Original Programming


Amazon pushes further into All or Nothing territory

Amazon Prime Video is gearing up for the latest editions of its sports doc series All or Nothing, with three new series focused on football, college American football and rugby teams. The new commissions come ahead of the third season debut of NFL Films’ All or Nothing, which will follow the Dallas Cowboys. From the […]

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 second time. The series, which is from Mentorn Scotland and SPJ Media and counts Passion Distribution as its international vendor, has run for three seasons. The original run came 1998 and 2004, and its revival was greeted with a widely […]

Leak lays bare Amazon originals effect

The effects of Amazon’s original programming strategy have been laid bare for the first time – and it looks like largely good news for the e-commerce giant. Leaked documents show Amazon’s top originals had drawn five million people to its Amazon Prime shopping club by early 2017. They also show that the first seasons of […]

Eddy Cue: Apple won’t buy Netflix or Disney

Consumer tech giant Apple will not buy Netflix or The Walt Disney Company, according to senior company exec Eddy Cue. Speaking at SXSW in Austin, Texas yesterday, Apple’s senior VP of internet software and services would not be “throwing things up against the wall” to establish its video strategy. Speculation Apple would look to buy […]

Ex Machina’s Alex Garland lands drama pilot with FX

US cable net FX has given a pilot order for a drama from Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland, named Devs. Garland will executive produce the series with Ex Machina and Annihilation partners DNA TV and Scott Rudin Productions. He will write and direct the pilot, which will be coproduced by FX Productions. The series follows […]

ABC & People Magazine re-team for Royals doc

ABC has paired up with People Magazine and Time Inc. Productions once again for The Story of The Royals, a four-hour primetime documentary event. The doc series is set to premiere in August, after the companies received ratings success for last year’s The Story of Diana. It scored 6.1 million on ABC last August. The […]

More classic shows rebooted as This is Your Life returns

The revival of classic unscripted formats to the market has continued apace in the past 24 hours with Deal or No Deal returning to the US and Jonathan Ross working on a new version of This is You Life. US cable channel CNBC has commissioned a new version of Endemol Shine quiz format Deal or […]

Julien Leroux exiting Newen Distribution UK

Julien Leroux is leaving his post as executive VP of sales and content at the UK arm of France’s Newen Group, TBI can reveal. The exec has been with Newen since 2011, initially joining from Groupe AB to become sales and acquisitions director. He rose through the ranks to become deputy-managing director of Paris-based Newen […]

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 fund aimed at high-end drama projects. The launch of the fund comes a day after KI, the international arm of Israeli broadcaster Keshet, confirmed the acquisition of UK producer group Greenbird Media. The new fund is launching in partnership with […]

Bob’s Burgers creator making first Apple adult toon

Apple is adding a new animated comedy by Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard to its growing slate. The tech company has given a two-season order for the show, which is named Central Park. The order is 26 episodes, split into two 13-episode seasons. Apple describes it as a “musical comedy” and it is created by […]

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