The BBC has announced Murder is Easy, a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC One and iPlayer, in a co-commission with BritBox International. The two-part thriller will film this summer and is adapted for the screen by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu […]
Pankaj Gupta has joined Quickplay as Head of Solutions Engineering, APAC and MVPD. Gupta, who joins Quickplay after three years with Synamedia, will leverage his expertise in helping content distributors shape and build video delivery systems as he spearheads go-to-market strategies in the APAC and India markets for Quickplay’s industry-first, cloud-native OTT platform. “The success […]
OpenVault, a source of SaaS-based revenue and network improvement solutions and broadband industry analytics, will show how its products – including the new Capacity Booster – are optimising network performance, customer engagement and monetisation at three major Americas events within the next four weeks. At the ACA Summit in Washington, DC (February 28 – March […]
Disney+ released photos of The Mandalorian showrunner/executive producer Jon Favreau and star Pedro Pascal posing for photographs at the opening of The Forge: Inspired by The Mandalorian exhibit in London to mark Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 3. The third season of the celebrated series from Lucasfilm premieres March 1st, exclusively on Disney+. The journeys […]
myco (formerly known as MContent), a leading entertainment and sports streaming platform will stream the Pakistan Super League (HBL PSL Season 8) through criclife 2 on its Web 3 streaming platform in the MENA region for free, offering viewers the chance to watch the live stream of PSL matches in high quality and participate in […]
Droners, a high-tech adventure set in an animated, eco-friendly world, will make its UK linear premiere on children’s channel, POP, on March 6th. In Terraqua, a world that is 95 per cent covered in water, the eco-technology genius Wyatt Whale has organised the Whale Cup, a drone race competition that will determine his future apprentice. […]
Paramount+ has announced the premiere date and cast lineup for the highly anticipated second season of Queen of the Universe. Hosted by five-time BAFTA TV Award winner Graham Norton, the new season will premiere exclusively on the service April 1st in the UK, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Australia and March 31st […]
The world’s most famous dog show returns to television screens with more than 16 hours of coverage on Channel 4 and More4. Clare Balding will return this year with presenters Sophie Morgan, who made her Crufts debut in 2022, and Radzi Chinyanganya. Also returning is veterinary professional Dr Paul Manktelow, and famed dog trainer Ashleigh […]
castLabs, a video delivery technology provider headquartered in Berlin, has announced a partnership with Telia, one of the biggest communications companies and mobile network operators in Scandinavia. An existing castLabs’ DRMtoday customer using its leading multi-DRM licensing (built on scalable multi-region Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure), for the Norwegian Telia Play OTT service, Telia has […]
Afanti Media has announced the return of the Wales Screen Summit on 15-17 May 2023 at Cardiff’s Parkgate Hotel. Speakers confirmed to date include: Chief Content Officer, UK at Paramount, Ben Frow; BBC Director of Unscripted, Kate Phillips; Chief Content Office for Channel 4, Ian Katz; Chief Executive Officer, S4C, Sian Doyle; EVP of Content at All3Media International Maartje Horchner ; Managing Director of Business Development […]