CBS announced several winter and spring scheduling moves, including the series premieres of Ransom, Training Day and Doubt. The Network will begin rolling out its new scripted programming on New Year’s Day with the launch of Ransom, a crime drama about a world-renowned crisis and hostage negotiator whose team is brought in to resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases. Ransom debuts on Sunday, Jan. 1 after a football doubleheader, and moves to its regular Saturday time … [Read more...] about CBS announces scheduling plans
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Fox Networks acquires BULL
London/Amsterdam – Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has announced a multi-season licensing agreement with CBS Studios International for the UK exclusive first-window rights to CBS’s new break out hit BULL. Launching on FOX UK in the New Year, this deal builds on FNG UK’s successful portfolio of CBS programming, including NCIS, and follows the acquisition of BULL for other FNG markets including Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Sweden. Toby Etheridge, Head of Programming FNG UK, … [Read more...] about Fox Networks acquires BULL
CBS orders new thriller series
CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of Salvation, a new one-hour event series from Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout and CBS Television Studios. The serialised drama will be broadcast during summer 2017. A suspense thriller, Salvation centers on an MIT grad student and a tech superstar who bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery – that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth. “Salvation is the type of fast-paced, dramatic … [Read more...] about CBS orders new thriller series
Internet TV outspends in programming
London – Online platforms Netflix and Amazon have ramped up their investment in programming, spending $7.5 billion last year -- more than CBS, HBO, Turner and most countries, including South Korea and Australia. Between 2013 and 2015, Netflix and Amazon more than doubled their annual expenditure on programming. In 2013, Amazon spent $1.22 billion; that jumped to $2.67 billion in 2015. In the same timeframe, Netflix spending rose from $2.38 billion to $4.91 billion. The findings from World TV … [Read more...] about Internet TV outspends in programming
Japan, Country of Honour
Japan’s television broadcasters are stepping up efforts to capture new viewers in the Asian markets, where they see high-growth potential, by leveraging popular Japanese dramas and other shows. Japan has been named the MIPCOM 2016 Country of Honour. The Country of Honour programme is organised in partnership with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The focus of Japan’s Country of Honour showcase in Cannes will be twofold. The rapid uptake of high definition 4K … [Read more...] about Japan, Country of Honour
CBS greenlights comedy series Superior Donuts
The CBS Television Network has given a series order to Superior Donuts, a new half-hour multi-camera comedy from CBS Television Studios. The Network has ordered 12 additional episodes plus the pilot episode for broadcast during the 2016/17 season. Starring Judd Hirsch and Jermaine Fowler, Superior Donuts follows the relationship between the gruff owner (Hirsch) of a small donut shop, his enterprising new young employee (Fowler) and their loyal patrons, in a quickly gentrifying Chicago … [Read more...] about CBS greenlights comedy series Superior Donuts
