All Television articles – Page 102
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NewsWeinstein acquires Peaky Blinders
TWC takes US rights to British drama starring Cillian Murphy.
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NewsAltitude spies Spooks film
AFM slate also includes Brit-List sci-fi The Call-Up, horror The Last Word and a documentary about alt-rock band Pulp.
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NewsDiane Keaton buys BBC drama rights
Actor Diane Keaton has bought the rights to Last Tango in Halifax with a view to remaking the series for HBO in the US.
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NewsAMC acquires Chellomedia for $1bn
US cable group AMC Networks has acquired Chellomedia, the European content arm of Liberty Global, for $1 billion.
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NewsTwitter: media must 'respect' audience
Media owners must ‘radically change’ the way in which they communicate with audiences following the growth of social media, according to Twitter executive Shailesh Rao.
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NewsUTA: Twitter first screen for many
Agents are increasingly looking to harness social media as multi-screen viewing grows.
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NewsUK TV to allow Super 16 for HD
Responding to industry demand, new standards have been accepted so that UK broadcasters can now accept programmes in the Super 16mm format for broadcast on HD channels.
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NewsDiscovery plans to diversify content
Discovery Networks International is focussed on diversifying the range of its content and boosting its free-to-air TV distribution, according to chief executive Mark Hollinger.
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NewsTykwer to direct first TV series
EXCLUSIVE: German director Tom Tykwer is to direct his first TV series, Babylon Berlin, as an internationally financed, German-language production.
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NewsNetflix orders thriller from Sony
Netflix has commissioned its first original series from a major Hollywood studio, a Sony-produced psychological thriller from the team behind legal drama Damages.
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NewsDanny Boyle's Babylon underway
Channel 4 pilot written by Peep Show team underway; cast includes Brit Marling, Jimmy Nesbitt, Adam Deacon.
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NewsBen Wheatley to direct Doctor Who
EXCLUSIVE: Kill List and Sightseers director will direct the first two episodes in the new series of Doctor Who.
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NewsRelativity talks scripted TV plans
US film producer Relativity is to use data gathered from its hit films, such as Mirror Mirror and Shark Night 3D, to move into scripted TV, in what chief executive Ryan Kavanaugh described as a “Moneyball approach to creating television”.
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NewsLakeshore launches into TV
Lakeshore Entertainment has announbced during MIPCOM it is moving into television and has appointed Chad Hoffman to run the new division.
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FeaturesThe VoD invasion
John Hazelton examines the rising international demand for entertainment libraries thanks to new distribution platforms across VoD and SVoD.
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NewsChina boon for UK TV content
China was the biggest growth market for UK programming last year with revenues up 90%, according to new research by UKTI and Pact.
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NewsTWC joins BBC's War and Peace
The Weinstein Company snap up distribution rights for US, Canada and China.
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NewsDiscovery partners with NFTS
Discovery Networks International has partnered with the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS) to launch a factual development and production course to find the generation of producers.