Emmy Award-winning chef and New York Times best-selling author, Giada De Laurentiis, has signed a new exclusive deal with Food Network. Under the new deal, De Laurentiis will continue to produce and front content for both the linear network and the discovery+ streaming service, including the all-new series Simply Giada, premiering in January on Food Network. […]
Global media company SPI/FilmBox has announced the extension of the distribution deal with Swiss telco Swisscom for SPI’s 4K/UHD lifestyle channel, FunBox UHD, which features hundreds of hours of UHD programming on culture, travel, lifestyle, art, music and more. The channel will continue to be available via Swisscom’s blue TV service with German and English […]
Vestel is set to bring viewers around Europe extra features for their Smart TVs with the launch of its TV Smart Centre app. Free-to-download, the new TV remote control app is designed for Smart TVs from fifty popular as well as premium brands, offering more personalised control, as well as ultra-convenient and fast access to TV […]
Off the Fence, winner of this year’s BAFTA and Oscar for Best Documentary Feature (My Octopus Teacher), has announced a distribution deal with Canadian production company Infield Fly Productions for Curb Your Carbon, a humorous documentary narrated by environmental activist and actor Ryan Reynolds. Commissioned by CBC and premiering January 14, 2022 on the public […]
cinch, the UK’s online car sales platform, will be the first-ever sponsor of new musical game show, Walk The Line, which starts on ITV and ITV Hub at 8pm this Sunday, and will air every night until its finale on Friday (December 17). The sponsorship covers idents on both broadcast and catch-up as well as […]
FITE has announced the continued rollout of a 14-day free trial of its TrillerVerz Pass subscription in the US which offers monthly TrillerVerz shows; hybrid productions that marry world-class boxing with an amazing Verzuz musical event. This subscription becomes more valuable the longer one retains it as more and more shows are added to the […]
International content services and processing company ODMedia has announced that Chris Licher has been named Chief Financial Officer. Licher, a senior executive who brings more than 30 years of experience within the financial world to ODMedia, will be based in the company’s Dutch office. With a rich entertainment history at, among others, Endemol Shine Group, […]
Fred Media has concluded a series of regional deals with streaming service Hayu, which will see both seasons of its popular reality series The Circus (20 x 30) become available on the SVoD platform in the UK and Ireland, Benelux, Canada, and Australia. A Stripe Studios production for NBCU NZ (Bravo TV), The Circus follows […]
BAFTA has unveiled the newest UK and US Breakthrough cohort. The 36 participants were selected by a cross-industry global jury composed of leading industry professionals, including Afua Hirsch, Niamh Algar and Tim Renkow alongside Breakthrough Jury Chair Ade Rawcliffe. Netflix supports BAFTA Breakthrough in the UK, US and India, providing integral support in the global […]
Cinedigm, the independent streaming company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, has announced that the Company will release some of their most popular titles on the new streaming service SideStream. The service is an interactive social video platform for movie lovers, which allows for commentary and live discussions throughout the film. With a unique transactional model, SideStream has caught […]