All SVoD articles – Page 165
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PodcastTalking TV: C4’s future & Amazon’s Top Gear deal
The latest edition of Talking TV ponders Channel 4’s future amid increased fears of privatisation and runs the rule over Amazon’s deal with the former Top Gear team.
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NewsHow Amazon secured the Top Gear team
Producer Andy Wilman’s full interview, which reveals the promise of a big budget and creative freedom sealed the deal for the SVoD service
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NewsAmazon hires European video chief
BT director of TV Alex Green is to become the European boss of Amazon Instant Video – the online service that yesterday struck a landmark deal with the former Top Gear team.
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NewsAndy Wilman lifts bonnet on Top Gear team’s Amazon deal
Andy Wilman has lifted the bonnet on the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video, explaining that they will be “left alone” to take the best of their old show and update it for a “new world” audience.
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NewsFive fast facts: Clarkson and co’s Amazon deal
Broadcast rounds up the key facts from the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsFormer Top Gear team to make series for Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has emerged as the surprise home of the new motoring show from Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear team.
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NewsAmazon's Audible orders five audio pilots
Hunderby’s Kevin Eldon and Outnumbered’s Hugh Dennis are among the stars to have signed up to appear in a slew of comedy pilots from Amazon-backed digital audio service Audible.
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NewsBBC social media exec joins Netflix
BBC social media manager Rajiv Nathwani is leaving the broadcaster to join Netflix.
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NewsBT to offer Netflix Ultra HD on Youview
BT is preparing to offer Netflix in ultra high definition and Sky Sports channels in high definition as it prepares to launch its latest Youview set top box.
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NewsLeft Bank pitches ‘Downton meets Deadwood’ to Amazon
The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures is in talks with Amazon about a “Downton Abbey meets Deadwood” drama.
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NewsNetflix 9m subs short of competing with Sky
Netflix must sign up a further 9m UK subscribers before it is able to compete with Sky for content rights.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC future & Netflix
Fallout from the general election is top of the agenda on Talking TV this week.
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NewsNetflix update: SVoD giant hunts six shows a year
More details have emerged of Netflix’s non-scripted commissioning push, with the SVoD giant hunting up to six shows a year.
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NewsNetflix opens up to UK indies
Netflix has opened its doors to the wider UK indie community for the first time, as it hunts for ambitious entertainment and fact ent formats.
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NewsAmazon returns to Ripper Street
Amazon Prime Instant Video has continued its push into originations by commissioning a further two series of period crime drama Ripper Street.
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NewsNetflix turns to natural history
The producer of Netflix’s first major natural history series has lifted the lid on how his company secured a slice of the subscription VoD service’s £2.15bn content budget.
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NewsNetflix commissions Planet Earth creators
Netflix has ordered an eight-part series from the makers of Planet Earth as it expands its original content push into factual programming.
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NewsAmazon eyes international comedy push
MipTV: Amazon is to open its doors to international producers as it ramps up the amount of original comedy that it commissions.
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NewsNetflix acquires US remake of The Returned
Netflix is to offer its subscribers the US version of The Returned after striking a global rights deal with Fremantle Media International for the zombie remake.
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NewsNetflix spend in the spotlight
Netflix is on course to become the world’s second largest buyer of content as it continues to disrupt traditional television.