Pay-TV operator Sky has announced the launch of Sky Cinema Original Films with the intention of showing them in cinemas at the same time as they become available for Sky Cinema customers. Sky says that by acquiring exclusive rights and commissioning original movie productions, it will provide customers with even more great film content, in […]
Amazon Studios has closed an exclusive two-year overall deal with Emmy-nominated writer and creator Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe). In addition to her personal deal, Horgan and co-founder Clelia Mountford’s entertainment company, Merman, also signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Amazon Studios will get first-look rights to Merman concepts to which Horgan is attached and remake […]
The American film and television industry continues to be a key driver of the US economy, adding high quality domestic jobs and paying out $49 billion (€40bn) to local businesses across the country, according to the most recent economic figures released by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The US film and television industry […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK says it will cover the Winter Paralympics for the first time with live transmissions. The live broadcasts from PyeongChang will begin on March 9th (until 18th) and include the opening ceremony and will be carried on NHK’s Educational TV Channel. Highlights will also be shown at 10pm in a dedicated programme. […]
BritBox, the streaming service from BBC Worldwide and ITV offering a library British TV in the US, has announced its 2018 programming slate featuring its first original drama series: The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment in association with BritBox and World Productions. The series, a follow up to The Bletchley Circle, follows […]
Isle of Media Limited – the public, private partnership launched to market globally the Isle of Man’s media cluster and guide media ventures locating on the Isle of Man – has appointed former Sky and ITV senior executive Michael Wilson as the new Chief Executive Officer. Wilson was until recently the Managing Director of Northern […]
The RTL Group has acquired United Screens, the leading multi-platform network (MPN) in the Nordic countries. The investment sees the RTL Group expand its footprint as the leading European media company in online video. Since its foundation in late 2013, United Screens has shown excellent growth. Based on a hand-picked premium selection from many of […]
Jaunt, a global partner for producing and distributing immersive content, today announced a major new partnership for the Jaunt XR Platform with Sky. Jaunt’s XR Platform is an immersive content distribution solution that enables media companies, brands, content aggregators and enterprise customers to deliver content directly to audiences through their owned and operated channels. Sky VR Studio, […]
A new multi-million-pound fund to help increase the range of children’s television in the UK has been announced by Culture Secretary Karen Bradley. The £60 million (€67.5m) fund will be available for content creators to receive up to 50 per cent of the production and distribution costs of original TV shows. It will be available […]
SDL, a specialist in global content creation, management, translation and delivery, has revealed its Five Future States of Content, a series of disruptive content trends for brands to watch in 2018. With content at the heart of every customer journey, SDL predicts content will hit a new dimension of organsational importance, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]