Paramount+ UK and MTV have announced three new seasons of Teen Mom UK, including seasons 11 and 12 of the hit MTV series Teen Mom UK and season three of Teen Mom UK Next Generation. Teen Mom UK seasons 11 and 12 have each been commissioned for 4×44 minute and Teen Mom UK Next Generation […]
Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – has confirmed that a collection of streamed channels are coming to Freely, the live and on demand streaming platform backed by the PSBs BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5. As audiences increasingly choose to stream live TV, Freely says that […]
Netflix and Creative Wales have revealed that Netflix productions in Wales have contributed over £200 million (€233.7m) for the UK economy since 2020. This includes the upcoming film Havoc, the biggest feature film ever shot entirely in Wales. Havoc, directed by Welsh director Gareth Evans and starring Tom Hardy, follows a deal gone wrong and […]
Philippines conglomerate Viva Holdings and its 37 subsidiaries have signed the E-Commerce Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen protection of its content and retail products across digital platforms, making it the first entertainment-driven company to fight piracy and counterfeiting online through the agreement. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), which facilitates the MoU, […]
Independent TV OS maker Whale TV and the Walt Disney Company have reached an agreement to bring Disney+ to Whale TV enabled smart TVs. Coming soon, on existing Whale TV devices, users will be able to add Disney+ from the app store and enjoy thousands of hours of entertainment content including popular titles such as […]
In a perhaps surprising twist to the once-free world of social media, nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of Gen Z Americans (aged 18-25) now pay for a subscription to social media platforms such as Snapchat and X. That’s nearly double the rate (14 per cent) of US subscribers at large, according to data from […]
WWE’s move to Netflix has significantly increased UK engagement with its two flagship shows – RAW and SmackDown – according to data from Quantcast. Insight from the adtech firm highlights that RAW has seen a 34 per cent increase in engagement across the open internet in Q1 2025 throughout the UK, compared to Q4 2024, […]
Max is now available in Turkey where BluTV has evolved and rebranded into the SVoD service from Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Existing direct subscribers in Turkey can sign-in to the platform with enhanced features and functionality to watch hundreds more titles than were previously available on BluTV. WBD has additionally announced three new Turkish local […]
Netflix has told staff it is targeting a trillion-dollar valuation by the end of the decade. On the way it is aiming to double revenues by 2030. Shares climbed following the reports in the WSJ – citing attendees of an annual business review meeting – but would have to climb about 150 per cent from […]
Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has developed a proprietary, automated software-based system to identify and remove infringing video-on-demand (VoD) content on set-top boxes (STB) and IPTV services. This VoD-focused system complements IBCAP’s existing proprietary software, which is already being used in removing infringing linear channels, further enhancing the coalition’s ability to […]