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Ms Marvel debuts June 8 on Disney+

Disney has announced that Marvel Studios’ Ms Marvel will launch exclusively on Disney+ on June 8th. Ms Marvel is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero mega fan with an oversized imagination […]

March 15, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Death on the Nile docks March 30 on Disney+ UK

20th Century Studios’ mystery-thriller Death on the Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh, will debut March 30th on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland. Death on the Nile is based on the famed 1937 novel by celebrated author Agatha Christie. Branagh, also playing the iconic detective Hercule Poirot, is joined by an all-star cast including Russell […]

March 11, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Nippon TV, Disney content collaboration

Nippon TV Holdings, the international media organisation and the parent company of Nippon TV, has announced a strategic collaboration with The Walt Disney Company (Japan). The collaboration will include co-production of local language content ranging from drama series, animation to variety shows on Disney+ for both Japanese and global audiences and the availability of both […]

March 10, 2022

Pinocchio to premiere on Disney+

Disney has announced that the upcoming, all-new live action Pinocchio movie which will premiere exclusively on the Disney+ streaming service this September. Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) helms the live action retelling of the renowned tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on an enchanting adventure to become a […]

March 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Under the Banner of Heaven for Disney+ UK

Disney has announced that FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven, the limited series from Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones, will soon be available on Disney+ under the Star banner in the UK & Ireland. The series, inspired by the true crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, follows the events that […]

March 9, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Nat Geo announces doc detailing discovery of Endurance ship

National Geographic has partnered with History Hit, the SV0D and content platform co-founded by historian Dan Snow; digital content agency and media network Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company); and production company Consequential for a documentary event detailing the successful search and discovery of one of the great lost shipwrecks of history — Sir Ernest […]

March 9, 2022

Marvel gets Secret Cinema treatment

Secret Cinema has announced its first ever Marvel-themed experience with the Guardians of the Galaxy, which will open in August at a secret location in London. The live immersive event will take attendees on a cosmic adventure as they join the Ravagers , the Nova Corps, or the Guardians themselves whilst visiting locations from the […]

March 8, 2022By Nik Roseveare

The Muppets Mayhem series for Disney+

Disney+ announced “The Muppets Mayhem,” a comedy series starring the world-famous Muppets, has been greenlit. The series will take audiences on a music-filled journey as, at long last, The Electric Mayhem Band records its first ever album. Lilly Singh (“A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” “Dollface.”) will play the (human) lead role of “Nora” the […]

March 7, 2022

Forecast: LatAm OTT revenues at $14bn by 2027

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries will double to $14 billion (€12.9bn) in 2027, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. This growth comes despite the poor economic situations in most countries. SVoD will contribute $9.7 billion by 2027. From […]

March 7, 2022

Limelight to acquire Edgecast

In a move that it says will create a “global leader in edge enabled software solutions”, content delivery specialist Limelight Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo’s Edgecast, a provider of edge security, content delivery and video services, in an all-stock transaction. The transaction values Edgecast at approximately $300 million (€275.7m), or […]

March 7, 2022