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Mediapro delivers 2024 Karate World Cup

Mediapro has been responsible for the live production of the Karate World Cup – National Teams Championship organised by the Spanish Karate Federation and the World Karate Federation and held November 22nd-24th in Pamplona. Throughout the three days of the championship, Mediapro BMS (Broadcast Media Services), the group division specialising in audiovisual production for events, […]

November 29, 2024

Prime Video orders more Married To The Game

Prime Video has announced a second season of hit reality docuseries, Married To The Game, which will feature some familiar faces from serason one, including Jorginho and Cat Harding, and Riyad Mahrez and Taylor Ward. Three new Premier League couples have joined the cast, Marc Cucurella and Claudia Rodríguez, Gabriel Magalhães and Gabrielle Figueiredo, and […]

November 29, 2024

Dart Kings coming to Sky

Sky is stepping up to the oche with a new three-part docuseries Dart Kings (3×60’). The series marks the latest collaboration between Sky and Mindhouse Productions following the BAFTA win for Lockerbie earlier this year and the critically acclaimed Tell Them You Love Me. Dart Kings will takes viewers on a nostalgic trip down through […]

November 29, 2024

The Traitors returns to BBC on New Year’s Day

The third season of The Traitors will launch on January 1st on BBC One and iPlayer. This award winning reality series, hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns on New Year’s Day, welcoming a new group of strangers to play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000. The […]

November 29, 2024

Glassriver options book series Elma

Icelandic film and TV production company, Glassriver, has optioned the crime thriller book series Elma, from global bestselling author Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, for a series adaption. The first book in the Elma series is The Creak on the Stairs which is being adapted by screenwriter Karen Björg Eyfjörð Þorsteinsdóttir. The books have been translated into […]

November 29, 2024

22m home TV pirate takedown

Law enforcement authorities across Europe, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have taken down one of the largest illegal streaming networks operating within and outside the EU. The investigation targeted 102 suspects, 11 of whom were arrested, for distributing material from streaming services online illegally, including movies and series. They also pirated more than 2,500 television […]

November 28, 2024By Colin Mann

Report: SVoDs inject €866m into French production

French public bodies Arcom and CNC have drawn a positive conclusion from the effective enactment of the AVMSD Euro directive into French law since 2021. Aiming to make SVoD platforms contribute to the financing of local content production, it has opened a new era for creation financing as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ invested a […]

November 28, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Research: Stark differences in men/women online habits

Significant differences in the online lives of men and women in the UK have been revealed in Ofcom’s annual report into the nation’s digital habits. Across all adult age groups, women are spending more time online – on smartphones, tablets and computers – than men – clocking up an extra 33 minutes more each day […]

November 28, 2024

Rai Way expands into connectivity, CDN services

Italian digital infrastructure provider, Rai Way, has launched its first five Edge Data centres and new connectivity services, including a Content Delivery Network (CDN). This network of interconnected, regional data centres, built on a 6,000+ km fibre optic backbone, provides secure, low-latency colocation and value-added services, seamlessly integrating with hybrid and multi-cloud environments for businesses […]

November 28, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Ofcom: 1 in 4 regularly encounter misiformation, deepfakes

Four in ten UK adults report they have encountered misinformation or deepfake content in the previous four weeks, according to Ofcom research. Among those who have encountered false or misleading information, seven in ten (71 per cent) say they have seen it online. Four in ten (43 per cent) say they have seen misinformation on […]

November 28, 2024