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News round-up: ITVX & Stan pick up ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’; Laura Franses joins S4C Digital; Urban Myth to adapt ‘The Hike’
ITVX & Stan pick up ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ UK streamer ITVX and Stan in Australia…
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SyFy Germany acquires Electric Entertainment’s ‘The Ark’
NBC Universal Global Networks Germany has acquired the pay-TV rights to the sci-fi series The…
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India’s MX Player & Spain’s Filmin ink deal for Israeli drama ‘Manayek’
India’s MX Player and Spain’s Filmin have struck deals for the first two seasons of…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix orders Buteau comedy; SyFy boards ‘The Ark’; Hulu seeks ‘Saint X’
Netflix orders Buteau comedy Netflix has ordered Survival Of The Thickest, a new scripted comedy…
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Syfy hangs up ‘Wynonna Earp’s’ guns
US-based NBCUniversal-owned cable channel Syfy has cancelled supernatural western Wynonna Earp, with the show to…
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NBCU unveils TV & streaming team, Peacock originals chief McGoldrick to exit
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has appointed a raft of execs to oversee content for its newly…
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Show of the Week: Wynonna Earp
Wynonna Earp is that rather unique combination of Western and sci-fi, but this gun-slinging drama…
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Blumhouse TV rejigs after tapping NBCU alum Chris McCumber as president
Blumhouse TV has appointed former USA Network & Syfy chief Chris McCumber as its president,…
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NBCU restructure sees USA & Syfy chief Chris McCumber departing
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s newly merged streaming and network division has resulted in more senior management changes,…
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TBI Weekly: Gunning for a global return to production
Shows around the world that had been put on hold because of Covid-19 are resuming…
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Syfy, Netflix drama ‘Van Helsing’ marks return to drama filming in Canada
Nomadic Pictures and Dynamic Television have re-started production on the fifth and final season of…
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Syfy, Netflix drama ‘Van Helsing’ to end after fifth and final season
US cablenet Syfy is bringing the curtain down on action-horror series Van Helsing, with a…
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NBCU & Google partner for VR content
NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce virtual reality (VR) content across networks and…
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Netflix boards Syfy original from Game of Thrones creator
Game of Thrones writer and producer George R.R. Martin has landed a series on Netflix….
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TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
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Sony beefs ups drama team with ex-Syfy exec
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s new leaders have hired former Syfy development exec Andrew Plotkin for…
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IDW launches on-demand content studio for geeks
San Diego-based IDW Entertainment (IDWE) has launched a on-demand- and digital-focused production and distribution studio…
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Syfy UK heads to Midnight, Texas
Pay TV channel Syfy UK has bought network drama Midnight, Texas from Comcast cousin NBCUniversal…
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Netflix & Syfy enter Ghost Wars
Netflix has taken exclusive worldwide rights to a new hour-long psychological drama that’s set for…
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NBCU takes a Chance on Hugh Laurie Hulu drama
NBCUniversal has acquired Hugh Laurie drama Chance for a raft of its international nets. NBCUniversal…
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ATF: done deals as Asian market expands
As the dust settles on another Asia Television Forum, TBI runs down some of the…
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Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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Viewpoint: The anthology strikes back
Dan Whitehead, head of drama and digital at UK consultancy K7 Media, on how anthology…
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Syfy UK nabs new Exorcist
UK pay TV channel Syfy will broadcast 20th Century Fox Television’s series adaptation of seminal…
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Syfy kills off Hunters
US cable channel Syfy has cancelled drama Hunters after one season. The series, from Valhalla…
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OSN and NBCU to launch Syfy in MENA
NBCUniversal International Networks’ Syfy channel is due to launch exclusively in the Middle East and…
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Syfy greenlights Superman prequel pilot
US cable channel has moved its Superman prequel Krypton from development to pilot stage. Damian…
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Australian sci-fi web drama heads to TV
Australian-produced a sci-fi web drama Airlock has been repurposed and will run as a TV…
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NBCU hands Stotsky E! president post
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment has handed Esquire Network president Adam Stotsky control of celebrity-focused channel E!….
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Syfy orders linear, digital and virtual reality drama
Pay TV net Syfy has ordered Halcyon, a futuristic cop drama that will go out…