SSIMWAVE has announced that its SSIMPLUS Video Quality Dial was named a Best New Streaming Technology winner in the 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards, one of several major awards the company has won this year. SSIMPLUS Video Quality Dial was recognized for its ability to enable video providers to achieve multi-million-dollar […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film and TV studio and streaming network, has acquired the distribution rights to Marvelous and the Black Hole starring four-time Emmy Award-winner Rhea Perlman (Cheers, Matilda, The Mindy Project) and Miya Cech (Always Be My Maybe, Are You Afraid of the Dark?). The deal gives FilmRise exclusive theatrical, digital and broadcast […]
Starzplay, the international streaming service from Starz, has obtained exclusive rights to the Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated Starz Original series Outlander for its UK service, marking the first time the fan-favorite series will stream on its home platform outside the US. Starzplay UK will exclusively launch the upcoming sixth season of Outlander day […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world, has announced that Ontario, Canada-based SSIMWAVE is one of its latest customers to integrate Verimatrix Code Protection technology. “Verimatrix has a lengthy and successful history in the media and entertainment space, so it made sense to turn to their code protection technologies,” said Peter Olijnyk, Vice […]
Netflix has announced a new partnership with Dan Levy, star and co-creator of multi-award winning sitcom Schitt’s Creek, to write and produce scripted content and other creative projects. Levy’s work in film will begin immediately for Netflix with an original untitled romcom which Levy will write, direct, produce and star in. SISTER’s Stacey Snider and […]
Disney+ and Walt Disney Animation Studios present two new Original Series this month: Season 2 of “Short Circuit Experimental Films” launches on August 4th, and the all-new, hand-drawn “Disney Presents Goofy in How to Stay at Home” trio of shorts on August 11th. Short Circuit, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ innovative and experimental short film program where anyone at the Studio can pitch […]
Mediafisch CEO Björn Hering announced the company, together with Elysian Fields, has signed a deal with Small World, a Joe Lewis Company (JLC), to be the worldwide distribution and production partners for the unscripted television series My Perfect Supercar. The series is being produced in association with one of the most exclusive clubs in the […]
Disney+ has revealed that the multiple Emmy award-winning anthology series “Genius: Aretha” starring Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”, “The Color Purple”) will premiere in the UK on June 4th. “Genius” is National Geographic’s critically acclaimed anthology series that dramatises the fascinating stories of the world’s most brilliant innovators and their extraordinary achievements with their volatile, passionate and […]
The Collectv, the Emmy award-winning broadcast solutions and workflows consultancy, has announced the appointment of Fiona Shadbolt as Operational Coordinator. With extensive experience in television and digital platforms, she will coordinate operational movements on projects and take charge in dealing with The Collectv’s clients, scheduling equipment and crew, and all logistical movements. With over fifteen […]
Sky has received a record-breaking 13 nominations at the 2021 Royal Television Society Programme Awards, across all key programme genres, beating its previous best of eight nominations in 2020 and 2019. The nominations, which were announced this morning, are: Male actor: Lennie James for Save Me Too. James, who also serves as writer and creator […]