Hayu – the all-reality streaming service from NBCUniversal – and UTAS UK Productions have announced that filming has begun on Season 2 of The Real Housewives of London. The new season follows the strong debut of the reality streamer’s first original series in 2025, driving fan engagement in the UK and across Hayu’s other 44 […]
iwot studios, a transmedia entertainment company creating content based on the epic sci-fi/fantasy universe The Wheel of Time, and the visual effects studio Framestore, have announced the formation of an AI Joint venture (JV). The new company will build a platform for premium entertainment franchises that will enable studios to unify their production environments across film, […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that scripted TV commissioning in North America continued its recovery in 2025, with total commissions up 3 per cent year-on-year — marking the second consecutive year of growth. First-run scripted commissions grew even faster, rising 7 per cent year-on-year, underlining renewed momentum in the region as international commissioning volumes declined […]
Research from Futuresource Consulting reveals that home studio content creation is maintaining its mainstream behaviour, shaping demand across audio and production technology markets. The firm estimates the home studio market captured 55.3 per cent of total studio and broadcast revenues in 2025, reflecting a structural shift rather than a temporary pandemic distortion. Based on a […]
Beakus (Big Lizard, Yakka Dee!, Olobob Top), the UK animation studio founded by Steve Smith, and Canada’s Big Bad Boo Studios (The Bravest Knight, Galapagos X, Judge Jodhi), the animation production and distribution company founded by Shabnam Rezaei and Aly Jetha, are combining their considerable – and multi-award-winning – skills to co-produce two new animated […]
Finite Films & TV and Shoni Productions have announced a television adaptation of Conny Palmkvist’s non-fiction bestselling, The Elsinore Crossing (Sundets Röda Nejlikor), as limited series The Sound. Award-winning filmmaker Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Possession, 1864) will create and develop the script drawing from the book’s real events to blend 1940-43 occupation history with a 2010 present-day frame where lived memory challenges fiction in its impact. […]
Lionsgate Studios has reported third quarter results for the quarter ended December 31st 2025. The company reported Q3 revenue of $724.3 million (€614m), operating income of $36 million and net loss from continuing operations attributable to shareholders of $46.2 million. Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to shareholders in the quarter was $3.9 million. […]
Rugby League Commercial (RL Commercial) has secured an agreement with the independent French media group, Le Groupe Dépêche, and its subsidiary Midol Sports, to broadcast all Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique matches in the 2026 Betfred Super League season, live in France. The deal was secured by RL Commercial’s strategic partner, IMG. The agreement will […]
Official statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) show inward investment film and high-end TV (HETV) titles contributing £5.8 billion (€6.6bn) to the UK economy in 2025, fuelled by Hollywood productions. The 2025 inward investment production statistics, up from £5 billion in 2024, which BFI said demonstrates “the inherent strength, stability and longer-term sustainability of […]
The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced that Neal Street Productions, the Oscar and BAFTA winning UK powerhouse behind some of the most influential storytelling of the past two decades, will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Global Entertainment award at this year’s UK and Ireland Honours. The prestigious UK and Ireland Honours event returns for […]