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Netflix stumping up $2m per episode for The Blacklist

Netflix has acquired US drama series The Blacklist for a reported US$2m per episode. The streaming service will start showing episodes of the James Spader drama next week, according to Deadline, which broke the news. The series has been a hit for NBC and is in its 22-episode second season on the US broadcast net. […]

Breaking Bad’s Paul inks development deal with Sony

Aaron Paul, who played student meth-head turned master drug cook in AMC drama Breaking Bad, is launching his own prodco following a deal with Sony Pictures Television. Last week, ahead of picking up his record third Outstanding Supporting Actor in Drama Series Emmy gong, Paul secured a first-look development deal with SPT. The launch of […]

MediaCorp poaches Sony’s Lim

Singaporean broadcaster MediaCorp has recruited Jack Lim as its first COO, putting him in charge of the company’s commercial division. Lim joins from Sony Pictures Television where he headed up advertising and affiliate sales as well as marketing. He has also worked for CNBC, IBM and General Electric. At MediaCorp he will report directly to […]

Sony closes CSC deal, ups Kate Marsh

Sony Pictures Television has closed its deal for the CSC channels group and handed Kate Marsh an expanded role running its pay TV channels in Western Europe. As executive VP, networks, Western Europe, Marsh (pictured) will oversee all of Sony’s channels in the region including those it recently acquired as part of a deal for […]

Sky preps superfan show based on Thai format

UK pay TV operator BSkyB is set to air The Fanatic, a new entertainment show in which superfans compete to prove their credentials, TBI has learned. The hour-long series will be produced by Victory Television, the UK production company run by Victoria Ashbourne as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television. In the show, superfans […]

Netflix tipped to take Seinfeld

Netflix is in talks to acquire classic comedy series Seinfeld, according to its creator and star Jerry Seinfeld. The comic told fans on a live web chat that discussions are taking place with Netflix, with a view to the streaming service landing the hit show, which ran for nine seasons on broadcast net NBC, ending […]

Amazon lands US Mad Dogs remake

Amazon Prime Instant Video has reportedly landed the US remake of BSkyB drama Mad Dogs. Left Bank Pictures, the UK-based Sony Pictures Television prodco, is to coproduce a pilot of the scripted format with its parent studio, according to Deadline. This will be part of Amazon’s latest round of piloted projects season, which effectively hands […]

Mediaset signs up for Rising Star

Mediaset’s Canale 5 channel will air an Italian version of Keshet International format Rising Star. Keshet had already announced that an Italian version of Rising Star had been agreed, amid a flurry of deals for the interactive singing competition format at last year’s MIPCOM. However the broadcaster was not known and has now been revealed […]

Sony and Telemundo ink three series production pact

Sony Pictures Television will make a series a year, for three years, for Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo under the terms of a production pact. The first project will enter production next year. NBCUniversal-owned Telemundo will distribute the resulting series through sales arm Telemundo International. No details are available yet about the first series, but Telemundo said […]

Yahoo saves Community

Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance a sixth season. The new run of the show, which has a significant cult following but regularly failed to draw good broadcast numbers, will go out on Yahoo Screen following a deal with rights holder Sony Pictures Television. The ensemble […]

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