BritBox UK and BritBox North America have announced that the global streamer has commissioned its first pan-territory original with mystery series Murder in Provence from Monumental Television. Starring Roger Allam, Nancy Carroll and Keala Settle, and based on the books by M.L. Longworth, Murder in Provence follows Antoine Verlaque (Allam), Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and […]
BritBox UK has announced that crime drama Professor T starring Ben Miller and Frances de la Tour will be exclusively launching on the service on June 3rd. The box-set of the six part drama, based on the hit Belgian series of the same name, will be made available exclusively to BritBox subscribers before airing on […]
BritBox North America has appointed Nada Arnot to the newly created post of SVP of Marketing to spearhead marketing for the growing streaming service. In her new role, Arnot will guide and mentor a team of marketing, communications and creative experts to drive a holistic brand and marketing strategy that achieves departmental and company goals. […]
BritBox UK has announced that the streamer has commissioned original 8 x 60’ scripted thriller Marlow from Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content. Feuding families the Marlows and the Wyatts have existed in the “Edgelands” of the Thames Estuary for centuries – facing off across the water in this land of smugglers, mudlarks, entrepreneurs, opportunists. Natural […]
Crime, the original crime thriller adapted from the best-selling novel by Irvine Welsh, has started production in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Marking Welsh’s first adaptation for television, Crime will be exclusive to BritBox UK and available to subscribers in the latter half of 2021. Set in Edinburgh and directed by James Strong (Liar, Broadchurch) and David […]
BritBox UK and Amazon Prime Video have announced that BritBox is now available to Prime members in the UK with an add-on subscription. BritBox UK offers subscribers a collection of British box sets including the likes of Broadchurch, Downton Abbey, Vera, Only Fools and Horses and Love Island. Subscribers will also have access to original, […]
Netflix is the UK’s most popular streaming service – that people are hoping to access for free. Research from IVA Advice has revealed the streaming platform receives the most online searches when accompanied by phrases like “free” and “how to get free”. The company accounts for half (50 per cent) of all searches looking for […]
Workflow automation and media processing specialist Telestream has secured a major contract with UK commercial broadcaster, ITV. The project sees ITV migrating many of its current on-premise media processing operations into the Cloud while establishing new cloud-based media processing operations for preparation of BritBox UK VoD content on Amazon Prime Video Channels. Commencing pre-pandemic, ITV […]
A new TV Streaming App – ScreenHits TV – which combines a user’s TV streaming channels into one TV guide has launched on Apple iPads, Android TV, Chromecast and Fire Stick platforms. ScreenHits TV allows subscribers to integrate and manage many of the top TV/online streaming services, and users can also see what is trending; share […]
The Government’s failure to enable a viable and alternative form of funding for the BBC means it will be forced to rely on the TV licence fee for the term of the next Charter, according to a cross-party group of MPs. In a wide-ranging Report, The future of public service broadcasting, the House of Commons […]