Mediapro and the Association of Spanish Racecourses have reached an agreement whereby the group will produce and broadcast all the horseracing fixtures and manage the organisation’s national and international distribution and commercialisation of its range of advertising formats. Viewers can now follow the 74 horseracing meets via streaming. The Mediapro Group will produce the retransmission […]
Netflix has partnered with six Japanese creators to develop original anime shows as part of the streaming platform’s continued effort to build on its best-in-class anime originals with deep creative roots in Japan. The six creators CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shin Kibayashi (The Kindaichi Case Files), Yasuo Ohtagaki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt), Otsuichi (Goth), Tow Ubukata […]
Netflix has announced The Chair, a new six episode half-hour dramedy centred around the Chair of an English department at a major university. Sandra Oh is set to star in the show, as well as serve as executive producer. Oh currently stars in and is a Co-Executive Producer of BBC America’s critically acclaimed smash hit […]
TiVo CEO Dave Shull, speaking to analysts on the company’s year-end results, said the next five-to-10 years will see choices for consumers continue to simultaneously expand and fragment. “This expansion and fragmentation is accelerating and the lines are now completely blurred between those who produce content and those who distribute it. Today, Netflix is making […]
RTVE and Amazon Prime Video have announced they are on pre-production of Boundless – a four-episode drama series about the historic voyage of Juan Sebastián Elcano and Ferdinand Magellan around the world in the 16th century. Elcano and Magellan set sail from Spain on an extraordinary adventure in a bid to prove that the Earth […]
Sky Studios and Fremantle’s The Apartment have announced a new multi-year development and production partnership. Under the deal, Sky Studios will provide development funding for a minimum of three shows alongside a commitment to produce. Lorenzo Mieli, a co-founder of Fremantle’s Wildside and producer behind hit shows such as The Young Pope and My Brilliant […]
Plans to develop a state-of-the-art movie studio in Reading, UK have been put forward by Blackhall Studios. The US movie studio group, along with the University of Reading, plans to build a new £150 million studios at Thames Valley Science Park. Blackhall Studios, responsible for recent blockbusters such as Venom, Godzilla: King of the Monsters […]
Netflix has announced Painkiller, a new scripted drama and limited series about the origins of the opioid crisis in the US. Eric Newman will serve as Executive Producer as part of his overall deal with Netflix where he is showrunner on Narcos and Narcos: Mexico. Writing duo Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day […]
Whisper has announced that Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has invested in The Whisper Group, which comprises of live sports and non-scripted production company Whisper, Chapter 3 Graphics and East Media, with immediate effect. Co-founded by CEO Sunil Patel, broadcaster Jake Humphrey and retired F1 driver David Coulthard, The Whisper Group produces a raft of sports […]
Warner is the third largest commissioner of new titles among US cable groups, behind only Discovery and Viacom CBS, and second in the US scripted space, according to a report by Ampere Analysis. But Warner is making significant strategic adjustments ahead of the launch of HBO Max this May, diverting resources from its cable networks […]