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Paramount’s Chilevisión returns to ‘Got Talent’ after eight years
Paramount-owned Chilevisión has ordered a local version of Got Talent, two years after the latest…
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News round-up: Apple TV+ renews ‘Hijack’; Paramount+ picks up ‘Colin From Accounts’ S2; Rope Ladder invests in short films
Apple TV+ renews ‘Hijack’ Apple TV+ has renewed Hijack, the thriller starring and executive produced…
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Paramount to cut back on int’l originals as Bob Bakish confirms further lay-offs ahead
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish has confirmed further lay-offs are expected as the US company plans…
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Paramount’s Maria Kyriacou to exit amid shift away from international content
Paramount’s Maria Kyriacou is stepping down from the company after four years in the role,…
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News round-up: Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’; NextCypher enters ‘Deathlands’; OUTtv launches on Freeview UK
Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’ Paramount+ has picked up feature documentary As We Speak:…
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Paramount+ expands third-party streamer strategy with India’s JioCinema & Blast TV in Philippines
Paramount is ramping up its strategy to place branded content hubs on third-party streamers, with…
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Paramount & WBD talks could prompt move from NBCU owner Comcast, analysts suggest
News of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Paramount talks around a potential merger could push…
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Warner Bros. Discovery & Paramount chiefs Zaslav & Bakish in ‘preliminary merger’ talks
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and Paramount chief Bob Bakish have met up in…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Digging into the strategy behind the Paramount+ launch in Japan
Omdia’s Sharon Kong digs into the launch of Paramount+ in Japan this month and explores…
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Fox Entertainment Studios snaps up Paramount alums as scripted push takes shape
Fox Entertainment Studios has made three new appointments, including naming former Paramount Network exec Ted…
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Paramount+ available in all “top ten international markets” after Japan launch
Paramount+ has launched in Japan via cable and broadband giant J:COM, and the on-demand offering…
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CJ ENM Hong Kong takes pay-TV rights to seven Korean titles from Paramount
CJ ENM Hong Kong has secured exclusive pay-TV rights to seven Korean series for parts…
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Paramount rejigs global streaming team with expanded remits for Jeff Grossman & Amy Kuessner
Paramount Global has rejigged its streaming team with two promotions, including an expanded remit for…
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News round-up: CMP draws ‘Civil Blood’; ‘Love Catcher’ lands in Japan; Paramount+ Canada preps Boat Rocker comedies
Caryn Mandabach draws ‘Civil Blood’ Peaky Blinders producer Caryn Mandabach Productions is making Civil Blood,…
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CBS to end cop drama ‘Blue Bloods’ after 14th season
Paramount-owned CBS is bringing the curtain down on cop drama Blue Bloods after 14 seasons….
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Paramount+ returns to ‘The Flatshare’ prodco 42 to adapt Beth O’Leary’s ‘The Road Trip’
Paramount+ UK has ordered its second scripted series from London- and LA-based producer 42, with…
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Paramount+ engages ‘Sex Education’ firm Eleven for six-part UK drama ‘Stags’
Paramount+ has ordered a new six-part drama for its UK service from Sex Education firm…
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Amazon, ESPN & CBS strike multi-year deals for National Women’s Soccer League coverage
Women’s sport is achieving growing recognition and interest from major streamers and networks as Amazon-owned…
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Sky Witness & streamer Now enter ‘Fire Country’ following Paramount deal
Comcast-owned Sky Witness and sibling streamer Now in the UK have picked up rights to…
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Paramount+ losses narrow as US studio unveils two new ‘Yellowstone’ franchises
Paramount Global narrowed losses from its streaming business to $238m in the latest quarter assisted…
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Paramount+ expands ‘branded hub’ strategy with Streamz in Belgium
Paramount Global is expanding its Paramount+ branded third-party partnership strategy with a deal in Belgium….
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Paramount+ axes remake of ‘Fatal Attraction’ & Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘Rabbit Hole’
Paramount+ has cancelled its remake of 1980s movie Fatal Attraction and its Kiefer Sutherland-starring espionage…
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Paramount+ reveals premium & ad-supported roll-out in Australia, Canada & more
Paramount+ has unveiled plans for the international roll-out of its ad-supported and ‘premium’ tiers. The…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking US studio streamer spending in 2023
Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), NBCUniversal (NBCU) and Paramount all made the decision to fight…
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SkyShowtime lands former Netflix exec to lead content across Iberia
Comcast and Paramount’s European streamer SkyShowtime has landed a former Netflix exec to become its…
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Paramount’s Bob Bakish on “playing through the trough” & partnership focus
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish has said the company is “playing through the trough” of a…
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Charting the course of Paramount+ thriller ‘The Castaways’ from script to screen
Sun, sea, sand… and a plane crash are the order of the day in Paramount+…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: Love ALLways
Producer: Awesomeness Unscripted and Digital Studio | Distributor: Paramount Global Content Distribution | Broadcaster: Paramount+…
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TBI Formats Hot Picks: Hot Yachts – Miami
Producer: Curve Media | Distributor: Fifth Season | Broadcaster: Paramount+ (UK) Sea, sun and sex-appeal…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix saves ‘Star Trek Prodigy’; Iceland’s Siminn moves into ‘The Darkness’; Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio
Netflix saves Star Trek Prodigy Netflix has beamed up Star Trek: Prodigy, four months after…