Latest – Page 359
-
NewsUS networks show and tell
The number of niche cable networks aggressively moving into scripted programming was a highlight of this week’s Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour in Los Angeles.
-
NewsDCD Rights poaches Passion exec
DCD Rights has hired Passion Distribution exec Philippa Chuter as it grows its factual programming ambitions.
-
NewsSpike TV buys US robot battle format
Channel 5 sister network Spike UK has acquired the UK rights to US entertainment series BattleBots after striking a deal with Sky Vision.
-
NewsInternational Briefs: Sony investment; Passion hire; RTE commission
Sony’s drama investment run continues, while Passion Distribution has hired former Banijay International executive Jimmy Humphrey and RTÉ has commissioned its latest Format Farm series.
-
NewsNetflix beams up Star Trek as subs growth slows
Netflix has acquired the global rights to the forthcoming Star Trek TV series as its march to global subscriber dominance slowed.
-
NewsLive TV loses young viewers
There has been a marked decline in the amount of linear TV watched by younger audiences, according to data from Ofcom’s annual report.
-
NewsLucinda Riley's Seven Sisters set for TV adaptation
US indie Raffaella Productions has optioned British author Lucinda Riley’s seven-book series The Seven Sisters.
-
NewsUK shows dominate Rose d’Or nominations
UK-produced shows including Inside No. 9 and Happy Valley account for nearly two-thirds of this year’s nominees for the Rose d’Or awards.
-
NewsStudio Hamburg launches UK arm
Studio Hamburg Production Group has launched a UK production arm, which will be overseen by BFI executive Vivien Muller-Rommel.
-
NewsDrama enters The Red Tent
UKTV’s scripted channel Drama has acquired Old Testament mini-series The Red Tent.
-
NewsBrazil snaps up Saturday Night Takeaway
Saturday Night Takeaway is heading to Brazil after ITV Studios Global Entertainment struck a number of format deals with South American broadcasters.
-
NewsPassion strikes CEE deals
Dynamo: Magician Impossible distributor Passion Distribution has struck a raft of deals across CEE with fledgling DTT broadcasters.
-
NewsWife Swap remade in Russia
Russian broadcaster Friday TV is to remake Wife Swap after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
-
NewsSky closes Polish deals
Sky Vision has sold 600 hours of programming to broadcasters in Poland.
-
NewsBrit brands blaze trail in CEE
British wildlife documentaries, formats and action dramas are starting to make waves across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – a market that has been reasonably challenging for UK titles in the recent past.
-
NewsDistributors turn east for volume deals
British producers and distributors are continuing to strike major programming deals across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), despite a number of economic and political challenges.
-
NewsUK indies face rethink as China deals formats blow
British producers looking to crack the Chinese market will have to change their approach after the country’s regulator imposed stringent rules on adapting international formats.
-
NewsHeavyweight TV and film figures back Remain vote
Heavyweight figures in the TV and film business, including Lord Puttnam and Working Title boss Tim Bevan, have come together to support Britain remaining in the European Union.
-
NewsManchester indie scores US doc deal
US cable network Smithsonian and German public broadcaster ZDF have boarded a big-budget drama documentary from Manchester-based indie Urban Canyons.
-
NewsPotato prepares bumper Reelz autopsy run
ITV Studios indie Potato has landed a bumper order of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… for US cable and satellite network Reelz.