Directors UK has called for more career development initiatives for under-represented directors as their latest report reveals the negligible progress made in the employment and representation of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) directors in UK television. The report, Adjusting the Colour Balance: Black, Asian and minority ethnic representation among screen directors working in UK […]
Hollywood actress Kristen Bell has confirmed that Veronica Mars – the show which rose her to fame – is coming back to TV screens, following a successful crowdsourced movie in 2014 that itself followed the main series’ own cancellation over a decade ago. Bell herself revealed the news via a video posted on her Twitter […]
Tony Hall, the BBC’s director general, is this week preparing to call for video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon to be regulated to the same extent as the UK’s traditional broadcasters – or else risk “killing off” British content. In a speech obtained by UK news outlets that is set to delivered during […]
Valence Media has finalised an approximately £45 million (€50.5m) investment comprised of cash and Valence equity for a significant minority stake in Fulwell 73, the British independent production company run by partners Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and James Corden. Under the terms of the deal Fulwell 73, based in London and […]
Facebook Watch, the social media giant’s digital video platform, has ordered a Troy the Magician series from UK production house Zig Zag Productions. The series will offer a collection of short-form episodes, including unseen footage and clips of the performer’s close-up street magic and stunts in London and New York. Zig Zag chief executive Danny […]
Canal+ is set to put its new alliance with the FIM MotoGP World Championship – the pinnacle of motorcycle racing – into gear having acquired all broadcasting rights for MotoGP for multiple seasons, with all three categories being broadcast on the Canal+ channels and services. Two Grands Prix will also be co-broadcast live each season […]
The European Commission (EC) is looking to set a 30 per cent “local quota” on video streaming operators such as Netflix and Amazon Studios for their European output. Reportedly the EC will vote on the proposal in December. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP, quoting a Variety story, say that the new rules will not […]
Total TV production sector revenues in the UK hit a new high of £2.7 billion (€3bn) in 2017, a rise of nearly a third over the past decade, according to Pact’s annual census. The independent TV sector has shown steady growth at 1.9 per cent per year since 2012, equivalent to roughly £50 million per […]
Jaunt, a specialist in producing and distributing immersive XR content, has announced new research and development initiatives that support its growing Jaunt XR Platform, a B2B solution that enables partners to distribute augmented, virtual, and mixed reality content through their own applications and channels. Jaunt’s latest technology offers volumetric content as another medium for its […]
YouTube is increasing its original content production and is set to launch some 50 original shows next year. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, head of originals EMEA Luke Hyams confirmed that the YouTube Premium service will debut “dozens of original shows” throughout 2019, including sci-fi horror series Origin, starring Harry Potter actor Tom Felton […]