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Rights.tv hires Jane Hyndman
Content rights specialists Rights.tv has hired Jane Hyndman. The former etv and Europe Movieco Partners…
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HBO Europe’s burning ambition
HBO Europe started making original shows six years ago, but its upcoming miniseries Burning Bush…
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Sony options gameshow Sit Tight
Spanish formats house Phileas has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television, which has optioned…
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New US privacy law will allow Netflix to link accounts with Facebook
US lawmakers have amended privacy laws, clearing the way for video services such as Netflix…
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Exclusive: Davina McCall to host new Channel 4 gameshow from Sony
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new gameshow from Sony, Five Minutes to…
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Crackle orders more eps of Seinfeld web series
Sony’s online channel Crackle has ordered 24 more episodes of web comedy series Comedians in…
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3net launches first slate of original productions
3net, the joint venture 3D channel run by Discovery, IMAX and Sony, has unveiled its…
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C More snags Miramax programming deal
Nordic pay TV platform C More has inked a content deal with Miramax. The agreement…
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3net forms production and distribution division
3net, the joint venture 3D channel run by Discovery, Imax and Sony, is launching a…
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Netflix snags Warner Bros content as Scandi roll out continues
Netflix has launched in Denmark today and will roll out in Norway and Finland later…
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Prime inks deals for Hollywood shows at MIPCOM
Prime Entertainment Group has concluded a raft of its Hollywood centric programming in the wake…
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Kees Abrahams’ Imagine Nation buys 50% of Absolutely Independent
Imagine Nation has bought a 50% stake in Netherlands-based formats distributor Absolutely Independent. Imagine Nation…
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Kees Abrahams and Robin de Levita fire up Imagine Nation
Former 2waytraffic and Sony Pictures Television boss Kees Abrahams has created Imagine Nation, a new…
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TBI Exclusive: Former Sony boss Michael Grindon joins MRC
Former Sony boss Michael Grindon has reemerged at US production company Media Rights Capital, TBI…
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Sony inks formats deals and first look with Israeli producer
The BBC has ordered a second season of Sony Pictures Television’s Breakaway and SPT has…
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UK multichannel operators programming spend hits £2.2 billion
The main providers of commercial digital channels in the UK spent a cumulative £2.2 billion…
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TBI Exclusive: International versions of Breaking Bad in the works
Sony Pictures Television is working on deals for local versions of its hit drama series…
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UK multichannel programming spend rockets to £623 million
Commercial multichannel broadcasters spent £623 million on content last year, a 31% year-on-year increase. A…