In an homage to the late Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, some of his ashes, along with a similar capsule contain the remains of his wife, actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, will be launched into space on an upcoming United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket. The flight, dubbed Celestis/The Enterprise Flight, will be aboard the debut flight […]
Prime Video has announced that season two of its Amazon Original series, Star Trek: Picard, will launch exclusively March 2th, excluding the US and Canada. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode-long second season will drop weekly on Fridays. Season two of Star Trek: Picard takes the legendary Jean-Luc Picard and his crew on […]
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) spotlight the renaissance of UK Home Entertainment, as its value rose to £3.7 billion (€3.1bn) in 2021. Based on data from the Official Charts Company, Futuresource Consulting, Omdia, and Kantar, this demonstrates 13.3 per cent growth Year on Year (YoY), finishing 2021 on a high […]
Paramount+ is rolling out its own linear channels feature that offer a range of movies and TV series. The new Live Channels feature offers 18 curated 24/7 playlists. Tom Ryan, president and CEO of ViacomCBS Streaming, commented: “Even in the era of on-demand, there is clearly a strong consumer appetite for reimagined linear channels that […]
ViacomCBS has revealed that its streaming service, Paramount+, experienced its most successful week ever, adding more than one million new subscribers and setting a new record for total signups since its rebrand in the US. The service also set new records for most hours streamed and highest level of subscriber engagement. The successful week was […]
The global release of the 4th season of Star Trek spin-off series Discovery has been pulled just days before its planned launch. The popular sci-fi series had been due to launch outside North America on Netflix on November 19th. However, Netflix has lost the rights to Paramount, who will now put the show on its […]
Blue Origin has announced that actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations, will fly on board New Shepard NS-18. Shatner’s career as an actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman has spanned 60 years. He famously originated the role of Captain James T. Kirk in 1966 […]
ViacomCBS and Sky, part of Comcast, have announced that Paramount+ will launch on Sky platforms in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA) in 2022 as part of a new multi-year distribution agreement that also includes the extended carriage of ViacomCBS’ portfolio of pay-TV channels and the renewal of Sky as an ad […]
SF Studios, the distribution and production company in the Nordics, has signed a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures to manage the studio’s physical home entertainment products in the Nordic market – Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Among the titles included in the agreement are new Paramount theatrical releases such as A Quiet Place: Part II, along with recent […]
Amazon Studios has ordered a series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling novel Anansi Boys. Anansi Boys will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The six episode limited series will begin shooting in Scotland later this year. Based on Gaiman’s novel of the same name, Anansi Boys […]