5USA Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Betrayal’
ABC’s 13 episode drama series Betrayal will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5’s digi-net 5USA on Friday April 18th at 10pm, it has been announced.
Sky1 Picks Up UK Rights To CBS’ ‘Intelligence’, Sets Premiere For April 17th
Sky1 has closed a deal with Disney Media Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to CBS’ drama series Intelligence, TVWise has learned. The show’s first season, which wrapped it run in the US just this past week, is set to premiere on Sky1 on Thursday April 17th at 9pm, with a double-bill.
E4 Lines Up Cast For Jack Thorne’s Drama Series ‘Glue’
E4 has unveiled the cast for their newest original drama series Glue, which hails from This Is England scribe Jack Thorne.
Movies4Men Launches On Freeview Nationwide
Sony’s specialist film channel Movies4Men has now launched nationwide on the Freeview platform.
DLT Raydar Inks Distribution Deals With Sundog Pictures & Grasshopper Productions
DLT Raydar is to bring a raft of new factual and children’s titles to MIPTV next week following inaugural distribution deals with Sundog Pictures and Grasshopper Productions.
DCD Rights To Distribute Open University’s Programming Catalogue
After an extended tender process, DCD Rights has emerged as the winning bidder and will now distribute The Open University’s library of television content. The deal, which spans two years, covers more than 188 hours of content produced in partnership with the BBC and a further forty hours of upcoming programming.
Sky Atlantic Picks Up HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’, Eyes Summer Premiere
Sky Atlantic today confirmed that they have picked up the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the upcoming HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. The comedy, created by Mike Judge and Alec Berg, debuts state-side this week and will launch on Sky Atlantic this Summer.
Netflix Orders Pablo Escobar Drama ‘Narcos’, Wagner Moura To Star
Netflix has handed a 10 episode series order to Narcos, a drama series about Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. Brazil’s top film star Wagner Moura has been set as the lead in the project, which is set to enter production later this year for a 2015 premiere.