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Dollhouse Pictures, Foundation Media to adapt Anh Do’s Wolf Girl

Foundation Media Partners has announced a partnership with Rose Byrne’s production company, Dollhouse Pictures, for the adaptation of the bestselling novel Wolf Girl by Australia’s Anh Do. The project is a major upcoming release from HarperCollins Children’s Books and set to hit the US market in March 2025. Wolf Girl is already a runaway success in […]

October 30, 2024

Survey: Film & TV industry has government budget concerns

Specialist film and TV PR consultancy Percy & Warren has revealed the findings of its pre-budget survey of UK film and television producers. Across the sector there is concern and uncertainty mixed in with a degree of hope for the future for the production industry ahead of the October 30th budget. The survey results shed […]

October 29, 2024

Two Circles acquires Spring Media Group

Two Circles, the data-driven sports and entertainment business, has announced an agreement to acquire Spring Media Group, adding new products and solutions to Two Circles’ fan-marketing services. Spring Media has more than doubled in scale over the last three years. This growth has been driven by an innovative approach to full-cycle media rights management, sales […]

October 29, 2024

VRT goes cloud-native with Mimir

VRT, the Flemish regional public-service broadcaster in Belgium, has been a technologically forward-leaning broadcaster for decades whose constant work to push the limits of innovation has seen many manifestations. This stretches from state-of-the-art work in virtual reality production technology and LED-based studios, through deep involvement in many EU projects, including several to fight disinformation using […]

October 29, 2024

Live Media Group tackles All Elite Wrestling

All-American mobile truck provider Live Media Group is stepping up to the mat with the installation of a 72-dual fader Calrec Argo Q and a 48-fader Argo S console into its new MU-16 mobile unit. Designed and built exclusively for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it made its debut on the TNT Network on July 6th […]

October 29, 2024

Walmsley named Vizrt CCO

Vizrt, a specialist in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, has announced the appointment of Vanessa Walmsley as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to bring together its commercial teams in one unified organisation. “This is a natural next step in our customer-centric strategy, aimed at guaranteeing our commercial efforts are fully aligned […]

October 21, 2024

Channel 4 to boost impact across Nations and Regions

Channel 4 has unveiled what it calls its “biggest-ever intervention in the UK creative industries”, with a package of measures focused on three core areas – skills, content, and people – to serve and reflect the whole of the UK. This includes a £10 million (€11.9m) per annum, multi-year programme to support TV production roles, […]

October 16, 2024

Rainbow working on Corto Maltese live action series

Rainbow, the independent Italian entertainment group led by Iginio Straffi, is set to bring legendary adventurer Corto Maltese to life on screen in a live action TV series based on the iconic graphic novels created by Hugo Pratt. Known for its hit shows including the Winx Club animated saga, and for producing international live action […]

October 16, 2024

Hamamatsu invests in SuperLight Photonics

SuperLight Photonics, a specialist in laser technology, has announced the strategic investment of Hamamatsu Ventures to drive long-term synergy in laser innovation. Hamamatsu Ventures, Corporate Venture Capital, is a global VC looking to invest in photonics companies that address the “sakidori” needs – the future anticipated needs – in society, and more specifically through the […]

October 15, 2024

World Rugby extends HBS production partnership

World Rugby has confirmed the continuation of its partnership with HBS (Host Broadcast Services) to produce the host broadcast for every Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup through to 2029.   HBS will play an active role in projecting the Women’s Rugby World Cups in England in 2025 and Australia in 2029 and the Men’s […]

October 7, 2024