Disney+ has revealed that Godmothered, an all-new Christmas comedy starring Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell, will debut exclusively on the streaming service on December 4th. The comedy movie tells the story of Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that […]
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Conquering Content study, which tracks how TV viewers discover and watch new TV shows, suggests that a perfect storm of developments – the steady stream of new viewing platforms, the rapid growth in exclusive streaming content, and the continuing decline in MVPD subscriptions – has combined to accelerate the […]
Brazil’s TV Globo, already a massive broadcasting and production powerhouse, is to invest $250 million in fresh content and as part of its local commitment to carry content from Disney+. Globo already has a premium streaming service (Globoplay) and the addition of Disney’s service means that Brazilian viewers can subscriber to both for $6.69 a […]
Access Industries, a US-based industrial group with global strategic investments, has announced that former TikTok CEO and Walt Disney executive Kevin Mayer has joined the company as a senior media adviser. Mayer will focus on Access’ strategic media-related businesses and identify new opportunities, across media, entertainment and telecommunications sectors, from wireless communications and production services […]
Disney+ has announced that the complete original six-part docu-series “On Pointe”, directed and produced by Larissa Bills, will premiere exclusively on the service on December 18th. On Pointe captures a season in New York City’s world renowned School of American Ballet (SAB). Featuring unprecedented access to one of the top youth ballet institutions in the […]
Disney’s ESPN will reduce its workforce by about 500 people, network president Jimmy Pitaro has told employees. The US sports network has about 6,000 employees, so the cuts amoun to about 8 per cent of its total workforce. “For some time, ESPN has been engaged in planning for its future amidst tremendous disruption in how […]
With 14.9 million unique visitors per month in France and 1.4 billion views, Canal+ Group is set to expand its myCanal OTT app to TV screens as well as worldwide. The company revealed during a virtual press conference that its OTT service is going to be launched on MacOS in the coming days, along with […]
Amazon Prime Video and HBO experienced the largest growth in the Spanish SVoD market, according to a 1,000-sample survey by consultancy firm GECA. Some 62.1 per cent of all
A US property developer that owns studios in the US is investing £300 million (€333m) to build a Hollywood-style complex in Dagenham, East London, according to various reports in the UK presss. Hackman Capital Partners, the owner of sites including Culver Studios in Los Angeles and Silvercup Studios in New York, has apparently agreed to […]
The Mandalorian returned with its second season on October 30th, drawing 1.04 million US households on the day it premiered on Disney+, according to Samba TV data. That’s an increase of 73 per cent compared to the live-action Star Wars show’s season 1 premiere on Novemver 12th 2019. One of Disney+’s first original offerings, The […]