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Leaving Neon in August

Season three of the revolutionary spies drama Turn is one of two series leaving Neon this month (the other is S1 of I’m Sorry). Turn is one of those neglected series for which Sky acquired only digital rights, not linear. The Netflix US site has all four seasons in HD but Neon’s stream is SD. […]

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Fourth Estate Not Forthcoming

Sky’s picked up the Rupert Murdoch-inspired media empire drama series Succession but isn’t interested in The Fourth Estate, a new Showtime documentary series about the New York Times. Like Circus, a Showtime documentary series about US politics, The Fourth Estate falls through the cracks of the content Sky seeks for its channels. It could play on […]

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Exclusive Arrangement for Neon

Sky’s acquired for an exclusive season on its streaming service an E! channel drama about an arranged celebrity marriage that Variety dubbed “an addictive, horrific fantasy out of real-life tabloid drama and rumours about the Church of Scientology”. Neon will stream the 10-part series in HD in August but, like Turn and Manhattan, Sky doesn’t plan […]

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HD Period Dramas Full Steam Ahead

HD Period Dramas Full Steam Ahead

AMC, the home of Mad Men, is tuning into period drama with a vengeance — or not such a vengeance in the case of Hell on Wheels’ third season. It premieres next month on SoHo and is abandoning its vengeance storyline for a considerably more ambitious take on the transformation of the Old West. According to […]

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