Channel 4 has commissioned The Garden to make the first UK series of the international survival hit Alone. The reality TV series bills itself as an uncompromising survival experiment: the ultimate test of endurance and ingenuity, in one of the most beautiful but challenging landscapes on earth. The six-part series will see ten contestants dropped […]

Fox Nation, Fox News Media’s direct to consumer streaming service, is set to release its first original film, marking the platform’s entry into in-house movie production, announced John Finley, Executive Vice President of Development. On September 1st, Fox Nation will premiere The Shell Collector, a feature film based on a bestselling title by author Nancy […]

Netflix beat its own record by commissioning new Original first-run TV or movie content from 28 different markets in the second quarter of 2022, according to a report by Ampere Analysis. This reflects the increasing importance of the international audience to the company’s continued growth. Netflix has commissioned new content from 44 territories since the […]

Maximum Effort Productions, a production company co-founded by Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and former SVP of digital marketing at 20th Century Fox George Dewey in 2018, has announced a first-look deal for unscripted content with US streaming platform FuboTV. As part of the deal, Maximum Effort will launch Maximum Effort Network, a linear channel on […]

Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 21 per cent in 2021 to reach $10.4 billion (€10.2bn) and are forecast to grow 15 per cent to $12.0 billion in 2022, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics from analyst firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). This report tracks video content consumption, […]

Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has threatened a Naira 5 million fine (€11,824) against DStv (and other broadcasters including StarTimes, TSTV and Trust TV) for screening a ‘banditry’ documentary made by BBC Africa. Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story was aired in Nigeria in March 2022. The programme (also named as The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara) […]

Avid Technology and Amazon Studios have agreed a three-year deal to bring cloud-based editorial to Amazon Studios’ expanding slate of more than 300 original movies and series. Creative teams will get the same experience and performance as an on-premises editorial bay—including collaborative workflows with shared storage and end-to-end media management—without the complexity and time required […]

The Big Brother house has a brand new home, as the global television phenomenon makes its much-anticipated return to UK television and moves onto ITV2 and ITVX from 2023. A new cast of carefully-selected housemates, from all walks of life, will take up residence in the world’s most famous reality TV home for up to […]

Digital content agency and media network Little Dot Sport has been awarded a three year social media and digital content contract for The Scotland National Football Team and The Scottish Cup. Little Dot Sport will assist with the Scotland National Team and The Scottish Cup’s official YouTube and Facebook channels. The partnership will oversee output […]

The Communications and Digital Committee of the UK’s House of Lords – Parliament’s upper legislative chamber – is launching an inquiry into the future of the UK’s creative industries. The Committee notes that there are major changes on the horizon for the UK’s creative industries. These are shaped by a range of national and global […]