Amazon Freevee has announced that free, ad-supported (FAST) Channels from NBCUniversal and UKTV are now available on the service, with an additional five channels from MGM scheduled to launch in late autumn. These new channels add to the slate of FAST Channels currently available on the free service, spanning genres that include Originals, popular movies, […]
Figures released by Screen Cornwall show that film and TV production was worth more than £5 million (€5.8m) to the Cornish economy in 2022. The figures are taken from the first economic impact analysis into the Gross Value Added (GVA) of film and TV production in the region that the screen agency has produced since […]
Statistics show that HMRC paid out £1.66 billion (€1.94bn) in creative industries tax reliefs for the year to March 31st 2022 – a 36 per cent increase from the previous year. This was largely due to an impressive rise in high-end TV reliefs which have increased by 131 per cent to £829 million and now […]
Sky has announced a raft of new shows coming to its content slate, across Sky Original drama, comedy, entertainment, arts and factual programming. During the Sky ‘Spotlight’ panel at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Zai Bennett, MD of Content, Sky UK & Ireland; Meghan Lyvers, Director of Original Drama, Sky Studios; Poppy Dixon, Director of […]
LG Electronics and Amazon Luna have partnered to bring the cloud gaming service to LG’s 2021-2023 Smart TV models in the UK. LG Smart TV owners can now access a range of games on Luna directly from the Home Screen Game Card on 2023 LG Smart TVs or by downloading the Luna app from the […]
New free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) linear content offerings featuring popular programming across Telemundo Enterprises and the NBCUniversal Global Distribution library are now available on Google TV and Android TV devices in the US. The four additional channels include: Murder, She Wrote: Join mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (played by legend Angela Lansbury), as she solves […]
beIN Sports, the MENA sports broadcaster, has confirmed it will remain the home of the US Open Tennis Championships until 2027 after renewing exclusive media rights to the tournament for a further five years. The extension means beIN will continue to be the only platform in the MENA region where viewers can watch all four […]
Bethesda Game Studios’ open-world space adventure Starfield will be available through the Samsung Gaming Hub with an Xbox Game Pass subscription on September 6th. Samsung Gaming Hub gives gamers a new way to discover and instantly stream cloud games from top gaming partners on supported 2023 TVs and monitors with no console required, including the […]
Commercial broadcaster UKTV has announced the launch of four Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels on Samsung TV Plus and Pluto TV. The news marks the broadcaster’s debut in the FAST market with further plans to build on the offer with FAST channels to launch on its free streaming service UKTV Play. The new channels […]
At the Edinburgh TV Festival, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has revealed a raft of exclusive announcements including first looks, celebrity contributor reveals and a new documentary as part of their upcoming slate of UK Original titles for Disney+. Sean Doyle, Director, Unscripted, Disney+, EMEA, said: “We’ve spent the past year making ambitious documentaries with […]