Sky has unveiled seven new Sky Original documentary projects across Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky Crime. The new commissions will also air on streaming service NOW. The newly commissioned titles for Sky Documentaries include: The Good Fight Club, which follows a young team of mixed martial arts fighters from South East London, training in […]
Pinewood Studios has announced that its new sound stage will be named in honour of the late Sir Sean Connery. The purpose-built, 18,000 square foot Sean Connery Stage is one of five new stages opening at the iconic lot. Connery filmed all six of his James Bond movies at Pinewood in Buckinghamshire, from 1962’s Dr. […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has agreed an exclusive deal with Pitch International to broadcast six Women’s Rugby World Cup warm up matches. The matches will be streamed exclusively on DAZN in Canada and most European markets* and will see some of the most successful teams in international women’s rugby compete, ahead of the Women’s […]
Intelsat, the satellite and terrestrial network operator, has signed a contract with Box Brazil, a Brazilian independent group of pay-TV channels and streaming platforms, to distribute six channels on Intelsat 14 (IS-14) at 45°WL. Channels they are bringing to the neighbourhood include Prime Box Brazil, Music Box Brazil, Travel Box Brazil, Fashion TV, Box, and […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version, developed by the HbbTV Testing […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has selected TMT Insights, a professional services and software development company, to build, implement, and support the new security assessment platform for the MPA’s Trusted Partner Network (TPN). TPN is the MPA’s global, industry-wide film and television content protection initiative. The TPN programme helps companies prevent leaks, breaches, and hacks […]
Paramount+ has announced the casting of Emmy Award winning actor Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Trainspotting) for its upcoming UK drama series A Gentleman in Moscow, an adaptation of Amor Towles’ internationally best-selling novel, which is due to commence production later this year. A Gentleman in Moscow is produced by eOne in association with VIS, the […]
Grass Valley, the specialist in live production solutions, has announced the appointment of Sai Gopal as its Chief Financial Officer. “Sai is a great addition to the Grass Valley team – his tremendous experience combined with his great track record of delivering financial rigor and operational change in fast moving and complex environments will enable […]
UK-based full fibre broadband provider Truespeed has enhanced its network infrastructure to utilise XGS-PON technology as it continues the rapid expansion of its ultrafast network. Improving its already state-of-the-art full fibre infrastructure, Truespeed is now deploying 10Gbps XGS-PON network technology as it continues to ramp up its South West rollout. Deployment of the new infrastructure […]
Disney+ has announced Rivals, a new eight-part series based on the novel by Jilly Cooper. Rivals is part of the author’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles, a celebrated piece of British literary history, capturing the drama, excess, and brazen power-grabbing of the affluent elite in 1980s England. The series will be executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (A […]