All NBC Universal articles – Page 28
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NewsUniversal Channel gets away with murder
How To Get Away With Murder, the forthcoming US drama produced by Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy’s Shonda Rhimes, has been acquired by Universal Channel.
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NewsUKTV revenues hit £280m
UKTV spent £25m more on original programming than was originally planned last year as investment in commissioning helped it generate record revenues of almost £280m.
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NewsT Group on brink of UK deal
Storage Hunters producer T Group is to launch a UK production joint venture and is heading across the Atlantic this month to pitch its first tranche of projects.
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NewsAll3Media set for spending spree
All3Media is set to return to the acquisitions trail when Discovery Communications and Liberty Global complete their £550m takeover of the super-indie this month.
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CommentPSB channels should be paid for
US system of retransmission fees makes more sense, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsCarnival appoints senior execs
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films has appointed two new senior executives to aid its international production drive.
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RatingsTruTv opens with 36k
MONDAY: Turner’s free-to-air, male-skewing channel TruTV peaked with 36,000 viewers on its launch day.
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NewsDiscovery eyes more acquisitions
Discovery Communications is set to continue its aggressive acquisition strategy and is weighing up further European deals with a particular focus on content.
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NewsStudio Lambert rewards team
Studio Lambert is eyeing its next chapter of growth after giving new roles to the creators of Gogglebox and hiring a new head of development.
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NewsLime wins real-time US commission
Lime Pictures has scored another significant series in the US with cable network Bravo ordering real-time dating format The Singles Project.
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NewsMultichannel commissions reach £600m
UK multichannel broadcasters spent just short of £600m on original commissions last year, helped by new entrants such as Fox and Lifetime.
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NewsTom Hardy: TV trumps film
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy has claimed that TV productions are increasingly offering film talent the chance to develop more immersive shows and retain greater creative control over productions.
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NewsITV to 'rest' Law and Order: UK
The future of long-running ITV drama Law and Order: UK has been thrown into doubt after Bradley Walsh announced he was leaving the series.
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NewsTom Hardy indie signs NBCU deal
Tom Hardy-owned indie Hardy Son and Baker has signed a first-look deal with NBC Universal International.
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NewsLA Screenings: drama to wow buyers
British buyers have spent the past week in the Californian sunshine assessing a new season of US shows that has a heavy emphasis on drama.
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NewsLuis Silberwasser joins Telemundo
NBC Universal has hired Luis Silberwasser as the new president of its US Hispanic channel Telemundo Network.
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NewsBravo developing Chinese drama
Cable network Bravo is developing the first major US drama series to be set and filmed in China.
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NewsAll3Media: the story behind the sale
Permira’s £550m sale of All3Media to Discovery and Liberty Global marks the end of a three-year effort to offload the super-indie.
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NewsUK indies secure seven US series
UK indies, led by Stephen Lambert’s All3Media America, have won at least seven series orders from US broadcasters this week, as well as three major development projects.