The BBC has acquired new French action drama Dark Hearts from Newen Connect for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. The six-part series stars Marie Dompnier (Witnesses), Thierry Godard (Spiral), and Nicolas Duvauchelle (Braquo). Dark Hearts is set in Iraq on the eve of the battle for Mosul in October 2016, the series centres around an […]
NHL team the Arizona Coyotes and Scripps Sports have formed a multi-year agreement to televise all locally broadcast Coyotes games over the air to residents of Arizona and surrounding US states within the team’s broadcast territory. The agreement allows The EW Scripps Company to televise all non-nationally exclusive Coyotes games over the air (OTA). As […]
Disney+ has announced that all eight episodes of Character 7’s upcoming UK original series Culprits will be available to stream on the platform from November 8th in the UK & Ireland. Culprits, a crime series from acclaimed executive producer Stephen Garrett (The Undoing, The Night Manager) and filmmaker J Blakeson (I Care A Lot, The […]
Research by advertising technology provider The Trade Desk reveals that 63 per cent of British adults are open to ads in exchange for free streaming content with 60 per cent subscribing to up to three streaming services. As more viewers continue to shift their viewing habits to content on connected TV (CTV), the research results […]
Following its probe into UK cloud services, Ofcom has referred the public cloud infrastructure services market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation. The media regulator said: “Our market study has identified features that make it more difficult for UK businesses to switch and use multiple cloud suppliers. We are particularly concerned about […]
Gerhard Zeiler, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) president of international, has announced the company’s new leadership team. The appointments follow a number of exits in reent weeks, including EMEA president Priya Dogra, head of international TV distribution Robert Blair, Germany boss Hannes Heyelmann and French general manager Pierre Branco. Clement Schwebig, who has managed India, Southeast […]
WXV, a new dawn for international women’s rugby, has announced a number of broadcast deals in key and emerging rugby territories. Matches in all three divisions – WXV 1, WXV 2 and WXV 3 – will be broadcast live, with RugbyPass TV offering free streaming of any matches outside of the relevant territories. Sky New […]
Evrideo, the leading cloud-based broadcast platform, has announced that JT Augustin, a media industry veteran, has joined the company’s advisory board. The addition of JT Augustin to the advisory board is a significant step in Evrideo’s mission to redefine broadcasting operations, spanning from live channels to FAST. JT Augustin brings with him a stellar career […]
Starzplay, the MENA streaming services, will air the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 from October 5th to November 19th. Ten teams will participate in the 13th edition of the tournament, competing in a round-robin format with the top four teams going through to the Semi-Finals, including the 2019 defending champions, England. It will be […]
French broadcaster TF1 will show all the action from an expanded Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 being held in England, featuring 16 teams, including France who secured automatic qualification by finishing third in New Zealand last year. The deal, which extends the long-standing partnership between the sport’s global governing body and TF1, will also see […]