Banijay has appointed the former MD of Twitter in France to a newly created role tasked with overseeing its digital expansion. Damien Viel becomes chief digital & marketing officer for the French production and distribution firm, taking charge of the group’s “digital diversification strategies” and tasked with pushing innovation globally. He reports into Banijay CEO […]
Channel 4 drama anthology instalment I Am Ruth was among the biggest winners at the 2023 TV Bafta Awards, the annual event that celebrates the best of UK programming and performances. Produced by Me+You Productions and created by Dominic Savage, the show won the accolade for Best Single Drama, with star Kate Winslet also taking […]
The ABC in Australia has unveiled more details about the overhaul of its news and content operations, with job cuts expected. The content division will be led by former Netflix and BBC exec Chris Oliver-Taylor, while the pubcaster will ditch its regional bureaus and move staff into a single, central news unit led by Justin […]
As the news cycle continues to be dominated by lay-offs and content cuts out of the US, TBI’s Mark Layton dives into the some of the biggest headlines from the past seven days to explore how these tough strategies may be starting to pay off for the major studios. Another week, another round of staff […]
Amazon Prime Video in Japan is remaking South Korean relationship format EXchange. The series, in which one-time couples move into a house together and try to forge a new relationship by undertaking a series of tasks, will be titled Love Transit in Japan, where it will debut on 15 June. EXchange originally launched on CJ […]
Fox has ordered two more seasons of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition Next Level Chef. “Serving up two more orders of Next Level Chef was an easy decision on the heels of an incredible sophomore season, propelled by its historic post-Super Bowl debut,” said Allison Wallach, president of unscripted programming at Fox Entertainment, revealing commissions for a […]
UK-based factual and formats prodco Rare TV has appointed writer, story consultant and executive producer Greg Chivers to the newly created role of US showrunner. Chivers joins the international team at Rare TV, working alongside VP of US development Christian Broadhurst and reporting to CEO Alexander Gardiner. He starts work immediately as exec producer of […]
Disney is to launch a combined Disney+ and Hulu app by the end of the year, and plans to pull content from its DTC services, with the company having reduced its streaming losses, but not its subscriber declines, in Q2 2023. CEO Bob Iger announced the plans to place Disney+ and Hulu content on to […]
Production and distribution giant Banijay has promoted its creative networks co-leads, James Townley and Lucas Green, to chief content officers. Townley, who previously served as global head of content development, is now chief content officer, development, while Green, formerly global head of content operations, becomes chief content officer, operations. The pair were both elevated into […]
Paramount Global is cutting around 25% of its US-based team across Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, following its disappointing Q1 financial results. Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, has informed staff in a memo that around a quarter would be cut “through the elimination of some […]
