Pixotope, the mixed reality solution for live media production, has appointed Sam Leadsom as its VP for Global Business Development in Sports. The strategic appointment outsets the company’s new vertical focused on sports, showcasing its continued efforts to deliver virtual production solutions for global broadcast sports. A senior executive with 30 years’ experience in delivering […]
Netflix and Moonbug Entertainment have announced all-new animated preschool series and specials based on the beloved characters CoComelon and Little Baby Bum set to debut worldwide on Netflix starting in 2022. Netflix and Moonbug will produce new specials, nursery rhyme compilations (4 x 60 min) and three seasons (24 x 7-min episodes) of CoComelon Lane, […]
Discovery has announced the commission of The Poisonings (working title), a 90-minute feature documentary that delves into the attack on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, and the long-lasting impact the poisoning has had on the quintessentially English city of Salisbury. Produced by DSP, a Banijay UK company, the story will be available to watch […]
Amazon Prime Video will offer audiences around the world an unprecedented inside-look at the 2021/22 season with one of the Premier League’s most successful football clubs in All or Nothing: Arsenal. The next instalment in the hit Amazon Original documentary series will launch exclusively on Prime Video next year in over 240 countries worldwide. All […]
Following the record-breaking success of Bridgerton, Netflix and the show’s executive producer Shonda Rhimes are extending their creative content relationship. A new pact expands the current deal with Rhimes, her company Shondaland as well as her long-standing producing partner Betsy Beers. The expanded partnership will give Netflix and Shondaland Media the opportunity to exclusively produce, […]
Moonbug Entertainment and Amazon Kids+ are collaborating again on more fun and entertaining content for kids starring the global sensation, Blippi. The two companies are creating a new, long-form episodic series called Blippi’s Treehouse, which will premiere exclusively on the Amazon Kids+ streaming service at a future date. “In just under a year, we have […]
Netflix has announced that Hollywood director Zack Snyder will be taking the helm for its upcoming sci-fi adventure movie Rebel Moon, written by Snyder himself alongside Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad. This marks the fifth collaboration between Netflix and Hatten, having previously written Netflix’s hit film Army of the Dead with Snyder, and three upcoming […]
Channel 4 daytime has commissioned a new quiz show Moneybags from Youngest Media, hosted by Craig Charles, where bag loads of cash will be, literally, up for grabs every afternoon. In this high-stakes quiz that puts mental speed to the test, contestants face a series of questions with the answers on moneybags that pass along […]
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 […]
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 […]