Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds in the role of Commissioning Editor and Janine Thomas as Assistant Commissioning Editor in the newly formed Documentaries and Factual commissioning team. They will both start in their positions in the next month. In their new roles, Reynolds and Thomas will support Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual Commissioning, […]
EE has released its latest Mobile Network Index report, revealing new insights on how and where 5G is being used, and trends from the festive and new year period. Marc Allera, CEO of BT’s Consumer Division, said: “As
YouLook, a new AVoD service, is now live in a beta release to customers in the UK and Ireland. As part of the extended beta programme, which began December 31st 2020, the service will be available on iOS, Android and Amazon Firestick platforms in the next month. YouLook currently offers a range of classic movies, […]
Former BBC Studios and Endemol Shine executive – Michael McKenna, launches Final Pixel, a global creative studio, specialising in Virtual Production, whose ambition is to partner with film, TV, and commercials producers to unlock the benefits of filming with LED walls and game engine technology. With interest from across the globe and work already secured […]
The BBC has acquired all five seasons of Bates Motel from NBCUniversal Global Distribution. The series, which aired between 2013 and 2017, is a prequel tale to Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho and depicts the lives of a young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme […]
HBO Max will co-produce and be the US streaming home for limited series The Tourist, from production company Two Brothers Pictures (The Missing, Fleabag). The six-episode limited series is headed up by writers Harry and Jack Williams, alongside commissioning partners BBC One, Stan and ZDF. Jamie Dornan will lead this thriller charting one man’s search for […]
BBC Studios Natural History Unit has announced the successful live transmission of a 60 minute episode of Winterwatch powered entirely by green hydrogen fuel and energy saving batteries. The hydrogen generator is located at Winterwatch’s outside broadcasting hub at BBC Bristol and is helping to replace the use of a diesel powered generator. Diesel generators […]
Whip Media, the enterprise software platform provider for global content licensing, has announced that Paul Hastings has been promoted to SVP of Global Sales, effective immediately. In this newly created role, he will lead the company’s global sales strategy and oversee the global sales team. He is based in London. Most recently, Hastings served as […]
Encoding.com, the cloud media processing service, has received a 2020 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its development of Massive Processing Optimised Compression Technologies, utilised by many Fortune 1000 Media & Entertainment companies, broadcasters and cable providers to process their multiscreen video-on-demand workflows. The announcement was […]
Sky and NOW TV will air over 125 new Sky Originals throughout 2021. Sky will bring its subscribers 30 new Sky Original films and 30 new Sky Original documentaries, on top of a number of drama, comedy, entertainment and arts series. Altogether, Sky says there will be 50 per cent more original TV and film […]