Up the Ladder: UKTV, Lighthouse Pictures
UKTV has appointed Emma Tibbetts as its new director of Programming for Drama. Reporting to chief programming officer Steve North, she will be responsible for developing and delivering the drama(…)
The Telegraph’s Bouncing Ownership Ball
American investor Todd Boehly is looking to help Brit Dovid Efune to buy the U.K.’s The Daily Telegraph for 550 million pounds (USD 701.80 million).
Efune owns the conservative publication The New York Sun (now(…)
Fifth Season Signs Partnership with Hulu
Fifth Season has secured a multi-title deal with Hulu in the U.S. across a slate of scripted and unscripted titles.
The programs included in the deal are Roughcut TV’s comedy Big Boys,(…)
Bomanbridge Inks Multiple Asian Deals
Singaporean indie Bomanbridge Media has secured several deals throughout Asia for scripted and factual titles.
Drama series Black Out: Snow White Must Die, based on the international bestseller by Nele Neuhaus,(…)
Banijay Acquires ‘My Name is Gabriel’ Format
Banijay Entertainment has acquired the worldwide format rights to My Name Is Gabriel (Mai Neim Ijeu Gabeuriel), from Korea’s TEO Corp, a production studio led by PD Kim Tae-ho (Infinite(…)
Short Drama App FANY:D Launches
FANY Corporation, a member of Japanese talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Group — in collaboration with NTT Docomo Studio & Live and Minto — has launched the vertical short drama platform(…)
Vivendi Shareholders Approve Spin-Off
The December 9, 2024 shareholders meeting of Vivendi, held under the chairmanship of Yannick Bolloré (pictured), has approved by more than 97.5 percent of the votes the separation from Vivendi(…)
WBD Renews Carriage Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery cable TV channels can still be nesting at Comcast. The Hollywood studio has just renewed its deal with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based cable TV operator for its channels,(…)
All3Media Licenses Gaelic Drama ‘An t-Eilean’ to BBC Four
Commissioned by Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba, drama series An t-Eilean (The Island) will air on BBC Four in a deal through All3Media International.
From Black Camel Pictures, the four-part Gaelic(…)
Ads Are a $1 Trillion Global Biz
According to the New York City-based Group M, a media investment group that is part of advertising behemoth WPP, global advertising spending will reach USD 1 trillion in 2024.








