Fremantle has entered into a sale agreement for the purchase of 12 NENT Studios production labels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark that operate across non-scripted, scripted and factual businesses. The purchase will see the 12 labels, across the three content pillars of entertainment, scripted and documentaries, plus branded content and event management, join the […]
Channel 4 and Sky have renewed and expanded their long-term commercial partnership. The broadcasters say that their new multi-year agreement will “extend the strategic relationship, giving both parties more opportunities to collaborate, support commercial growth, and innovate as broadcasting evolves in the future”. The partnership will make even more Channel 4 content available to Sky […]
TikTok, the social media app, is increasing the maximum length of videos on its platform to three minutes. In a blog post, product manager Drew Kirchhoff said he believed the change would allow for “even richer storytelling and entertainment” on the short-form video sharing platform. Since launching in 2018, TikTok has limited its users to […]
The BBC has acquired the hit US drama Gossip Girl, and will give the new sequel series its UK debut on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. BBC iPlayer will also be home to every episode of the pop culture classic Gossip Girl so far, offering viewers the chance to watch all six seasons […]
Fight Sports has acquired the rights to Tyson Fury’s third meeting with Deontay Wilder for the WBC Heavyweight World Title in over 50 countries. Territories span from covering almost all of Asia, several countries in Europe, the Middle East/North Africa, to the Caribbean. December 2018 was the first time these two heavyweights met. It was […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and BT Sport have agreed a partnership that will see The Collins Cup highlights shown across the UK through BT Sport, the BT Sport app and on-demand. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on August 28th in Šamorín, Slovakia and is a new race format […]
Burnley Football Club and TikTok have agreed a partnership which will see the Club livestream every home match of Burnley FC Women’s 2021/22 season as part of a multi-year deal. Burnley FC Women will become the first team to have their games streamed live on TikTok – which will also become the team’s sleeve sponsor […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the acquisition of 100 per cent of PlaySimple, a mobile word games developer from India. PlaySimple is a rapidly growing, profitable business and one of the global leaders in the attractive mobile word games genre. The up-front consideration amounts to approximately SEK 3,090 million(€304m) on a cash and debt […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Netflix has become the largest single commissioner of new European scripted content. This represents one of the strongest indicators of the global changes in production market dynamics and represents a boon for European producers as the region becomes increasingly important for global streamers. While European Public Service Broadcasters still […]
Ten public service broadcasters (PSBs) are set to change the way in which Europeans consume news by using online tools to overcome language barriers and share diverse content from across the continent. Led by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the broadcasters are launching ‘A European Perspective’, a collaborative news service that enables audiences to access […]