ViacomCBS shares continued to tumble following its plan to raise $3 billion, down as much as 35 per cent in the week as some media analysts marked it a ‘sell’. ViacomCBS suffers as the streaming frenzy that lifted its shares by more than 100 per cent in the past three months has reversed. ViacomCBS shares […]
Global data and technology company Spherex has unveiled their new technology solution that enables media and entertainment companies to seamlessly and easily adapt their content to be compliant, relevant, rated, and culturally appropriate for any global market. With more than 1 billion OTT subscriptions worldwide currently (source: Omedia) and OTT revenues to exceed $2 billion […]
AMC UK will premiere “Before We Was We: Madness by Madness”, a three-part original docuseries which chronicles the rise of one of the biggest and most loved bands in British culture, Madness on May 1st at 9pm, exclusively on BT TV. All three episodes of the show, which was adapted from the critically acclaimed band […]
Shudder, AMC Networks’ SVoD service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the acquisition of The Amusement Park for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The Amusement Park, the formerly lost film from independent filmmaker and genre cinema icon George A. Romero, will stream for the first time in history this […]
The BBC has acquired season one of The Terror from AMC Studios International. The series is inspired by true events and is a fictionalised account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to the Arctic. It follows the Royal Navy’s perilous voyage into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced […]
AMC Networks International – UK has reported that its managed portfolio of ViacomCBS UK channels has continued its strong growth in 2020. The portfolio, which consists of CBS Reality, CBS Justice, CBS Drama and Horror Channel, delivered its highest ever share of adult commercial impacts with a 3.19 per cent SOCI (share of commercial impacts), […]
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) is launching Selekt as a new general-interest pay-TV channel in Spain. Available from February 4th at no additional cost for subscribers to Vodafone TV and Orange TV, AMC Networks says Selekt will offer “premieres, original productions, exclusive programming and simulcasts showcasing the best in film, series, documentaries, lifestyle, children’s […]
African Movie Channel (AMC) will be showing its newest original and exclusive movies from its own production hub, AMCOP – AMC Original Productions, every Friday from January till December 2021, all in High Definition; African Movie Channel HD recently became the world’s first HD Nollywood channel. AMC is a premium 24-hour African movie channel, showcasing […]
Bruce Tuchman, formerly President of Sundance Channel Global, AMC Global and MGM Networks, and New Zealand’s Rialto Channel Limited have launched Rialto International, a 50-50 joint venture to bring Rialto branded streaming, SVoD, AVoD and linear television services of premium indie content to countries and territories worldwide. The parties announced the new joint venture on […]
African Movie Channel has launched on the Freeview television platform in the UK. The launch of the channel on the platform via Channelbox on Freeview Channel 271, makes African Movie Channel the first Nollywood channel to be distributed on UK Freeview. Connected Freeview is available in more than 13 million households in the UK. AMC […]