The Premier League has reached a new agreement with IMG to continue operating Premier League Productions (PLP) for the next three seasons, until the end of the 2021/22 campaign. PLP produces and distributes all of the league’s international programming, including coverage of all 380 matches over the course of a season. Seven magazine shows are […]
Netflix is close to agreeing a deal to lease space at Pinewood Studios, home to the Star Wars and James Bond franchises, to aide its growing slate of UK productions. Netflix is close to signing a 10-year deal with Pinewood, according to a report by The Guardian. Securing a long lease on studio space is […]
Korean mobile telco SK Telecom is to offer live broadcast of the SK Telecom Open 2019 on both JTBC Golf, a TV channel operated by JTBC, and oksusu, Korea’s largest OTT video service, using its commercial 5G network. SK Telecom Open 2019 is a professional golf tournament held as part of the Korea Professional Golfers’ […]
Strategic insight consultancy Broadcast Intelligence has compiled a substantive report on Netflix’s working practices, based on in-depth interviews with producers, distributors and co-producers. The firm’s report, Working with Netflix, comprises
Apple has agreed a deal with Hollywood producer and director Jon Favreau to create a dinosaur docuseries for its Apple TV streaming service. The series, entitled Prehistoric Planet, will be produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and will recreate the events that led to the extinction of dinosaurs. Favreau is perhaps best known for […]
Netflix has entered into a multi-year first look deal with director, producer, and actress, Regina King and her production company Royal Ties. Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people of 2019, King recently won an Academy Award for her role as Sharon Rivers in feature film If Beale Street Could Talk as well as […]
Former US President Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle, have revealed their first slate of content for the Netflix platform. The former first couple announced a content deal with the streaming giant in May of last year to produce a raft of shows and films under their production company Higher Ground, and have now unveiled […]
ONE Championship, the Asian mixed martial arts media property, has launched ONE Studios, its TV and film production division. ONE Studios is set to deliver television programmes and feature films starring ONE athletes. Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship, commented: “Today I am thrilled to announce the launch of ONE Studios, the movie […]
During the Rio Creative Conference, Netflix announced its first Brazilian zombie show, Reality Z. Based on the acclaimed British production Dead Set, created by Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror), the series has been adapted by Brazilian director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres with Conspiração’s production. An ode to horror, humour and pop culture, the show […]
Discovery has announced its first commission with British motoring presenter Richard Hammond. Produced by Chimp, Richard Hammond’s BIG! will sees the host embark on a global adventure – from the UK to Germany and the US – to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines. Each episode will take Hammond to a new location and […]