Alex Mahon, CEO at UK public service broadcaster Channel 4, has acknowledged that the change in leadership of the governing Conservative Party and arrival of a new Secretary of State with responsibility for the broadcast sector, may impact on the previously announced intention to privatise the service. “Where we are now is that the government […]
Netflix has announced that it is creating an internal game development studio in Helsinki, Finland. The studio will be led by Marko Lastikka, Zynga’s vice president, as its director, and it will become Netflix’s fourth game studio upon completion. In a blog post, Amir Rahimi, VP of Game Studios at Netflix, said: “This is another […]
Streaming is more popular than ever among all age groups, reaching 73 per cent of Brits, according to research by advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk. The rise of streaming in the UK is driven by viewers in the 18- to 34-year-old age group as 84 per cent favour streaming content over traditional TV. The […]
BFI chair Tim Richards and chief executive Ben Roberts have published Screen Culture 2033, the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image’s new 10-year strategy signalling a fresh approach to benefitting the public and industry through to its landmark centenary in 2033. This new vision sets out how the BFI will transform access […]
The full season of Icons Unearthed: Star Wars, a deep dive into the Star Wars Movie Universe, will premiere on October 21st exclusively in the UK on Amazon Freevee, the free streaming service. The series, produced by the Nacelle Company, and directed by Brian Volk-Weiss (The Toys That Made Us, Behind the Attraction, The Center […]
A report, The Evolution of Home Entertainment Report 2020 – 2025, from trade bodies the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: Digital Entertainment Group International, predicts UK category growth of £5.5 billion (€6.3bn) by 2025, a rise of 114 per cent on the pre-pandemic predictions as well as forecast transactional cumulative consumer spend […]
It’s been a decade since UK commercial TV marketing body Thinkbox’s first Ad Nation study exploring the differences in media consumption and perception between those who work in media and the average person in the UK. Back then – and again in an update in 2016 – Thinkbox discovered a chasm between the media consumption […]
Amazon has unveiled its ambitious plan to conquer the highly coveted Southeast region: the company is to launch new streaming products in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Dataxis believes it was about time for the move, as the figures have been all the more disappointing and competition with its rivals is fiercely increasing. Although Prime […]
Paramount Global and media and content company Corus Entertainment have confirmed that FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) service Pluto TV will debut in Canada on December 1st. The pair say the service will debut with its most robust content offering at launch to-date, with more than 100 unique, curated channels and over 20,000 hours of […]
Albert Cheng has been promoted to vice president of Amazon Prime Video US. He previously served as chief operating officer of Amazon Studios. The news came via a staff memo composed by Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. Cheng enters the newly created position effective immediately and will report to […]