ITV has announced that studio shows such as Britain’s Got Talent and The Masked Singer will return – but most likely without a live audience. Daytime chat show Loose Women is also returning to ITV after six weeks off the air. The show will be back on TV screens from May 4th, with social distancing […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has announced that it is in ongoing discussions with potential partners to invest in the accelerated development of its scripted drama output and operations, which account for approximately 45 per cent of NENT Studios sales. NENT Group has also recommenced the process to divest its non-scripted, […]
Red Dot, produced by SF Studios, is set to be the first Netflix feature film coming out of Sweden, with the cast featuring Nanna Blondell, Anastasios Soulis, Tomas Bergström, Kalled Mustonen, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Thomas Hanzon and Anna Azcárate. The movie and will be launched exclusively on Netflix globally on a date TBD. Red Dot […]
Having posted Q1 2020 results down 7.1 per cent, M6 Group, owner of French commercial TV channel M6, has announced a €100 million cut in programming costs, which represents around 20 per cent of 2019’s total spend. M6 has posted a €321.3 million consolidated revenue in the first quarter of the year, with the first […]
Netflix is not only surviving during the Covid-19 pandemic, but it is thriving. The company’s strong position during this crisis has gained it first place in GlobalData’s thematic ranking for the music, film and TV sector – beating Amazon for the top spot. Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, commented: “The company added nearly 16 […]
The team at Ampere Analysis is publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry and has shared a top line summary of what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future: TV providers increase free offerings: Alexios Dimitropoulos, Senior Analyst Pay-TV operators have increased […]
Apple has given a straight-to-series order to The Shrink Next Door, a new, eight-episode limited series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, based on the 2019 podcast by Wondery and Bloomberg Media, hailing from Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television. The show will debut globally on Apple TV+ on a date TBD. Directed […]
ITV has commissioned Captain Tom Moore – a documentary to be shown on VE Day (May 8th) that will tell the story of Moore’s part in World War II. The former British Army Officer has become a national treasure after raising more than £28million for NHS charities by walking 100 lengths of his garden with […]
Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in UK production company The Lighthouse, an independent producer of scripted drama programmes founded by Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts. Launched in autumn 2019, The Lighthouse brings together three of the UK’s most experienced television professionals: Hilary Salmon, former Head of Drama for BBC Studios, has […]
A £250 million (€287m) TV and film studio plan set to transform an abandoned railway works in the southeast England town of Ashford, Kent has been approved by the local council. The Ashford International Studios scheme, aimed at attracting the likes of Netflix and Amazon, has been given the green light following a planning meeting […]