The 2025-26 NHL season on ESPN and ABC continued on March 5th with Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins on ESPN, delivering 808K viewers (peak: 928K), +98 per cent vs. last season’s NHL on ESPN average in the US. Then the March 7th ABC doubleheader featuring the Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins and New York Rangers […]
BIScience, the company behind AdClarity, the AI-driven ad intelligence platform, has announced the launch of its TV Intelligence Suite, bringing US linear TV coverage into AdClarity’s existing digital, social, video, and CTV capabilities. The platform now delivers cross-media intelligence using one consistent methodology and consistent performance metrics. Most legacy ad intelligence providers were built around […]
Frank Biancuzzo, who since 2021 has served as president of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), has announced that he will retire from the company at mid-year 2026 — capping a career of more than four decades in television, most of it spent with Hearst Television. HMPG, a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent […]
Fremantle has announced that Andrew Llinares will step down from his position as Director of Global Entertainment this spring. Since taking on the London-based role in January 2023, reporting directly to Jennifer Mullin, Fremantle’s Group CEO, Llinares has played a central role in leading and shaping Fremantle’s global entertainment portfolio and its format development. In […]
YouTube has won the rights to host the Academy Awards starting in 2029. The Google-owned service outbid other offers, including from the longtime US home Disney’s ABC – which has been hosting the event since 1976. YouTube’s first show will be the 101st Oscars ceremony, and its deal will run through 2033, the Academy of […]
Sphere Abacus (SA) has secured worldwide distribution rights to award-winning Australian producer Easy Tiger’s thriller series Treasure & Dirt, produced for the ABC in association with the BBC and the South Australian Film Corporation. Based on the novel by Chris Hammer, bestselling author of Scrublands, Treasure & Dirt stars Michael Dorman (Territory), Liv Hewson (Yellowjackets), Sarah Peirse […]
Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) Australia and ABC have today announced Urzila, a new comedy series fronted by one of Australia and New Zealand’s most celebrated comedic voices, Urzila Carlson. Urzila invites audiences into the sharp, unpredictable world of a comedy powerhouse. The series fuses bespoke stand-up with finely honed sketches, delivering a format that’s […]
Audible, a specialist in spoken-word entertainment, has released the next Audible Original multi-cast adaptation of Agatha Christie’s acclaimed classic, The ABC Murders, following the release of The Mysterious Affair at Styles last year as part of a production deal with Agatha Christie Limited. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) returns as Agatha Christie’s famous detective in his most […]
Northern Ireland kids’ independent production studio, Sixteen South, has secured the third-party distribution rights for the hugely popular preschool animated series Mixmups (52×10’). It is Sixteen South’s first third party series for distribution deal. Commissioned by 5’s Milkshake, where it is a consistently high performer, the award winning, Mixmups is produced by Mackinnon & Saunders […]
Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a multi-season distribution deal with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), to bring the acclaimed animated series Iyanu to Australian audiences. The ABC has acquired exclusive free-to-air television rights, free streaming rights, and premiere rights for the territory. Season one will debut on ABC iview on September 26th and broadcast on […]