Prime Video has announced the two-part documentary special Octopus! will premiere on the streaming service on May 8th. The special, narrated and executive produced by Emmy-Award winning actress and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is co-produced by Jigsaw Productions and Waller-Bridge’s banner Wells Street Films. Octopus! will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries […]
Anti-piracy coalition the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed the addition of DirecTV, a leading video distribution company in the US, as its newest member. While IBCAP remains focused on anti-piracy efforts for the multicultural video market, the addition of DirecTV will permit IBCAP to broaden its scope as it works with DirecTV […]
Netflix series Adolescence has become the first streaming show to top the UK’s weekly TV ratings. The first episode of the crime drama was watched by 6.45 million people in its first week, according to ratings body Barb, citing data from March 10th to March 16th. This is the largest audience for any streaming TV […]
Hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. The show premiered on ABC on March 27th 2005 and has since aired for 21 seasons featuring 0ver 440 episodes – and has also seen two spin-off series in Private Practice (2007–2013) and Station 19 (2018–2024). The cast has featured the likes of Ellen […]
Jane Featherstone, co-founder and executive producer of Sister Pictures, has warned of the need to continue to nurture British creative talent to ensure that British drama continues to play a distinctive role. Delivering an acceptance speech at the 51st Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards in London, where she was honoured with the Harvey Lee Award […]
Crunchyroll has announced that new shonen series, Gachiakuta, will stream exclusively on the anime platform in July. Produced by the renowned studio Bones Film (My Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Gachiakuta is set in the dystopian floating city known as The Sphere, where both rubbish and criminals are cast into an endless abyss. With a […]
Paramount+ has renewed breakout hit Landman for a second season. The debut season of Landman ranked as a Top 10 SVoD Original Series across all SVoDs for Q4 alongside Paramount+ originals Tulsa King and Lioness. This marks only the second time since Nielsen began tracking SVODs (Q3–17), that a service had three of the top 10 series […]
Streaming audiences around the world will be able to stream the musical drama Mufasa: The Lion King on Disney+ from March 26th. Directed by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins and featuring all-new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda – including the viral sensation, I Always Wanted a Brother – Mufasa: The Lion King has been a huge hit […]
Netflix will become the exclusive new home for WWE in India from April 1st. As part of Netflix’s long-term partnership with the sports entertainment company, Indian fans will be able to stream all of WWE’s weekly flagship shows — Raw, SmackDown and NXT — as well as WWE’s Premium Live Events (PLEs) including SummerSlam, Money […]
Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix have announced that Taylor vs Serrano 3, the anticipated trilogy bout between Ireland’s pound-for-pound great, undisputed super lightweight champion Katie Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs), and Brooklyn’s Puerto Rican boxing trailblazer, unified featherweight world champion Amanda ‘The Real Deal’ Serrano (47-3-1, 31 KOs) will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix […]