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SVOD
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Streamers push UK production revenues past £3bn mark for first time
UK TV production revenues broke the £3bn ($3.7bn) mark for the first time in 2018…
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YouTube rejigs kids content strategy
YouTube is rethinking its approach to kids content after parent company Google agreed to pay…
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Channel 5 orders ‘Neighbours’ spin-off for My5 VOD service
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a spin-off of Australian soap Neighbours for streamer…
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Quibi sees second high-profile departure in a month
Quibi has seen the second departure of a senior exec in less than a month….
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WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey gets expanded remit at AT&T
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has been appointed president and COO of HBO parent group AT&T. The…
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Amazon plots Fire TV expansion in Europe
Amazon is planning to launch its Fire TV offering in additional markets in Europe outside…
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TBI Weekly: Streaming evolution leaves Netflix out on its own
The end of August traditionally signals the end of vacations and a return to work…
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Channel 4’s Katz deems Hulu co-pro “very unrelatable to British audiences”
Channel 4’s Ian Katz has called middling ratings for the UK broadcaster’s Hulu co-production The…
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Apple TV+ goes head-to-head with Disney as pricing, launch details emerge
Apple could be rolling out its premium streaming service for $9.99 per month starting in…
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Factual SVOD CuriosityStream strikes distribution deal with Altice USA
John Hendricks’s factual streamer CuriosityStream is getting wider distribution in the US via broadband operator…
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Disney+ confirms four international markets for November launch
Disney+ is to launch in four international markets in November. The Mouse House’s streaming platform…
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Exclusive: Netflix drives into European drama with hires for Paris, Berlin
Netflix is expanding its scripted might in Europe, building out offices in Paris and Berlin…
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Is France’s answer to Netflix too little too late?
France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, may have received the greenlight from the competition watchdog,…
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Netflix India exec lands at ABC Entertainment
Netflix India’s Simran Sethi has landed at ABC Entertainment. The exec, who most recently served…
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French regulators give broadcasters’ joint SVOD the greenlight
French regulators have cleared Salto – also referred to as the ‘French Netflix’ – to…
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Exclusive: Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships departs
Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships Gill Hay has left after four years, leaving a…
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Netflix beats out competition for exclusive deal with ‘Game Of Thrones’ creators
Netflix has beaten the likes of Amazon and Disney to strike an exclusive deal with…
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ProSiebenSat.1 bolstered by Discovery JV Joyn
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s profits took a hit in the second quarter as the company invests…
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Discovery leans into DTC with “specialty stores” strategy
Discovery is “assertively leaning in” to build new direct-to-consumer businesses with a “specialty stores” strategy…
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Disney’s Q3 results dampened by Fox merger “transformation”
Disney missed the mark on Wall Street forecasts for its Q3 results, reporting earnings per…
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FX’s Landgraf “embraces” Hulu potential, confirms windowing between services
FX boss John Landgraf has said the channel “embraces” the distribution potential afforded by Hulu,…
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Disney reveals SVOD bundle, two-market international roll-out plan
Disney has lifted the lid on its highly anticipated bundle offering for streaming services Disney+,…
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ABC boss: broadcast shows “endure” over churn-heavy SVODs
ABC Entertainment boss Karey Burke has defended broadcast television’s unique ability to market and support…
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Netflix cancels ‘The OA’ after two seasons
Netflix has pulled the plug on sci-fi thriller The OA after two seasons. Cindy Holland, head of…
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HBO Max scores major licensing coup for BBC content
HBO Max has scooped up exclusive streaming rights to Doctor Who via a major licensing…
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Football bodies condemn pirate streamer BeoutQ, call for action from Saudi Arabia
A group of top-tier international football organisations have collectively issued a condemnation of Saudi pirate…
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DAZN unveils ‘The Making Of’ global original
Sports streamer DAZN will explore the career-defining matches of football greats in its first global…
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Doc streamer DocuBay expands distribution with Foxxum
Fledgling documentary streamer DocuBay has linked with smart TV solutions provider Foxxum for a distribution…
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TBI Weekly: What Netflix’s Q2 tells us about its long-game strategy
Netflix’s Q2 results rang alarm bells this week after the business revealed it had lost…
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ITV, BBC unveil UK-focused BritBox’s line-up and price point
ITV and the BBC have revealed the look of their forthcoming UK-focused streaming service…