As part of its continued commitment to the Los Angeles market, Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, opened a 5,000 square-foot-facility in Burbank. The new space features a Dolby Atmos demo theatre, a video production space with a hard cyc wall, a large video conferencing room, […]
Los Angeles and London-based management and production company 42 has tapped former FilmNation TV UK executive Martin Rakusen as Chief Operating Officer. Effective immediately, Rakusen is responsible for running 42’s operations and business development globally, in addition to having oversight of business affairs and production across its portfolio. Rakusen will be based in 42’s London […]
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production and distribution company, has announced the promotion of Michael Johnson to Director, Streaming & Content Operations for ElectricNOW, the OTT app and FAST channel from Electric Entertainment. In his new role, Johnson will now handle all aspects pertaining to the app and channel, including those for ElectricNOW en Español. Dean […]
Samsung TV Plus is partnering with SM Entertainment to bring some of K-Pop’s biggest performances to the big screen in celebration of its 30th anniversary. As part of the deal, Samsung TV Plus will debut a new, dedicated SMTOWN channel for K-Pop fans. The partnership will kick off its first live event from the Los […]
LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents has joined forces with Australian production outfits Total Fiction and Screen Invaders to co-produce the highly anticipated new series Gnomes (6×30’). This twisted genre series has been commissioned by Stan in Australia and picked up by ZDFneo in Germany via production company Network Movie – a subsidiary of […]
FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced it will distribute its Fubo Sports owned & operated linear network on over-the-air (OTA) stations in more than 100 US markets nationwide including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Fubo Sports is now available to more than 12 million traditional TV households as OTA diginets in […]
BBC Studios has announced executive appointments which will expand its Los Angeles leadership team. Jenny Groom, widely known for leading all unscripted competition formats at NBCUniversal where she built the first two decades of her career, joins BBC Studios as Executive Vice President of Unscripted Development; Ryan O’Dowd has been promoted to President of Unscripted; […]
Videocites, specialists in next-generation AI-based social media measurement, has announced a renewed and expanded relationship with the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). Working with Videocites, LAFC saw over 1 billion net new impressions tracked in 2023 thanks to Videocites’ ability to capture data from user generated content (UGC) and additional social platforms. LAFC was able […]
Former network and studio head Holly A Hines and Eric Jarboe, former COO of the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), have launched their new LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents. Happy Accidents will specialise in the production and distribution of films, scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and formats. The studio will work with […]
Viewership in the US for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball – Major League Baseball’s (MLB) marquee national game of the week – started up 17 per cent from last year, according to Nielsen. The St Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers game averaged 1,821,000 viewers on March 31st, peaking with 2,360,000 viewers at 9:45pm ET. The […]