Kristin Brzoznowski

First-quarter revenue for NBCUniversal increased 21.3 percent to $9.5 billion, bolstered by the broadcasts of the PyeongChang Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl.

The Ink Factory, the production company behind the hit drama The Night Manager, has appointed Zodiak and Channel 4 alum Rod Henwood as chief strategy officer.

DLT Entertainment has purchased independent production company Vera Productions, behind such shows as Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

Netflix is looking to raise $1.5 billion in debt, with plans to use the money for content acquisitions, "strategic transactions" and other general corporate purposes.

Digital TV Research is forecasting that the world's top 10 pay-TV operators will see revenue losses of about $20 billion by 2023, bringing their total down to $87 billion.

Tim Jones, who has served as VP of Travel NGP at Nat Geo Partners, has been tapped to succeed Jacqui Feeney as the new general manager of FOX Networks Group Australia, effective in July.

At its "FURTHER Front" upfront presentation in New York, National Geographic unveiled new scripted highlights, including The Hot Zone with Ridley Scott, as well as upcoming factual fare such as Hostile Planet from Guillermo Navarro, while Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo Mundo also revealed fresh programming slates. 

Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (TCFTVD) has sold FX programming internationally as a premium portfolio, with licensees such as France’s Canal+ Group and Australia’s Foxtel scoring first-run rights to all new series in the FX portfolio.

The first annual Lille Transatlantic Dialogues, set for May 3 as part of Series Mania's European Project and Talent Forum, has lined up as speakers Netflix's Reed Hastings, Endemol Shine's Sophie Turner Laing and TF1 Group's Gilles Pélisson, among others.

According to Digital TV Research, global pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $205 billion and are forecast to fall by 11 percent to $183 billion in 2023.