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Podcast: Why is FT making a film with Stephen Fry?
Juliet Riddell, Head of New Formats at the Financial Times, makes films designed to ‘provoke conversations’ about complex…
Scotland’s TV steps up
STV Group Plc (the former Scottish Television) which broadcasts to the 5.5mn population of the United Kingdom’s northern-most…
How Al Jazeera makes it
When it comes to global TV events, few if any beat the football-soccer World Cup. Some 3.75bn people…
Digitalbox loads up on satire
British satirical site The Poke has been bought, for an undisclosed sum, by Digitalbox Plc, the listed UK…
Netflix: 29% off for ad viewers
Netflix is to broadcast adverts for the first time from 3 November, as the streaming giant launches a…
GB News TV is refinanced
The 2021 launch UK TV channel GB News has received a new £60m investment from existing investors Legatum…
Hedgie takes on Disney. ESPN for sale?
Dan Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point has bought an estimated $1bn stake in Disney and is proposing changes…
Nexstar buys CW Network
US local TV company Nexstar Media Group has acquired 75% of CW Network, leaving Paramount and Warner Brothers…
Chernin’s new $800m studio
Veteran US media executive Peter Chernin has now attracted $800m in funding from investors to establish a new…
ITV buys nature producer. What next?
ITV Plc, the UK’s largest commercial free-to-air broadcaster, continues to expand its ITV Studios production business. It is…