Paramount Global and TV measurement company iSpot.tv have announced an agreement to measure and transact national TV advertising campaigns using iSpot currency metrics across Paramount’s media and streaming properties in the US. The two companies are currently completing technology integrations to enable seamless advertising transactions inside of Paramount’s proprietary and licensed systems. Using iSpot, Paramount […]
Roku, the TV streaming platform, has landed the exclusive, premiere US rights to The Spiderwick Chronicles, the television adaptation of the globally-acclaimed book series of the same name by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Produced by Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television, the eight-episode Roku Original series will debut on The Roku Channel in early […]
Paramount+ has released a series of teaser images, giving the first glimpse of Annabel Scholey, Jack Farthing and Luke Treadaway in their lead roles in new original UK drama series The Serial Killer’s Wife. Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road, Crime, The Suspect) is also seen for the first time as DI Aline Edgeworth, someone deeply driven to […]
Sky and Paramount Pictures spent nearly £300 million (€347m) setting up their streaming service for Europe last year. The joint venture of Comcast’s Sky and Paramount launched in September 2022, aims to sign millions of non-English-speaking customers across the continent to watch TV series. Accounts for the UK business, available in 20 markets, shows its […]
Paramount+ has released first-look images for upcoming UK original series The Castaways, coming later this year. Brimming with spine-chilling suspense, the first shots released from the hotly anticipated Lucy Clarke adaptation offer a glimpse of Sheridan Smith and Céline Buckens in the lead roles as sisters Lori and Erin Holme. The cast also includes Brendan […]
Anna Priest has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Paramount+ in the UK. The announcement was made Marco Nobili, EVP and International General Manager of Paramount+, in a staff memo. Priest, who previously served as Chief Marketing Officer for Paramount UK, will now report to Nobili, with the marketing , content and […]
Paramount+ and VIDAA have announced that Paramount+ is now available on Hisense Smart TVs, powered by VIDAA, across the UK. The UK is the latest addition to the partnership, which brought the streaming service on Hisense Smart TVs in Australia, Latin America and Canada earlier this year. Hisense TV owners in the UK can now […]
Crackit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a new hi-octane police series, Police 999: Clear & Present Danger (working title). The new 6 x 60 part series takes viewers into the heart of modern-day policing in Britain. With access to shocking bodycam footage, the series steps into the shoes of officers on the frontline to get a unique understanding of the most extreme incidents police officers face on the streets […]
Channel 5 has ordered a new 3 x 60’ part series which reveals the incredible way bodies work in Wonders of the Human Body, produced by Glasgow production company Storyboard Studios. The three-part series will be presented by health guru and science journalist Dr Michael Mosley as he sets out to decode the marvel of design and engineering […]
Paramount+ today announced the expansion of its global Korean originals slate, revealing that three new series Dongjae, The Good or The Bastard; Dreaming of Cinde Fxxxing Rella, and Pyramid Game will launch exclusively on the service in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The latest batch of […]