All articles by John Elmes, Broadcast
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Netflix UK profits rocket by 75% to £47m
Netflix attributed the jump due to a “larger member base”.
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UK’s Sky Studios adds ex-BBCS drama head
Parish will work with third-party indies as well as Sky’s production team to oversee the creation of Sky original titles.
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Disney streaming business turns profit for first time with 109% year-on-year increase
Disney’s direct-to-consumer business earnt the studio $47m last quarter.
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Zai Bennett to swap Sky for BBC Studios
Sky’s managing director of content for UK & Ireland is replacing Ralph Lee.
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Fox’s free streaming service Tubi expands to the UK with 20,000 films and TV series
Platform’s 20,000-strong content library to join Pluto TV and Amazon Freevee in ad-supported space.
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HBO ‘Harry Potter’ series hires ‘Succession’ duo as showrunner, director
‘Succession’ lead director Mark Mylod will direct episodes of the ‘Harry Potter’ series.
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Netflix boosts documentary film team with Sky exec appointment
Tom Barry will join Kate Townsend’s docs team in the autumn.
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How ‘Shōgun’ team turned the classic novel into gripping television
Shōgun showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks aimed to tell “10 short stories”.
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HBO to the Max: Casey Bloys on running Warner’s signature brands
Veteran programming exec Casey Bloys talks curation and quality control, his desire for international co-pros and how he’s never turned on a PlayStation.
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Banijay UK buys ‘Peaky Blinders’ production outfit Caryn Mandabach Productions
Producer Caryn Mandabach will pivot to a first-look deal with Banijay under her newly formed label Conduit Productions.
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Endor Productions to close amid "persistently difficult" scripted TV market
UK TV and film production company’s credits include Vienna Blood, State of Play and Restless.
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Disney EMEA boss reveals £3.5bn UK production spend
Koeppen affirmed the company’s “belief in the importance of theatrical distribution”.
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Mip London confirmed as curtain closes on Mip TV in Cannes
Mip London is designed to be complementary to the London TV Screenings.
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Netflix UK agrees remuneration deal for writers of scripted series
Streamer strikes deal with Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and agency body the Personal Managers Association.
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BBC Studios buys ITV’s stake in streamer BritBox International for £255m
BBC Studios now has sole ownership of the previously joint venture platform.
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RedBird IMI to buy All3Media in £1.2bn deal
Redbird IMI chief exec and former CNN boss Zucker will become the chairman of the All3Media board.
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Amazon restructures European Prime Video business
The plans may result in job losses for staff Africa and the Middle East.
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UK and Spain emerge as the leading European production hubs for global streamers
However, only 9% of fiction titles produced in Europe were commissioned by global streamers says European Audiovisual Observatory report.
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Paramount+ and Apple TV+ grow SVoD presence
Kantar research shows streamer gains in major markets while Netflix remains top dog.
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SkyShowtime hires former Netflix exec as new content head
Head of programming’s shoes to be filled by former Netflix exec Kai Finke.