UKTV has struck a multi-show deal with Disney UK, which will see new and returning series air exclusively in the UK on W and Alibi in 2018. Harrow, starring Ioan Gruffudd (Liar), will premiere in the UK for the first time as part of the deal. Three series of US comedy American Housewife will also […]
Patrick Moran’s rise at ABC Studios has culminated in an official promotion to president of the Disney-ABC Television Group production arm. Ben Sherwood has upped Moran (pictured) to president of ABC Studios following the latter’s work overseeing broadcast series including Scandal, Criminal Minds, How to Get Away with Murder, Quantico and American Crime. He is also […]
Orange is the New Black and Game of Thrones are the most in-demand programmes on the digital and overall fronts in Belgium. Netflix originals dominate our digital chart in Belgium, with only Amazon Prime Video’s The Man in the High Castle stopping a clean sweep of the top ten. OITNB is by far the most […]
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired Fox drama Rosewood for its crime network Alibi. The deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution hands Alibi the 22-episode series, which stars Morris Chestnut (Nurse Jackie) as a Miami private pathologist who partners with a no-nonsense cop (Jaina Lee Ortiz) to crack cases. Rosewood has rated well on […]
US broadcast network ABC has launched its first scripted VR experience. This tied in with the midseason premiere of freshman drama Quantico, which stars Priyanka Chopra as a trainee US government agent who’s accused of masterminding a terrorist attack on New York City. The VR experience, created in partnership with car firm Lexus, launched yesterday […]
Paul Lee is leaving his role running ABC, with Channing Dungey replacing him at the US broadcast net. Lee’s exit comes after Ben Sherwood (below right) replaced Anne Sweeney at the top of the Disney/ABC Television group. Dungey (left) joined ABC in 2004, having also worked at Warner Bros. and Fox. As EVP, drama development, […]
ProSiebenSat.1 and The Walt Disney Company have agreed a significant multi-year agreement that gives the former new US series and movies for its free, pay and SVOD channels. The deal is a coup for German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, with Disney’s output previously going out in the territory through former local partner RTL. The master-licence agreement includes […]
Channel operator UKTV has acquired three Disney-sold series for its Britiah channels: Code Black (left), Quantico and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. The deal, with Disney Media Distribution, gives UKTV exclusive rights (ex-Republic of Ireland) to the new dramas, all of which were launched at this year’s LA Screenings. Quantico (right) will go out on the […]
Another year of excess, exuberance and extreme selling at the Hollywood studios is over, but the nature of the mayhem is changing, writes Jesse Whittock The LA Screenings began as they shouldn’t – grey clouds and prolonged rain shows dampening the spirits of the buyers flying in to Hollywood (one local hyberbolically claimed California has not seen any “any […]
