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Boxing legends to feature in Prime Video doc

A new four-part documentary examining the notorious rivalry between British boxing legends Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland in 2024. The documentary, titled Four Kings, follows the meteoric rise of these four men from the same London neighbourhood who heralded a golden […]

October 4, 2023

FilmBox Channels on United Group

SPI International, a Canal+ company operating across six continents, has announced a strategic partnership with United Group, the Southeast European telco. The collaboration brings SPI International’s channels, FilmBox Premium and FilmBox Extra, to a wider audience across Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. United Group subscribers to can now watch content […]

October 4, 2023

Sunset+Vine to produce C5 Cricket World Cup highlights

Sports producer Sunset+Vine has been announced as the production partner for all England games at the forthcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Producing a total of 14 highlights shows, Sunset+Vine will deliver coverage for Channel 5 from the World Cup in India, including all of England’s nine group games. Additionally, the producer will cover the […]

October 4, 2023

Japan: Asian Professional Baseball on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced it will livestream all of the Samurai Japan games in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at Tokyo Dome, starting with the opening game between Japan and Chinese Taipei on November 16th. Prime members in Japan will be able to exclusively watch the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at no additional […]

October 4, 2023

Reptile tops Netflix Film List

Reptile, the new crime thriller starring Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Silverstone, scaled its way to the top of Netflix’s English Films List in its debut week with 17.7 million views in the week commencing September 25th. Australian rom-com Love Is in the Air also had a strong debut, landing at #2 (11.7 […]

October 4, 2023

ManSat now River Advisers

Isle of Man-based space and satellite business ManSat is rebranding as River Advisers. “The new name and branding reflects the growth of expertise, services, and ambition of the company,” says River Advisers in a press statement. “The rebrand recognises the expansion of River Advisers’ consulting services from traditional service providers to clients in New Space, […]

October 4, 2023By Chris Forrester

Premiership Women’s Rugby appoints IMG

Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) has appointed IMG to drive the development of its new digital and content channels strategy.  The partnership will focus on growing the digital audience for the Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby competition and the Allianz Cup and deepening the engagement of both Premiership Women’s Rugby and its clubs with fans in the […]

October 4, 2023

Research: Gamers with disabilities still face barriers

Research from Samsung Electronics reveals the video game sector could be doing more to cater for gamers with disabilities. The study, conducted by Samsung Pioneers and OnePoll, sampled 500 adults with physical and invisible disabilities, and shows 81 per cent of respondents have struggled to play their favourite games due to inaccessible features, such as […]

October 4, 2023

Sandbox launches PlayKids+ app

Sandbox Group, the London-based group operating a network of learning businesses, has announced the launch of PlayKids+, a new app that adapts its UI and featured content based on the child’s age. The app is the next generation of Sandbox’s existing PlayKids app with enhanced functionality, adaptive user experience and a library of mixed media: […]

October 4, 2023

FITE+ adds classic IMPACT Wrestling events

FITE by Triller has announced the addition of 20 classic events from IMPACT Wrestling’s first 20-years to the FITE+ streaming service. The action kicks off on October 5th with four complete events released, and follows every Thursday through the end of November with two new events a week. The first week of the celebration on […]

October 4, 2023By Nik Roseveare