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More than two years into its run at Fox Corp., Tubi is ramping up in original programming, planning 100 new film and TV titles over the next year as viewership continues to rise. The programming push was one of the central messages of the streaming service’s NewFronts presentation this evening in New York. Since being…

EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Chalmers has joined Fox Entertainment as VP Drama Programming and Development. Chalmers, who comes from Blumhouse Television, is the first hire for Brooke Bowman, Fox Entertainment's EVP Drama Programming and Development, since she took the reins of the network’s drama department in December. Based on…

EXCLUSIVE: The Blacklist showrunner John Eisendrath is extending his relationship with Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the long-running NBC drama. He has signed a new three-year overall deal with Sony TV through 2025. Under the rich eight-figure pact, Eisendrath will continue to serve as executive producer…

Fox Entertainment’s MarVista Entertainment, a prolific producer and distributor of original movies for traditional and streaming networks worldwide, is continuing its expansion into Latin America, signing a major development and production deal with TelevisaUnivision. Under the pact, MarVista, run by Founding Partner…

Fox Entertainment and Hulu have set a comprehensive output deal enabling the Disney-owned service to stream all out-of-season episodes of many Fox series, including all of the network’s unscripted fare. The unscripted titles involved include The Masked Singer, LEGO Masters, I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune, The…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment has acquired MarVista Entertainment, the prolific independent studio which produces and distributes original movies for traditional and streaming networks worldwide. No one would comment but sources pegged the value of the deal at over $100 million. The acquisition, spearheaded by Fox…

Fox has taken in for development Dirt Girls, an animated comedy series from Victoria Vincent (We the People, A Dog That Smokes Weed) and Fox Entertainment’s Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers). The project came to Fox through Vincent’s participation in Bento Box’s SkunkWorks program, which is designed to discover…

Fox Corp.’s entertainment division has closed its acquisition of TMZ from WarnerMedia, confirming that founder and managing editor Harvey Levin will continue with the newly situated company. Terms were not disclosed, but the deal is believed to be worth less than $50 million. Reports earlier this year in several press…

Darren Schillace has been promoted to President, Marketing for Fox Entertainment. Schillace, most recently EVP Marketing for the broadcast network, will continue to lead the network’s marketing team and will now also head marketing for Tubi, Fox Entertainment AVOD platform. He also is overseeing projects from Bento…

Fox has given a formal series order to an animated comedy from Emmy-winning creator Dan Harmon (Rick & Morty, Community) and Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, to premiere in 2022. Set in mythical ancient Greece, the series, which is currently casting, centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and…

Fox-owned streaming service Tubi said total viewing hit 2.5 billion hours in 2020, up 58% from 2019. Half of all viewers of the free, ad-supported platform were younger than 35 years old, the company added in its year-end audience report. Black, Hispanic and Asian audiences made up 39% of Tubi’s total base of 33…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development Daylight, a one-hour thriller drama based on Marion Pauw’s bestselling Dutch novel Daglicht, from writer Denise Hahn (Untitled Jason Katims Project) and Blue Ant Studios. Pauw will serve as an executive producer on the project. Written by Hahn, Daylight is a family drama and…