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India’s JioCinema preps HBO’s ‘House Of The Dragon’ S2 for 17 June
Indian streaming service JioCinema is to offer the second season of HBO’s House Of The…
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Reliance, Murdoch & Paramount-backed Viacom18 strike deal for Disney in India
Viacom18, the Indian firm backed by Reliance Industries, Paramount Global and James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree…
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Viacom18’s Colors adapts ‘November Rain’, marking first continuing drama for BBCS India
Viacom18’s Colors network in India has partnered with BBC Studios (BBCS) on a scripted romantic…
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India’s JioCinema unveils kids & family offering with 3,000+ hours of shows
India’s JioCinema is launching a new ‘kids and family’ offering, which will be stocked with…
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NBCU & JioCinema deal brings ‘Young Rock’ & ‘Bel-Air’ to India
Reliance-owned Indian broadcaster Viacom18 is continuing to expand its US content offering, after striking a…
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India’s Viacom18 strikes WBD content deal to stock JioCinema
Reliance-owned Indian broadcaster Viacom18 has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring HBO…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Reappraising Disney+ Hotstar’s potential in India
India’s streaming industry offers huge subscriber potential but lower average revenues per user, and operators…
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MTV India gears up social media-driven adventure format
MTV India has launched an ad-funded adventure show that follows two influencers driving around major…
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James Murdoch targets India with $2bn deal for Paramount & Reliance’s Viacom18
James Murdoch-backed Bodhi Tree Systems has linked up with Reliance and Paramount-owned Viacom18 in India…
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India’s Viacom18 draws up ‘The Big Picture’ from ITV Studios
India’s Viacom18 has ordered a local version of ITV Studios’ interactive gameshow format The Big…
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India’s Voot & Germany’s Deutsche Welle join up for ‘Her’
Indian AVOD streamer Voot has linked up with German-based international broadcaster Deutsche Welle on a…
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News round-up: CJ ENM Hong Kong preps four scripted shows; Colors Gujarati launches in UK
CJ ENM Hong Kong preps four scripted shows CJ ENM Hong Kong has announced four…
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TBI In Conversation: How Viacom18 built SVOD success in AVOD-dominated India
A little more than a year after the launch of Indian SVOD service Voot Select,…
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Exclusive: Kids’ TV leaders talk financial and culture benefits of co-productions
Co-productions are helping to drive quality and increase cultural diversity on children’s shows, say leading…
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News round-up: VIA orders Armoza dating format; SVT snags ‘Fittest Family’; ShortsTV update
VIA orders Armoza’s ‘lean production’ dating format South African lifestyle channel VIA has ordered a…
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Viacom18 CEO Sudhanshu Vats quits company
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO and MD at Viacom18, is stepping down after eight years at…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios strikes first with U-Next in Japan, ‘Top Gear’ lands in India
Japanese SVOD operator U-Next has struck its first multi-year deal with BBC Studios (BBCS), unveiled…
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Viacom18 launches first SVOD play in India with Voot Kids
Viacom18 is launching its first SVOD play in India with a kids app. The platform,…
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TBI Weekly: ViacomCBS, a US deal with global implications
CBS and Viacom’s merger might have created a $30bn US-based content company but a foray…
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TV18 takes control of Viacom JV
India’s TV18 Broadcast has become the controlling shareholder in the channels business it operates with…
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Viacom18 rejigs management
Viacom18 has upped a key exec and shuffled various others in an organisational rejig. The…
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Squeeze sells Cracké to Viacom
Canadian animation studio Squeeze has shopped its shortform animated series Cracké to Viacom18 in India,…
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Viacom’s Colors opens up new docs slot
Indian pay TV net Colors Infinity is creating a new Saturday night slot for doc…
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Chernin and KKR back Asian OTT service
Emerald Media, a pan-Asian media investment vehicle backed by private-equity outfit KKR and Peter Chernin,…
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Viacom goes Super local in India
Viacom and TV18 are launching a new local entertainment channel in India. The new net…
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Viacom18 creates Netflix rival
Viacom18 has launched a new ad-supported VOD service, VOOT. The platform will be made free…
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Viacom pays $153m for Indian nets stake
Viacom has paid 9.4 billion rupees (US$153 million) for a 50% stake in Indian regional…
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Indian sellers look to edge out Turks in CEE
Indian family telenovelas are primed to replace the Turkish dramas as the in-vogue imported scripted…