StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has announced a multi-year deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The deal enables StarzPlay to bring new and exclusive content franchises to the platform as well as expand existing ones for its one million plus subscribers across MENA and Pakistan. As part of the deal, StarzPlay will expand the world of […]
beIN has announced a deal with film distributors so that it can provide the latest movies straight to subscribers across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) before they are seen in cinemas. With cinemas closed across the region due to the coronavirus pandemic, this new collaboration has been launched so that new movies can […]
Netflix has signed a first-look deal for live-action and animated series with BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind best-selling Eisner Award-winning comic book franchises, including Lumberjanes, Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and Mouse Guard. BOOM! Studios CEO and Founder Ross Richie and President of Development Stephen Christy will Executive Produce all shows developed […]
In light of the restrictions placed upon live events as a result of the coronavirus, IMPACT Wrestling will hold its next major event – IMPACT: Rebellion – on a closed set with only essential personnel in attendance, as per the guidelines put in place by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Originally planned […]
Virgin Media will be giving its TV customers free access to some of Sky’s most popular channels from April 10th until May 9th. Popular Sky channels including Sky One, Sky Comedy, Sky Witness, Sky Crime and Sky Sports Mix will be available to all TV customers. Across these channels, a range of shows including Hitmen, […]
Chinese online entertainment platform Bilibili has confirmed that Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement with Bilibili such that SCA will invest an aggregate amount of approximately $400 million in cash in Bilibili at the closing of the transaction. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, […]
Is it okay to write about anything except Covid-19 just now? I think so; the only useful thing to say is good luck to us all. Actually, it is a little bit relevant to Quibi. Many have commented that they are unlucky to go live while we’re in lockdown and entertainment on the move isn’t […]
Netflix docu-series Tiger King pulled in 34.3 million unique viewers in the US during its first 10 days on the platform from March 20th to 29th, according to Nielsen. The performance surpassed the benchmark set by the second-season premiere of Netflix series Stranger Things, which drew 31.2 million unique viewers. Focused on the colourful lifestyles […]
Netflix’s global hit series La Casa de Papel (also known as Money Heist) rolled out its highly anticipated fourth season on April 3rd only to see it immediately soar to the number one most in-demand series in the world, according to global demand data insights company Parrot Analytics. From April 3rd to 5th, La Casa de Papel was 31.75 times […]
Research from consultancy firm Ampere Analysis on commissions, renewals and cancellations in 2019 has found that Reality was the second-most commissioned genre for linear services and third-most commissioned genre for video on-demand (VoD) services. Data from Ampere’s Analytics service indicates that Netflix has ramped up production of Reality content compared to previous years. While in […]