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BBC Studios, Samsung EMEA FAST deal

BBC Studios and Samsung TV Plus are to expand two BBC FAST channel brands in EMEA. BBC Drama will make its debut in MENA on Samsung TV Plus whilst Top Gear launches on Samsung TV Plus across MENA, Italy, Spain, France, Germany,  Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Already available in Spain, Italy and France on Samsung […]

July 15, 2024

Research: UK lags in brand safety

DoubleVerify (DV), a software platform platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, has revealed findings from its eighth annual DV Global Insights: 2024 Trends Report. The report reveals that the UK is lagging behind in terms of brand safety, with brand safety and suitability violations surpassing the global benchmark. UK violations stand at 7.6 […]

July 15, 2024

The Change coming to BritBox

Season one of the Channel 4 BAFTA-nominated comedy, The Change, produced by Expectation, will be streaming on BritBox International from August 1st. The comedy, which is created, written by, and stars the stand-up comedian, actor and writer Bridget Christie, follows Linda, who is convinced she’s got early onset dementia but is informed by her doctor […]

July 12, 2024

Prime Video orders Muhammed Ali scripted series

Prime Video has ordered The Greatest, the first authorised scripted series about the life of global icon, boxing champion, and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The series, which has unprecedented access to the estate of Ali, is produced by Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society, Ben Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal […]

July 12, 2024

TF1+ adds third-party content

France’s TF1 group has announced an aggregation strategy by adding contents from sports media brand L’Équipe, daily newspaper Le Figaro, and music-streaming platform Deezer to its to its TF1+ free-to-view streaming platform. “These first agreements mark a step change in our digital acceleration strategy, with the aggregation of appealing third-party content that complements nicely our […]

July 11, 2024

A+E Networks FAST channels on Titan OS

A+E Networks EMEA has announced a partnership with Europe’s Titan OS to launch five FAST channels in the UK and Ireland – Inside Crime, Mystery TV, World War TV, History Hunters and Deal Masters. Titan OS powers Philips smart TVs in the region. The channels are accessible via the channel EPG from the homepage and […]

July 11, 2024

Isoyama signs exclusive deal with Netflix

Starting this July, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute new series and films by Japanese producer Aki Isoyama for the next five years. Her most recent hit, the time-traveling comedy Extremely Inappropriate!, topped Netflix’s most-watched list in Japan for three weeks running. In June 2023, Let’s Get Divorced, which she produced with a screenplay co-written […]

July 11, 2024

Young Woman and the Sea to premiere on Disney+

Disney’s Young Woman and the Sea, the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel, will begin streaming on Disney+ July 19th.  The inspirational drama, which was released in cinemas May 31st, was warmly received by critics. The movie stars Daisy Ridley as the accomplished swimmer who was born to immigrant […]

July 11, 2024

Formula E finale FTA on Quest

Formula E has announced that the Hankook London E-Prix, the final two rounds of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, will be broadcast on free-to-air TV channel Quest in the UK and Ireland. Viewers will be able to watch the Season 10 victor of the all-electric motorsport series be crowned World Champion onQuest via […]

July 10, 2024

Study: Culturally relevant content key for black audiences

The availability of culturally relevant content plays a major role in which platforms and services Black TV content viewers decide to use, according to Horowitz Research’s annual report, FOCUS Black Volume I: Subscriptions 2024. The report, which tracks the evolution of the pay and free TV, streaming, internet and mobile environment among Black Americans, finds […]

July 10, 2024