Netflix launched around nine times as much original programming as its main streaming rival Amazon in 2019, reflecting the divergent business models of the two companies. Last year, Netflix released 2,701 hours’ worth of original programming, compared to just 314 hours for Amazon Prime Video, according to the Omdia Original Online Production Report – 2020. […]
Wrestlemania, WWE’s annual flagship PPV event, will no longer take place in front of a live audience, but it will go ahead as a live, streamed production via the WWE Network – the company’s SVoD platform – and through other PPV providers. Wrestlemania 36 was scheduled to to take place in front of some 70,000 […]
Organisers of the Media Production & Technology Show, scheduled to take place May 13/14th 2020 at London’s Olympia, have decided to postpone the event. In a statement, they say: “We have been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the UK and abroad, with the situation growing increasingly concerning, it is with a heavy heart, we […]
Apple has ordered a new drama series fronted by Hollywood actress Uma Thurman – perhaps best known for her roles in Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies. The Apple Original, titled Suspicion, is based on the award-winning Israeli series False Flag from Keshet Broadcasting. The show will be a high-paced thriller about the kidnapping […]
HBO Max, the WarnerMedia direct-to-consumer offering debuting in the US this spring, has announced an 8-episode series order for Wahl Street, a new documentary series that offers fans a glimpse into Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg’s life as “he juggles the demands of a rigorous film schedule coupled with an ever-growing network of diverse businesses”. Along […]
John Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions, an independent production company founded by the Star Wars actor, have created a partnership with Netflix to develop non-English language films. Boyega’s production company will develop movie projects based on stories, cast, characters, crew, literary properties, mythology, screenplays and/or other elements in or around African countries, with a focus on West […]
Academy Award-winning writer, director, and actor Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) is set to write, direct, and executive produce two original animated series for Netflix. The first is a series based on the world and characters of beloved Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The second is a wholly original take on […]
POGO and Cartoon Network, channels in India under WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific, are ramping up original India productions with three new home-grown animation comedies. POGO has commissioned both Titoo and Lambuji Tinguji, produced by Cosmos Maya, and Cartoon Network will air Bandbudh Aur Budbak, from Paperboat Studios. Abhishek Dutta, Senior Director and Network Head […]
BritBox UK has announced the service’s first original commission; a new series of the multi-BAFTA-winning, multi-Emmy-nominated Spitting Image. The satirical comedy originally ran for a total of 18 seasons between 1984 and 1996, and will return this autumn on the BritBox SVoD platform, with original Spitting Image co-creator Roger Law back leading the show’s creative […]
Hispanic media company Univision Holdings together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Univision Communications, global private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners, and media and consumer technology sector operating and investment company ForgeLight LLC have struck a definitive agreement in which Searchlight and ForgeLight will acquire a majority ownership interest in Univision from all stockholders of Univision […]