Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds in the role of Commissioning Editor and Janine Thomas as Assistant Commissioning Editor in the newly formed Documentaries and Factual commissioning team. They will both start in their positions in the next month. In their new roles, Reynolds and Thomas will support Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual Commissioning, […]
The latest update of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s LUMIERE VOD, the European directory of films and TV content, shows there are currently 44 000 European film titles and over 12,650 TV seasons on European VoD platforms (TV content is analysed at season level; one TV title corresponds
iWedia, a provider of software components and solutions for TV devices for first-class service operators and consumer electronics manufacturers, has revealed that its broadcast stack has been certified on a Hybrid Hailstorm operator STB. Hailstorm is a Netflix device scaling program based on Android TV, that aims for faster time to market and lower engineering […]
Netflix, Sega and WildBrain have announced a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series, titled Sonic Prime, set to debut in 2022. The 24-episode animated series will draws upon the keystones of the brand and features the iconic character exploring a strange new multiverse. The series will be animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, and SEGA and […]
A record 82 million households around the world watched Netflix original series Bridgerton in its first 28 days. Netflix reported that the period drama has made the top 10 in every country except Japan – hitting number one in 83 countries including the US, UK, Brazil, France, India and South Africa. The success of the […]
A report from CHILDWISE, an independent market research agency specialising in children and young people, reveals exactly what children have been doing under lockdown and how it is affecting their lives – including how gaming and social media is helping them cope and how many hours they really spend online. The CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2021 […]
Netflix and Legendary Television have announced two new anime series, the first based on Legendary’s Skull Island, home of King Kong, and the second on Square Enix’s Tomb Raider global video game franchise. Netflix and Legendary Television are also currently in production on the previously announced anime series Pacific Rim: The Black. Skull Island will […]
Following a string of international broadcast deals, 3D Sparrow celebrates Netflix’s renewal of Booba, for its third season, along with the new Booba short ‘Food Puzzle’. The season will be streamed internationally from February. Booba, a non-dialogue family show created by 3D Sparrow, features the adventures of a joyful, funny and curious little hobgoblin called […]
A report from digital ad verification specialist Integral Ad Science (IAS), suggests that consumer preference is shifting to ad-supported streaming content. The report, UK Streaming Wars, provides insights into UK consumer use and preferences for Connected TV (CTV) devices and ad-supported streaming services, and comes in the wake of stay-at-home orders around the globe in […]
Since 2018, India has been the third largest SVoD market globally by number of subscribers, surpassing 100 million in 2020. In their infancy, SVoD services