The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship has grown its cumulative audience for Season 8 beyond the record-breaking levels achieved the previous season with a four-way battle for the championship, a new qualifying format and a return to racing in Asia contributing to the new highs. Among a series of broadcast presentation and sporting enhancements […]
The critically acclaimed bestseller A Nearly Normal Family by author Mattias Edvardsson will be adapted into a Swedish limited drama thriller series by Netflix. The novel, originally published in Sweden, has been sold in 550 000 copies across 35 territories worldwide. In the leading roles are Alexandra Karlsson Tyrefors, who’s making her acting debut as […]
Tortoise Media and Sky Studios have agreed multi-year first look deal to adapt Tortoise Media’s original podcasts into series and features, across scripted and documentary. The partnership will give Sky Studios first look access to Tortoise’s slate of award-winning podcasts, including their weekly investigative podcast, The Slow Newscast, as well as their multi-part series. Since […]
Sports production and distribution company, Sunset+Vine, has partnered with World Chess to provide production, distribution, and media consultancy services in a three-year contract. World Chess was founded in 2012 with a goal to build a global, intellectual sport brand by reinventing the chess experience for the modern consumer, particularly via television. The initial contract period […]
The Communications and Digital Committee of the UK’s House of Lords – the upper parliamentary chamber – is to hear from Ai-Da, a life size AI robot artist, on October 11th, as part of its inquiry into the future of the UK’s creative industries. The committee will also take evidence from industry and academic experts […]
Content producer and distributor Banijay has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire scripted and non-scripted multi-territory content group Beyond International Limited. Beyond has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange since 1987, but once the Scheme is implemented it will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banijay and its shares will cease to be […]
BBC Studioworks has officially launched its new purpose-built studio, set in the heart of Glasgow’s West End in the iconic Kelvin Hall. Co-funded by the Scottish Government, through Screen Scotland and Glasgow City Council, the facility boosts Scotland’s capacity to produce multi-genre TV productions and fuels the growth of Scotland’s creative workforce. BBC Studioworks will facilitate […]
The England Rugby women’s team, known as the Red Roses, will feature in a two-part behind the scenes documentary to be aired October 3rd and 4th on ITV and catch-up on the ITV Hub. An embedded camera crew has followed the Red Roses as they prepare to take on the world in New Zealand. The […]
BBC Cymru Wales and Media Cymru have announced a new funding round for Wales-based production companies to research, develop and commission innovation-driven content that delights audiences across Wales and the whole of the UK. Nick Andrews, BBC Wales’ Head of Content Commissioning explained that innovation needs to be at the heart of the content: “Innovation […]
The BBC has provided an update on the bidding process for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, and confirmed that two cities, Glasgow and Liverpool, remain in competition to be the 2023 host city. On August 12th, the BBC announced that seven cities (Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield) had been shortlisted as candidate […]