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The Gentlemen continues reign at Netflix #1

The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s gangster series starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, suited up for another week atop Netflix’s English TV List, with 20.1 million views in the week commencing March 11th. Fan-favourite Avatar: The Last Airbender held strong in second place in its fourth week on the list with 5.2 million views. Docuseries took […]

March 20, 2024

Disney+ announces slate of EMEA commissions

At Series Mania, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has revealed a raft of exclusive announcements including four greenlights, as part of their upcoming slate of EMEA Original titles for Disney+. Disney+ continues to commission across the region with greenlights in France, Germany and Spain as well as a pipeline of production in Italy, the Netherlands […]

March 20, 2024

Fishing TV app on Virgin Media TV

Fishing TV has announced the launch of its app on Virgin Media TV, offering over 1,400 hours of global angling content. Virgin Media subscribers on TV 360 and Stream can now access a range of independent films, TV shows and documentaries dedicated to the sport of fishing from £5.99 per month, or for an annual […]

March 20, 2024

Netflix orders NFL Receiver series

Netflix has announced its newest sports series, Receiver, that follows four pass catchers during the NFL 2023-24 season: Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), George Kittle (San Francisco 49ers), Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions). It’s been said that there’s no more difficult position in the NFL […]

March 20, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Netflix slams Euro quotas

Larry Tanz, EMEA boss for Netflix, has told Series Mania that local European quotas “stifle creativity”. Tanz calling for “greater flexibility” given how many shows Netflix is currently making around the world. He pointed to Spain’s attitude; it has quotas in place but with “flexibility” so that Netflix can make Spanish-originated films and series but […]

March 19, 2024

C4 chooses Witbe to automate QA testing of app

Witbe, the specialist in test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, has announced a new customer in Channel 4 Television Corporation — owner and operator of one of the UK’s biggest free streaming service and a number of television channels including E4, More4, Film4, and 4seven. Channel 4 is utilising Witbe’s technology to […]

March 19, 2024

Wish debuts on Disney+ in April

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original musical-comedy Wish will stream on Disney+ beginning April 3rd, welcoming subscribers to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. In the Golden Globe-nominated movie, Asha and Star confront a […]

March 19, 2024

Prime Video orders MrBeast game show series

Prime Video has announced that Beast Games, from MrBeast – the world’s most popular YouTuber – has been ordered to series. Based on his hugely successful YouTube show, Beast Games is set to become the biggest reality competition series ever with 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 million (€4.59m) cash prize which will be the biggest […]

March 18, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Research: Class ceiling within creative industries

Creative Access, a UK diversity & inclusion social enterprise, has revealed research on working-class experiences in the UK’s creative sector. In speaking to broadcast professionals from all class groups across the creative industries, findings reveal 70 per cent believe that ‘soft’ social identifiers of class – such as where an individual went to school and […]

March 18, 2024

Midnight premiere for new Doctor Who

Doctor Who returns to screens on May 11th with a global premiere that will see the Doctor land with two new episodes on BBC iPlayer at midnight, before arriving on BBC One later that day – airing before the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. At the same time, those outside of the UK can watch […]

March 15, 2024By Nik Roseveare