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SkyShowtime go for launch as JV streamer gets regulatory approval
Sky’s parent company Comcast has announced that its joint-venture streaming operation with ViacomCBS has received…
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NBCU’s Peacock original spend to hit $5bn, as investment shifts from linear
NBCUniversal (NBCU) is to double its investment on Peacock originals in 2022 to $3bn, with…
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Sky strikes first Netflix copro with Wendy Darke’s ‘Predators’ amid factual flurry
Sky is ramping up its factual output with a flurry of commissions, including its first…
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TBI Weekly: Five questions for SkyShowtime’s new CEO
This week’s appointment of Monty Sarhan as the CEO of SkyShowtime takes us one significant…
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ViacomCBS & Comcast name CEO for European SVOD SkyShowtime
SkyShowtime, the new Comcast and ViacomCBS joint venture streaming service, has found its CEO. Monty…
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Abacus Media Rights hires UKTV & Sky alum to lead acquisitions
UK-based distributor Abacus Media Rights (AMR) has hired former UKTV and Sky exec Charlie Charalambous…
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Sony buys ‘His Dark Materials’ prodco Bad Wolf from Sky, HBO & Access
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a majority stake in His Dark Materials and I…
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BBC & C4 shows thrash Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ for viewers, according to new UK data
The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off have beaten…
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Scripted round-up: WOWOW seeks ‘Traitor’; Hulu picks up ‘Bloods’; Starzplay to revive ‘Party Down’
WOWOW seeks ‘Traitor’ Japanese broadcaster WOWOW has acquired Estonian spy drama Traitor for its linear…
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NBCU’s Peacock lands on Sky UK as ‘content destination’
NBCUniversal (NBCU) has begun the soft roll-out of its streaming brand Peacock in the UK…