On April 14th, Spain’s top flight football league La Liga announced that it had awarded its production contracts to HBS (Host Broadcast Services) and TSA (Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales) – ending a decades-long production partnership with Mediapro. Mediapro, the Spanish multimedia group, has now issued a heated respond to La Liga’s “unprecedented” decision, claiming that it […]
Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Twickenham Film Studios (TFS) and Virtual Production (VP) experts Quite Brilliant (QB) that will see Samsung’s VP technology housed at Twickenham. The partnership will see all the parties working together to push VP as a creative, cost-effective and more sustainable production process. Installation of the new facility is […]
Infinitum Network Solutions is thrilled to welcome Rannvijay Singha, a reality show veteran known for his edgy youth content, as it expands its creative family. As one of India’s premier multinational content networks, Infinitum Network Solutions will support Rannvijay in launching his YouTube career. Through this partnership, Rannvijay will create a slate of original content […]
Animation UK, part of the UK Screen Alliance. has responded to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report on the challenges facing the UK’s independent film and high-end TV sector with a set of proposed action. In response to the report, the organisation urges MPs to go further, believing the issues raised in the […]
SISTER, the independent, global entertainment group, has increased its investment in Dorothy St. Pictures. Founded in 2018 by award-winning producer Julia Nottingham, and with offices in London and New York, Dorothy St. Pictures produces nonfiction series & films, and has an exciting slate of upcoming scripted films. The company is also a prolific co-producer with […]
French cinema production broke records in 2024, reaching a total of 309 movies funded by public body CNC, representing a total investment of €1.44 billion, and the platforms have kept growing in the movie industry. Reflecting a year marked by increased investment by national linear broadcasters, the share of the SVoD platforms jumped to record […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver have announced its new original series Hot Stuff, a co-production with Romania’s Idea Film. Icelandic media company SÝN has commissioned the series for their Channel 2 and Oble has picked up global distribution rights. Hot Stuff is a comedy-drama set in 1979, following a group of Icelanders who […]
The AVMSD Directive could be reopened in 2026, and is the subject of a Netflix appeal in Belgium, but it is being implemented in 14 countries, according to French public funding organisation CNC. All implementations are similar to the voluntary French regulation which became the first to be enacted in 2020. Revealed at Series Mania […]
US and UK based production company ATS and UK-based Nest Productions are joining forces for a new transatlantic development and production partnership. The partnership will foster collaboration and boost entertainment production partnerships between the US and UK. The initiative will see the legacy companies bringing together their experience in US and UK on unscripted coproductions […]
Studio Lambert, producers of acclaimed comedy drama Boarders, BAFTA winning Three Girls and The Nest, has optioned the exclusive TV rights to Hallie Rubenhold’s new book, Story of A Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen. Award-winning screenwriter Amanda Coe is adapting the book for Studio Lambert for television. Amanda’s work includes Black Narcissus for FX starring Gemma Arterton, […]