Streaming has upended the way we watch television, but in recent years, one player has rewritten the entire script for live sport—and it isn’t ESPN, Sky Sports or CBS. It’s Netflix. The streaming giant dipped its toes into the sporting world with a slew of docuseries headlined by the esteemed F1: Drive to Survive, which […]

TV shopping has been around for quite some time. For the most part now, we experience pre-recorded presentations and adverts for shopping outside the usual programming hours. However, not too long ago, vast networks and channels were dedicated to selling things in real time to TV viewers. One of the biggest names in this regard […]

ITV Studios has announced a series of sales to Canadian media and entertainment company, Bell Media, across its drama and non-scripted slate. The deal brokered by Craig Bohland, VP Sales, Canada, ITV Studios and Bell Media includes the new scripted titles from acclaimed producers: Coldwater from Sister; What it Feels Like for a Girl from […]

BBC World Service English is launching a new visualised podcast, which will deliver analysis and expertise on stories from across Asia-Pacific. Launching on November 19th, Asia Specific will bring Asian perspectives on the biggest global news stories, original journalism, and big picture insights on the political, social and economic trends shaping the region. Airing twice […]

As Centre Pompidou prepares to close its doors for a renovation, Samsung Art Store and Centre Pompidou gave announced a partnership that will bring 25 masterpieces from the museum’s collection into homes around the world. From November, users of Samsung Art TVs will be able to display a curated selection of works spanning more than […]

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK’s music documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days was awarded the most prestigious Special Prize in Honour of the President of the Italian Republic at the Prix Italia Award Ceremony held on October 24 in Naples. The documentary was also awarded a Prix Italia for the best in the TV Performing Arts category. […]

At MCM Comic Con, Hollywood actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse took some time away from the show floor to speak to the press and reflect on his career – which has seen him star in the likes of Pitch Perfect, Trolls, How to Train Your Dragon, Kick Ass and The Disaster Artist – and of course, as […]

London-based AI creative Wonder Studios has raised $12 million (€10.3m) seed funding to scale production for the entertainment industry. The round was led by Atomico, alongside existing investors LocalGlobe and Blackbird, and builds on angel investors including execs from Google DeepMind, and OpenAI. Wonder will use the funds to double the engineering team and accelerate […]

The Writers Guild of America has come out strongly against a merger between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and any other studio, declaring any such consolidation would be a “disaster” for writers. The body’s statement comes two days after WBD admitted it was considering putting the entire company up for sale. WBD said it had initiated […]

A new wave of online crime is putting consumers, businesses, and the wider economy at risk – from fake medicines and forged wine to illegal streaming platforms, according to a conference, ‘From CLICK to CRIME: Investigating Intellectual Property Crime in the Digital Age’ held on October 22nd and 23rd 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The increase […]