Network 10 has announced its first joint primetime content initiative with its sister broadcaster, Channel 5 in the UK, since the completion of the ViacomCBS merger that has brought the two free-to-air networks together under common ownership. The two broadcasters are joining forces to fund a 4 x 60-minute mini-series, Breathless, which will be produced […]
Sky is to invest in building a new 32-acre, state-of-the-art TV and film studio at Elstree, just north of London, home to the world-renowned Elstree Studios. The proposed development represents a significant new investment in the UK and European creative economy and will be made with the backing of Sky’s new owner Comcast and in […]
Any chance of there being a follow-up to Academy Award-winning film The King’s Speech was effectively ended by Netflix’s production of The Crown, according to the 2010 movie’s executive producer Paul Brett. Participating in a panel discussion at Video Exchange Streaming in London on the topic of the relationship between rightsholders and distribution platforms in […]
Netshow Capital, an Irish investment vehicle specialised in the production of TV series and their monetisation, is to invest €30 million over the next two years in international TV series. Its goal is to build a portfolio of eight to 10 high-quality TV series with an international appeal across markets and distribution channels; it will […]
Amazon has announced that The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team, a new docuseries following the Australian Men’s Cricket Team, is coming to Amazon Prime Video. Picking up immediately after the ball tampering incident in South Africa that led to an outpouring of disappointment and shock around the world, The Test begins with the […]
Aardman Studios, the celebrated British production house behind the likes of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun The Sheep, has ended a longstanding relationship with the BBC and is working on a new short movie exclusively for Netflix. The new movie – a 30 minute musical – is entitled Robin Robin and will tell the story […]
Netflix is partnering with Academy Award-nominated animation studio Tonko House, to bring an all-new original series ONI to life. The series, steeped in Japanese mythology, will feature a hybrid of both stop motion and computer generated animation. “Having spent my entire career in the American animation industry, part of me always wondered if there would […]
Quibi and Lionsgate have announced the series order of the drama Swimming with Sharks, to be written and produced by Kathleen Robertson and directed by Tucker Gates. Lionsgate describes Swimming with Sharks as a “contemporary update of George Huang’s original film that both celebrates and skewers the Hollywood studio system”. In this adaptation, a young […]
Netflix will be the exclusive home of Vikings: Valhalla, a new original series from creator Michael Hirst that continues the storytelling of the popular Vikings saga. The new saga begins 100 years after the original series concludes and dramatises the adventures of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada […]
A report from Ampere Analysis focuses on one of the globe’s most advanced SVoD markets – the Nordics. Since its launch in the region in 2012, Netflix has been the driving force in the OTT market, achieving 4.5 million subscribers by the end of 2018. However, despite boasting a large catalogue of international content at […]