Netflix has revealed it will be spending $500m (€453.2m) on producing TV shows and films in the UK this year, as the streaming giant prepares to take on new rivals including Disney and Apple. It is the first time Netflix has detailed its spend on making and licensing British-made shows – which currently includes the […]
Sky Studios, the commissioning and production arm of Sky, has announced the launch of a new Innovation Hub, focussed on the development of talent, scripted partnerships and new content experiences, based out of Leeds. The new initiative will be led by Executive Producer Vicky Wharton who has worked as development executive, script editor and drama […]
Amazon Studios has announced that its series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings will shoot, somewhat unsurprisingly, in New Zealand. Pre-production has commenced, and production on the series will begin in Auckland in the coming months. “As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the […]
A profile of six new SVoD players launching in the American market from late 2019 to the first half of 2020 has just been published by Ampere Analysis. Four of these new players are studio-led: Disney+, Viacom’s BET+, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCU’s streaming service. Only Apple TV+ and short-form start-up Quibi are new to […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has unveiled a virtual production facility that enhances its global broadcast infrastructure and scales-up its global production output. The facility, powered by NEP’s next generation production platform, makes a variety of production resources including live logging, editing, commentary, and graphic design accessible remotely from any location around the world, all […]
Joyn, the new German streaming platform launched in June, has announced its first original drama series commission. Dignity, a new political thriller, has been jointly commissioned by Joyn and MEGA in Chile. The series is produced by Story House Productions in Germany and Chilean film and TV producer Invercine & Wood, in co-production with the […]
Bad Robot Chairman & CEO J.J. Abrams and co-CEO Katie McGrath, along with AT&T President & Chief Operating Officer, and CEO WarnerMedia John Stankey, have announced that WarnerMedia and Bad Robot have formed a strategic relationship to create original projects for television, theatrical motion pictures, games and digital platforms. The wide-ranging agreement commences immediately and […]
Sky Studios, the commissioning and production arm of Sky, has announced the formation of a production services hub, The Hive Collective (The Hive), based in the US and working in collaboration with Sky Studios’ production expertise in Europe. The Hive, initially based in in New York and Knoxville, Tennessee, will provide pre-production, production and post […]
Netflix is developing A Time Lost based – an original story written by Millie Bobby Brown (star of Stranger Things) and her sister Paige Brown. The movie will tell the story of a long-standing feud between two Long Island families which comes to a head when one of their teenage daughters is diagnosed with cancer. […]
Pinewood has entered into a long-term agreement with The Walt Disney Company Limited. The arrangement will see Disney take all the stages, backlots and other production accommodation at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Disney is understood to have signed a 10-year lease for the space, except for a couple of TV studios. The move comes after […]