With one year to go until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 begins, multichannel programmer Discovery has claimed it will present the most comprehensive digital coverage of a Summer edition of the Olympic Games ever across Europe. Following the success of its first Olympic Games production for Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, where Discovery suggests it […]
Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 12 per cent in 2018 to reach circa $10 billion, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics, published by Media Partners Asia. Asia Video Content Dynamics tracks investment, production and consumption for TV, film and online video across India, Korea and Southeast […]
ITV has confirmed that during 2020 there will be two series of Love Island on ITV2. The show is the most watched programme of the year for adults aged 16-34, across any channel, so the news is perhaps somewhat unsurprising. The show has hit new heights in its fifth series this summer, breaking the 6 […]
Four new Comedy Shorts have been announced by BBC comedy commissioning, promising a mix of comedy genres, tastes and styles. This year’s Comedy Shorts are titled: Brain In Gear, Lazy Susan, Mandy and Sorry. Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning BBC says: “These shorts are a fast track way to back generation defining comedy talents to […]
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Netflix have agreed to an industry-transformative contract covering dramatic live-action productions. The deal between the union and the global streaming service recognises performance capture as covered work and includes coverage of dubbing, which applies to all of Netflix’s foreign-language live-action and animated […]
In advance of its premiere on Amazon Prime Video announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that it has picked up a second season of its highly-anticipated new drama The Boys. The first season of the subversive superhero series – consisting of 8 episodes – will debut on July 26th exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in […]
RTL Group has announced the launch of a new creative unit – Format Creation Group (FC Group) – which will develop non-scripted formats exclusively for RTL broadcasters and streaming services. The new unit will be based in Hilversum and led by Managing Director Matthias Scholten, a long-time TV executive and creative from RTL Nederland. In […]
Netflix has announced that Hollywood director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, Suicide Squad) will create an all-new anime series set in the world of Norse mythology. He will also serve as executive producer. Jay Oliva (Batman The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League The Flashpoint Paradox) is creating the series alongside Snyder and will serve as the showrunner, […]
Retired footballer and global icon David Beckham has revealed he is opening his own production company. Beckham’s newly formed studio, branded Studio 99, will develop documentaries, TV shows and other formats, and also will undertake commercial work as a creative agency for brand partners, an article in Variety exclusively revealed. Studio 99 reportedly already has […]
Quibi, the short form video platform, has announced that WWE will be creating original content for its soon-to-launch service. Stephanie McMahon, the Chief Brand Officer at WWE, will host a new show entitled Fight Like a Girl. Each episode will pair a WWE Superstar with a young woman struggling with a personal issue that has […]