Netflix marked has confirmed 17 new Asian original series at its first-ever content showcase in the region. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, as well as performers and creators from Netflix series and films, unveiled the productions from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, India and South Korea. These projects join 100 new and […]
Following the rapid expansion of UKTV’s technology division and the team responsible for VoD service UKTV Play, the broadcaster has unveiled plans to open a regional office in Leeds. The technology innovation hub will initially house a team of up to 10 specialists, tasked with enhancing the broadcaster’s content distribution capabilities. News of the Leeds […]
Nearly 60 per cent of Netflix members on a global basis enjoy kids and family content every month, so the company has unveiled what it describes as a “robust” slate of animated event programming – both feature films and original series – designed to give kids and families around the world more of what they […]
The number of 360 video and VR studios is growing at an explosive rate. Every day a new VR studio is started somewhere in the world. Virtual Reality Marketing now lists 1784 studios in 72 countries. “It seems like we are reading about the death of VR on a weekly basis. But from our perspective […]
Craig Piligian, producer and CEO of Pilgrim Media Group and Clark Bunting, former president and general manager of Discovery Channel and founder and CEO of new media company Digital Circus, have teamed up to secure an all-media and live programming rights deal for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. The pair will collaborate on […]
Alex Mahon, Chief Executive of UK Public Service Broadcaster Channel 4, and the Channel 4 Board have confirmed that Leeds will be the location of its new National HQ and Bristol and Glasgow will be the locations of its two new Creative Hubs. Channel 4 announced its 4 All the UK strategy in March 2018, […]
Business news channel CNBC has opened new studios at Dubai’s International Financial Centre. The broadcaster already has a facility at Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and from where regular transmissions have been made. As of today, television output from CNBC’s Dubai studio will feed into Capital Connection and across CNBC’s headquarters […]
On a day where a group of British MPs has described the BBC’s pay decision-making as “opaque”, broadcast regulator Ofcom has suggested that the Corporation is generally delivering its remit for audiences, but it must go further in areas such as transparency, taking creative risks and attracting young people, according to the watchdog’s annual report […]
Independent popular factual producer Barcroft Media has announced a new original interactive series revealing dream homes from around the world called ‘Most Incredible Homes’. The series will premiere on Facebook Watch on November 3rd with episodes dropped weekly. Each episode visits three incredible real-life homes to meet their owners. And each week, the ‘Most Incredible Homes’ […]
The search for ‘the next big thing’ in UK Children’s Television is gearing up as part of a £60 million (€67.5m) initiative being introduced by Government to support the nation’s vibrant broadcast sector. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced that the Contestable Fund which aims to halt the decline of UK produced children’s content and […]