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Original Programming
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YouTube hires Fox veteran to boost unscripted
YouTube has hired Fox veteran Alex Piper to head up unscripted as it continues to…
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Snap unveils new slate of originals
Snap held its first-ever Partner Summit on Thursday (4 April) to unveil a list of…
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Snap reports 36% revenue rise following ‘Shows’ spotlight
Snap beat analyst estimates with a 36% revenue rise which it attributes to its redesign…
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Eurodata: Local drama dominated primetime in 2018
Eurodata’s scripted series report for 2018 shows that local drama was the most popular prime…
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Robert Zemeckis’ Project Blue Book smashes A+E viewing records
A+E’s History drama Project Blue Book grossed 3.1m total viewers for its premiere last night,…
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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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Blue Ant adds six originals for Canadian channels
Blue Ant Media has commissioned six originals as well as a raft of digital content…
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NENT adds mockumentary to its growing originals slate
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) is set for its latest original Casper Conquers Norway starring Danish comedian Casper…
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Hooq reveals three original Indonesian series, partners with Vice Media
Hooq, the Singapore-based streamer that serves Southeast Asia and India, has ordered three original Indonesian…
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Netflix orders first African original series
Netflix has ordered Queen Sono, a drama about a secret agent, as its first African…
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Netflix to launch crime procedural set in four different countries
Netflix is set to launch Criminal, a new format-bending procedural series that comprises of 12…
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Viaplay to launch original comedy drama Love Me
Nordic streaming service Viaplay, owned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), is set to launch new…
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Keshet, ABC team for political drama Black B*tch
Keshet International (KI) has partnered with Australia’s ABC and Screen Australia to bring Blackfella Films’…
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TBI Weekly: Spotify re-enters the programming game
Spotify has been reaching out to select producers for new video content as it looks…
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Canada’s Global preps UK co-pro event series with Shaftesbury
Canadian channel Global has commissioned an original six-part event series, Departure, co-produced by Canada’s Shaftesbury…
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Game of Thrones final season set for April premiere
The eighth and final season of HBO hit Game of Thrones (GOT) is set for an…
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Snap’s Nick Bell steps down as content head
Snap’s VP of content Nick Bell is to step down after five years with the…
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Network Ten to rebrand streamer with CBS titles in tow
Network Ten is set to launch its rebranded streamer 10 All Access this December with…
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Netflix round-up: Scandal producer inks overall deal, UCP vet joins int’l originals
Netflix has signed Scandal writer-producer Chris Van Dusen to a multi-year overall deal. Under the…
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Snap bets on local originals and media partnerships
Snap has revealed a slate of new UK shows coming to its platform through partnerships…
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Netflix loads up on German originals with five new titles
Netflix is set to produce five new German originals, following the success of 2018 supernatural…
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Apple to roll out TV streamer globally
Apple is set to launch its TV streaming service globally in 2019, according to reports….
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Netflix revives Designated Survivor after ABC cancellation
Netflix will bring back Designated Survivor for a third season, after the show was cancelled by ABC…
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History to premiere Watergate doc this autumn
History is set to premiere its original documentary Watergate, from Academy Award-winning director Charles Ferguson,…
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Red Bull & Beta Film pick up first network partner for JV series
Red Bull and Beta Film have partnered with the first network, Germany’s ARD/Degeto, for the…
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Teletoon set to premiere four new original Canadian series
Teletoon is set to premiere four new kids’ titles that will launch up to the…
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YouTube orders comedy pilot from Christina Wayne, ITV Studios US
YouTube Premium has given a pilot order to half-hour comedy It’s A Man’s World, produced…
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Netflix hires ‘inclusion’ strategist, orders titles from Asian talent
After firing its former PR chief for using racist language, Netflix has now hired an…
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Netflix tests ads between episodes
Netflix has started to test ads that run between episodes, according to reports. This week,…
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TNT orders The Alienist sequel
TNT has ordered The Angel of Darkness, a new limited series based on the sequel…