Boat Rocker, an independent, integrated global entertainment company, has partnered with Ireland’s Deadpan Pictures to produce Video Nasty, a new 6×30’ premium returning scripted comedy-drama series for BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Three and iPlayer, Virgin Media Television (Ireland), and WDR (Germany). The series is produced with Screen Ireland/ Fis Eireann. Boat Rocker will distribute the […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has appointed Ben Dowding to the new role of Chief Betting Officer, following the merging of the domestic and International betting teams. He was previously Director of Betting at RMG. With many bookmaker clients increasingly approaching rights acquisition on a global basis, RMG has combined its own domestic and international sales […]
Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw Films are going into partnership to develop and produce live action films adapted from Michael Ende’s iconic novel The Neverending Story. The partnership has been granted the rights to The Neverending Story by Ende’s executor, Dr. Wolf-Dieter von Gronau.They are starting the process of finding the right creatives to bring […]
Bolton-based Mitchell & Brown has made a surprise new product announcement with the launch of its JB-DVD1811 DVD player. This compact and fully featured DVD player is in response to retailer requests following many CE brands stopping the production of new players. “Our loyal independent retailers across the UK have been calling out for a low-cost […]
VisualOn, a pioneer in video software technology, has announced significant enhancements for its AI-enhanced universal content-adaptive encoding (CAE) solution, the VisualOn Optimizer. At the 2024 NAB Show, VisualOn will demonstrate three ways that video service providers can maximize video efficiency with its new Optimizer Hi-Fi for video storage applications, Optimizer VoD for VoD video streaming, […]
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC), the largest contributor of public performance audio-visual royalties to the entertainment industry, has announced the appointment of Roger Pollock as Senior Vice President & Global Head of Studio Relations. The newly created position underscores MPLC’s investment in exceptional talent to collaborate with its industry partners, enhancing global compliance with public […]
Riedel Communications’ RefCam referee camera system made its German Bundesliga debut in a recent match between Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg, marking a milestone in the evolution of sports coverage. Worn by soccer referee Daniel Schlager, the RefCam system captured an immersive, up-close perspective of the game through the eyes of the match official. This […]
CTAM Europe Co-Chairs Louise Cottrell, SVP Affiliate Sales, AMC Networks International and Lukas Kernell, VP Content, Liberty Global have announced that the CTAM Europe Executive Management programme has once again been a resounding success. The programme took place at the leading graduate business school INSEAD Campus in Fontainebleau, France, on 10 – 15 March 2024, […]
Nevion, a Sony Group Company and provider of virtualised media production solutions, has announced the Virtuoso UplinX, a 100G uplink add-on to its highly successful Nevion Virtuoso software-defined media node. The latest addition to Virtuoso family, Virtuoso UplinX is designed to aggregate IP streams from up to eight Virtuoso appliances, providing a highly scalable and […]
FOX News Digital finished February leading CNN with total digital multiplatform unique visitors for the first time ever, according to Comscore. Additionally, FOX News Digital also led news brands with multiplatform views and minutes. FOX News Digital closed out the month reaching 3.1 billion total multiplatform minutes, 1.6 billion total multiplatform views, and 115 million […]