The BBC has acquired two non-English language drama series – Senorita 89 and KaDeWe – Our Time is Now from Fremantle, with both set to air later this year. Created and directed by the award-winning showrunner Lucia Puenzo, scandalous thriller Senorita 89 delves behind the curtain of Latin America’s beauty pageant culture in the 1980s, […]
Indielab has announced the 15-strong cohort of independent TV production companies looking to unlock their potential and supercharge growth by joining its 2022 TV Accelerator. The selected indies, each chosen as a business that could benefit hugely from the programme, come from across Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England, and continue to reflect the diversity […]
RTL Group has reported that total revenue was up 11.3 per cent to €1.56 billion, mainly thanks to scope effects at RTL Deutschland (from the acquisitions of Gruner + Jahr and Super RTL) and Fremantle as well as positive foreign exchange rate effects. Group revenue was up 4.4 per cent organically, mainly driven by TV […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has launched the advanced version of its content planning and scheduling platform – Amagi PLANNER. The product, introduced in 2021, makes planning and scheduling of channel programming seamless and cost-effective for digital-first companies. Amagi PLANNER enhancements include flexibility in ad break scheduling, […]
RTL Group has released its full-year results for the year ending December 31st 2021. Group revenue increased 10.3 per cent to €6,637 million (2020: €6,017 million), mainly due to strong growth of TV advertising revenue in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021, of Fremantle and of the streaming businesses. Group revenue was up […]
Channel 4 and Talkback are to collaborate on two brand new entertainment shows, the four-part You Won’t Believe This (w/t) and two-parter Let’s Make a Love Scene, both fronted by comedian Ellie Taylor. Ellie Taylor said “I jumped at the chance of getting involved in both these shows and I’m super excited to be working […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has partnered with Spark Sport, a New Zealand-based premium sport streaming service, to provide content aggregation and playout services for their OTT linear channel, Spark Sport 1. Spark Sport offers live and on-demand sports content including the English Premier League, UEFA football, […]
Fremantle, the creators, producers, and distributors of premium content, has acquired 70 per cent of Lux Vide, the Italian independent television production company. Launched in 1992, Lux Vide has established itself as one of Italy’s leading producers, with over 1,300 hours of prime-time original scripted content viewed in 144 countries worldwide. Over three decades, Lux […]
THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced a partnership agreement with Amagi, a global player in SaaS for broadcast and connected TV on the cloud, to distribute channels across FAST platforms around the globe, such as two in-house FAST channels VIVE KANAL D DRAMA and WANNA SEE TV. THEMA will use the award-winning broadcast-grade channel playout […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that UniversCiné, a French VoD platform dedicated to movie lovers and arthouse films, is partnering with Amagi for the launch and playout of its channel to Samsung TV Plus. Launched in 2007, UniversCiné is the result of 47 independent French […]