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Markle developing Netflix animated series

Archewell Productions, the production company founded by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, is creating its first animated series with Netflix. The series, called Pearl (working title), focuses on a young girl’s heroic adventure as she learns to step into her power and finds inspiration from influential women throughout history. Markle will serve as an Executive […]

July 15, 2021

Netflix, Universal extend US animated movie rights

Netflix and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) have announced a multi-year, exclusive licensing deal in the US for animated feature films. The Netflix window will begin after a four month Peacock window.  This new agreement builds upon Netflix’s pre-existing Illumination output deal with Universal to now include DreamWorks Animation. Tentpole releases such as Minions: The […]

July 15, 2021

NINETNINE launches 10 channels on Sling TV

NINETNINE, a provider of content distribution services to cable and OTT platforms, is launching ten linear North African channels in the US on Dish Network’s OTT service, Sling TV. This is NINETNINE’s first step into the US content distribution market. The channels, which will be available free to households across the US as part of […]

July 15, 2021

Simplestream partners with Islam Channel

Islamic media platform Islam Channel has chosen to partner with Live, live-2-VoD, and on-demand OTT platform specialist Simplestream to expand its live and on-demand streaming services. The brand-new Islam Channel platform is now available across desktop, mobile, tablet, as well as Apple TV, Android TV, and Amazon Fire, in both English and Urdu. The new […]

July 15, 2021

All Def Media comes to Africa

Africa-focused mobile video network StarNews Mobile is partnering with black-owned digital platform Culture Genesis to distribute All Def Comedy and Music channels to over 430 million mobile subscribers via Orange and MTN in Africa. Initially, All Def’s Dad Jokes, Great Taste, Roast Me comedy shows and Arts & Raps and Bar Exam music shows will […]

July 15, 2021

Allente B2B hospitality TV service powered by 3SS

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STBs and multiscreen entertainment, has announced that Nordic region pay-TV provider, Allente, has chosen 3SS and its 3READY Product Framework to power its new B2B entertainment offering for the hospitality industry. Allente assigned 3SS to develop a dedicated new app, based on Android TV OS, […]

July 15, 2021

Voot orders Poker Mantra docu-series

Indian AVoD platform, Voot, has partnered with Poker Sports League to launch an exclusive poker docu-series in India – Poker Mantra presented by Pocket52. Sidharth Mishra, Co-Founder and CMO of Minds Sports League, commented: “The five-part docu-reality series, Poker Mantra directed by Sreetama Ray will take the viewers through the story of Poker in India, […]

July 15, 2021

Research: A third of kids choose TV content for family viewing

GWI, the target audience company, has launched its new dataset, GWI Kids and accompanying report, Kids These Days, which delves into the attitudes, behaviours and beliefs of over 15,400 kids aged 8-15. Uniquely tailored to bring their perspectives to the surface, GWI Kids uncovers children’s expectations of brands today, and builds an authentic understanding of […]

July 14, 2021

Serbian anti-piracy success for ACE

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to reducing online piracy and protecting the creative marketplace, has successfully completed its first action in Serbia, resulting in the closure of Premiumcccam. Premiumcccam (.net) was a card-sharing and IPTV subscription service. It provided access to more than 6,000 TV channels and content from […]

July 14, 2021By Colin Mann

Netflix orders more CoCoMelon, Little Baby Bum

Netflix and Moonbug Entertainment have announced all-new animated preschool series and specials based on the beloved characters CoComelon and Little Baby Bum set to debut worldwide on Netflix starting in 2022. Netflix and Moonbug will produce new specials, nursery rhyme compilations (4 x 60 min) and three seasons (24 x 7-min episodes) of CoComelon Lane, […]

July 14, 2021