After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Paramount
2 min read
Paramount+ pulls ‘Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies’ & ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ in tax write-off move
Paramount+ is joining HBO Max and Disney+ in pulling shows from its service to save…
1 min read
Paramount+ extends Helium’s ‘Last King Of The Cross’
Paramount+ in Australia has greenlit a second season of Last King Of The Cross. The…
2 min read
“Nobody’s safe right now” in US scripted, say ‘Everyone Is Doing Great’ creators
It’s a good time to be an independent producer, with the scripted industry going through…
2 min read
CBS & Paramount+ plan ‘Fire Country’ spin-offs as group “doubles down” on franchises
Paramount+ and CBS are exploring a raft of spin-offs for Fire Country as the company…
2 min read
Paramount+ in Canada reveals Ben Johnson comedy from ‘Letterkenny’ prodco & Elliot Page drama
Paramount+ has unveiled a raft of shows in development for its service in Canada, including…
5 min read
TBI Weekly: Reflecting on NEM Dubrovnik & what CEE teaches us about streamer strategies
It’s famous as the market with the view but this year’s edition of NEM Dubrovnik…
1 min read
‘Inside The NFL’ leaves Paramount+ for The CW
Long-running weekly sports show Inside The NFL is moving from Paramount+ to The CW Network….
3 min read
SkyShowtime CEO on originals strategy, streamer consolidation & writers strike
SkyShowtime has already picked up a raft of HBO Max shows from CEE and is…
1 min read
Paramount+ picks up Milli Vanilli doc about infamous R&B duo
Paramount+ has picked up feature documentary Milli Vanilli, about the infamous German R&B duo, for exclusive…
3 min read
Sales round-up: Red Arrow hits bullseye with scripted deals; Paramount+ traverses ‘Savage River’ for UK & Germany; Fremantle to shop Richard Williams doc
Red Arrow hits bullseye with scripted deals Red Arrow Studios International has inked several international…
2 min read
Paramount to end ‘Yellowstone’ after S5 as latest spin-off confirmed
Paramount is bringing the curtain down on ratings smash Yellowstone at the end of its…
2 min read
Paramount shares dive 28% as streaming losses grow, despite subs gains
Paramount Global has seen its share price drop more than 28% after the US media…
2 min read
‘Curation & niche appeal’ to drive FAST uptake as sector extends appeal
FAST execs including Vice Media’s Bea Hegedus and Samsung’s Richard Jakeman have said curation of…
2 min read
Round-up: More4 visits Fred’s ‘Emergency Ward’; Netflix yanks out ‘Sweet Tooth’; 5Star lands ‘Love Gone Wrong’; BBC picks up Zinc duo
More4 visits Fred’s Emergency Ward UK channel More4 has struck a deal with Australia’s Fred…
1 min read
Paramount exodus continues as Cristina Alcelay joins European prodco Garbo Produzioni
Cristina Alcelay has become the latest senior exec to depart Paramount in Spain, with the…
2 min read
Spain’s Cattleya Producciones adds former Paramount executive María Cervera
Paramount alum María Cervera has been appointed as as head of content at Cattleya Producciones,…
3 min read
Hollywood grinds to a halt as WGA strike after ‘wholly insufficient’ talks with US studios
The US production industry is braced for widespread disruption after The Writers Guild of America’s…
2 min read
Paramount+ expands Korean slate with two new dramas via CJ ENM alliance
Paramount+ is expanding its South Korean originals slate with the commission of two new drama…
2 min read
Unscripted round-up: Blumhouse snags ‘Mr. Entity’ story; UK’s C5 orders BriteSpark series
Blumhouse snags ‘Mr. Entity’ story US producer Blumhouse has acquired rights to the life story…
1 min read
Paramount+ beams aboard ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ as sci-fi franchise expands
Paramount+ is expanding its long-running sci-fi adventure Star Trek franchise with an order for a…
2 min read
News round-up: BBC, C4 lead RTS Awards; WBD unveils UK & Ireland slate; Paramount renews ‘Star Trek’ spin-offs
BBC, C4 lead RTS Programme Awards The BBC and Channel 4 were the stand-out winners…
1 min read
Paramount Global’s programming chief for streaming Tanya Giles to exit
Paramount Global’s chief programming officer for streaming Tanya Giles is to exit after almost three…
7 min read
TBI Weekly: Making sense of an eventful Series Mania 2023
Record attendances, a juggernaut of top European and international execs, plus protestors’ running battles with…
2 min read
Paramount+ int’l chief Marco Nobili details franchise strategy & prequel preference
Paramount+ international chief Marco Nobili has thrown more detail on the streamer’s expanding franchise plan,…
1 min read
SkyShowtime acquires ‘Mentiras Pasajeras’ & ‘Las Invisibles’ for Spain & Portugal
European streamer SkyShowtime has acquired two new original series – Mentiras Pasajeras and Las Invisibles – for Spain and…
1 min read
Paramount CEO dismisses $3bn Showtime bid, says ‘no sense in selling anywhere near that price’
Paramount turned down a bid of around $3bn for Showtime because it would not have…
2 min read
MRC rejig continues as Paramount alum named president of TV, Elise Henderson exits
Senior ranks at US entertainment studio MRC are changing again, with former Paramount TV Studios…
2 min read
Exclusive: MIPTV unveils more details of new FAST summit set to debut in April
MIPTV organiser RX France has unveiled further details around its recently revealed FAST “channel summit”…
1 min read
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to stop boldly going with fifth season
Paramount+ is to conclude sci-fi series Star Trek: Discovery with a fifth and final season…
2 min read
WBD sues Paramount Global over ‘South Park’ streaming rights dispute
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is suing Paramount Global for streaming new episodes of the adult…