French broadcaster M6 Group has secured a multi-year programming agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal gives M6 free- and basic rights to Fox TV series such as Touch and a host of feature films and library titles. The shows will broadcast across the M6 suite of channels, which comprise W9, 6Ter, Paris […]
US cable network FX has ordered a second season of Cold War drama The Americans. The first series is currently going out on FX in the US and, four episodes in, the channel has placed an order for a new, thirteen episode season. The show was the most-watched debut of any FX series ever with […]
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has made The Simpsons spin-off short film The Longest Daycare available to a host of international broadcasters. The four-minute film, which features Maggie Simpson, was developed for a theatrical release and Fox has made it available to broadcasters including Sky 1 and Sky 3D in the UK and M6’s digital […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has picked up upcoming Cold War drama The Americans. The series, which is distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, was made for US cable net FX. The scripted series tells the story of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington DC shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected […]
Fox International Channels has rebranded its UK pay TV channel FX to Fox and has acquired a raft of series including Louie as part of its revamp. The channel rebrand will happen on January 11 next year. The company has acquired Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution’s eponymous comedy Louie, chat show The Ricki Lake Show, […]
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution is heading to this year’s Asia Television Forum and will offer series including cable police drama Graceland and spy drama The Americans. The international sales arm of the Hollywood studio will launch the series at the event in Singapore between December 4 and 7. Graceland was created by White Collar […]
Modern Times Group (MTG)’s Viasat Broadcasting unit is to launch three new HD pay TV movie channels in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries next month. Viasat will launch TV1000 Premium HD, TV1000 Megahit HD and TV1000 Comedy HD. All will feature content from four Hollywood majors including Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, Sony Pictures […]
