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Sesame Street heads to HBO Max

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit media and educational organisation, has agreed to deal to bring four new series and five new seasons of Sesame Street, annual specials, as well as its historic 50-year library, to HBO Max – the new SVoD service scheduled to launch in spring 2020. Beginning with season 51, Sesame Street will premiere […]

October 4, 2019

BFI Player on Apple TV

The BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, has announced that its BFI Player subscription service is now available to UK customers through Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app across iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and select Samsung smart TVs. Customers can subscribe directly to the service on the Apple TV app for £4.99 […]

October 4, 2019

Clarkson fronts solo TV project for Prime Video

Amazon has confirmed that I Bought The Farm [working title] – an eight part series following The Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson as he attempts to run his very own 1000-acre working farm in the heart of the British countryside – is in production. Beginning in Autumn 2019 and filmed over the course of one […]

October 4, 2019

Netflix orders Big Mouth spin-off

Netflix has ordered Human Resources, a new workplace comedy set in the world of the monsters from its Emmy nominated animated series Big Mouth. Big Mouth creators Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett signed an overall deal with Netflix back in June under their newly formed animation production company, Brutus Pink. In […]

October 4, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Matchday Inside FC Barcelona on Rakuten TV

FC Barcelona and Rakuten TV have announced the launch of Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona, an official FC Barcelona TV documentary series that follows the club through its 2018-2019 season, offering behind-the-scenes insights into what makes Barça “more than a club.” Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona is a creation of Barça Studios, FC Barcelona’s own […]

October 4, 2019

AMC UK no longer on Sky

The AMC UK channel is no longer available to viewers on the Sky platform. BT’s channel had been available to anyone who subscribed to BT Sport, but now it has been completely removed from the Sky EPG. Confirming the news, a BT spokesperson said: “BT TV customers will continue to enjoy great and exclusive content […]

October 3, 2019

All episodes of Sky original Upright land Nov 28

On November 28th, Sky Atlantic and NOW TV will take audiences on a  road trip across the Australian outback with brand new Sky original comedy drama, Upright. Written by and starring critically acclaimed musician, comedian, actor, writer and director Tim Minchin, Upright, follows two misfits thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian […]

October 3, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Spain: UHD TVs popular, but lack of content

Spaniards are increasingly buying Ultra-HD TV sets, but TV channels are conspicuous by their absence. According to SES Astra, around 45 per cent of all TV sets sold in Spain in 12 months from April 2018 to April 2019 were UHD-equipped, putting Spain roughly level with other European countries like France (50.1 per cent), Italy […]

October 2, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Premier League appoints Guardian’s Pemsel

The English Premier League has as appointed Guardian Media Group boss David Pemsel as its new chief executive. Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, said Pemsel had been hired because of his “straightforward style and personal integrity”. Pemsel, 51, has been chief executive of GMG, since July 2015. The company’s main Guardian News & Media […]

October 2, 2019

ITV outlines programme participant protection guidelines

Following media, public and parliamentary scrutiny of its practices in the wake of the suicide of a participant in British tabloid talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show, UK commercial PSB ITV has outlined its guidelines on protecting participants in programmes made for broadcast on ITV, whether made by its own ITV Studios production house or […]

October 2, 2019