating cop series 9-1-1 in over…
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Global SVOD subs will hit 450 million in four years
The rise of subscription on-demand services seems unstoppable. The number of households worldwide that pay…
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Kagan: European SVOD revenues to reach $6.8bn in 2022
The European subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market is due to reach revenues of US$6.8 billion in…
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Sky’s new Now TV move preempts full streaming switch
Sky has unveiled a new Now TV streaming device, which the European operator is due…
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TBI Weekly: Sub success for SVOD players
A range of stories from this week highlight that a push in original content is…
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Netflix UK subs rate slows as Now TV gains – BARB
Netflix added new subscribers at a slower rate than SVOD rivals Amazon Prime Video and…
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Fox takes streaming service to Hong Kong
Fox Networks Group Asia has hooked up with pay TV provider Now TV to launch…
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YouGov: ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer
The ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer with overall TV viewing figures fairly steady, despite…
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Mediacorp names industry veteran CEO
Singaporean TV group Mediacorp has named industry veteran Tham Loke Kheng as its CEO. She…
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Ofcom: UK now a ‘nation of binge viewers’
The UK has become “a nation of binge viewers” but there are stark differences between…
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Sky 1 brings in three original shows
Sky 1 is set to bring in three new entertainment shows for Sky and Now…
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Netflix ‘under threat as top VOD net for UK youth’
Netflix remains the most popular service for British children and teenagers, but Amazon Prime Video…
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Sky and A+E Networks extend European partnership
Sky has extended its long-term partnership with A+E Networks and will continue to distribute A+E’s…
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Now TV having ‘no impact’ on core pay TV base
Sky’s Now TV “strategy is working” without any impact on the pay TV operator core…
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Sky streaming new Game of Thrones on Now TV
UK pay TV operator Sky will simulcast the new season of Game of Thrones on…
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EU moves ahead with controversial content plan
The European Parliament, the European Commission and member states have reached an agreement on implementing…
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Seasonal OTT subs likely to churn
The number of OTT subs in key markets continues to increase at a healthy rate…
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BBC SVOD drama First in Hong Kong
The premium BBC First drama service has launched as an SVOD proposition in Hong Kong….
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