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Picard returns to Prime Video on March 4

Prime Video has announced that season two of its Amazon Original series, Star Trek: Picard, will launch exclusively March 2th, excluding the US and Canada. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode-long second season will drop weekly on Fridays. Season two of Star Trek: Picard takes the legendary Jean-Luc Picard and his crew on […]

January 27, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Hearst Media promotes DeGregorio, Tew

Amy DeGregorio and Andrew Tew have been promoted to expanded sales, marketing and distribution roles at Hearst Media Production Group, formed in September 2021 to advance Hearst Television’s original programme production and distribution. DeGregorio has been named senior vice president, managing director of sales for educational/informational (E/I) programming.  She previously served as senior vice president, […]

January 21, 2022

Silver Spoon announces new hires

Silver Spoon augments their real-time animation and virtual production capabilities with new production team hires. The appointments follow the studio’s plans to expand operations to Los Angeles in addition to their New York base, as the company continues to grow and innovate in real-time production. The virtual production boom during the pandemic saw Silver Spoon […]

November 30, 2021

Star Trek jumps from Netflix to Paramount+

The global release of the 4th season of Star Trek spin-off series Discovery has been pulled just days before its planned launch. The popular sci-fi series had been due to launch outside North America on Netflix on November 19th. However, Netflix has lost the rights to Paramount, who will now put the show on its […]

November 17, 2021By Nik Roseveare

AGITO Trax for Adele One Night Only performance

Adele One Night Only, performed at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on October 24th and aired on CBS on November 14th, incorporated a Motion Impossible AGITO Trax modular dolly system from John Perry in Los Angeles – who owns both the Trax and Sports drive options – to help bring about the emotion of […]

November 17, 2021

Study: Audiences want more authentic on-screen representation

ViacomCBS, parent company of Paramount+, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, has released the findings of its newest Global Insights project, Reflecting Me: Global Representation On Screen, which uncovers that global audiences feel entertainment companies have a responsibility to increase authentic, accurate on-screen representation. The study is an expansive in-depth exploration of how television and […]

October 29, 2021

SoCal Challenge NCAA Basketball on CBS Sports Network

SoCal Challenge has announced that four key games in its inaugural tournament Thanksgiving week will air on CBS Sports Network. The NCAA Men’s Division I MTE at The Pavilion at JSerra in San Juan Capistrano is hosted by the Big West Conference, and the teams include TCU, Fresno State, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, CalPoly SLO, Idaho, […]

October 27, 2021

Collins Cup sees 5x audience growth

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced global broadcast viewing figures for The Collins Cup, the PTO’s inaugural flagship event which took place on August 28th in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia, which have surpassed expectations. The PTO has worked alongside YouGov Sport – global sports, sponsorship and entertainment research company – to gather audience data […]

October 25, 2021

Report: NFL TV ad revenue up 14%

MediaRadar data shows that 2021 preseason NFL games generated $41.9 million (€36m) in TV ad revenue, while, to date, regular season NFL games have generated $1.1 billion across six networks in the US: CBS, Fox, ESPN, ABC, NBC, and NFL Network.  After a cancelled preseason and interrupted regular season last year, TV ad revenue for […]

October 22, 2021

Antenna Group acquires Sony CEE channels

Sony Pictures Television has sold its entire network channel portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe to Antenna Group. The deal covers 22 pay-TV channels and two OTT services in 12 territories. The deal will see Antenna Group take control of the Central and Eastern European AXN, Sony and Viasat pay-TV channels and on-demand services. The […]

October 1, 2021