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Squid Game, Carry-On top Netflix H2 2024 Engagement Report

Netflix has released its latest Engagement Report sharing what subscribers watched on the streaming platform from July to December 2024. As announced in January, moving forward, Netflix will publish its bi-annual reports alongside its Q2 and Q4 earnings results. Introducing the report, Netflix said: “Engagement (i.e. time spent) is our best proxy for member joy. […]

February 27, 2025By Nik Roseveare

DreamWorks, Illumination movies on LG Smart TVs

LG Electronics is set to deliver a lineup of content from DreamWorks Animation and Illumination to the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain via a partnership with NBCUniversal (NBCU) Global TV Distribution. This content will be available through its FAST channel, LG 1, as well as the Kids & Family tab on LG Channels, which […]

November 20, 2024

Netflix, Universal expand US licensing deal

Netflix and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) have reached an agreement to renew the existing licensing deal for animated films including those from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) and, in the future, will add US rights to live-action films from both Universal Pictures and Focus Features. As part of the new agreement, Netflix will continue […]

October 30, 2024

The Marvels tops UK’s Official Film Chart

The Marvels has debuted at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Film Chart, which tallies physical disc and digital download sales. Marvel Studios’ sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel sees Carol Danvers (aka Captain Marvel), played by Brie Larsson, destroy the Supreme Intelligence; leaders of the Kree empire. A civil war ensues, leaving Hana, the Kree […]

January 24, 2024

Trolls Happy Place in London this October

A happiness hideout is to open its glittery gates on October 6th, to coincide with World Smile Day and to celebrate the upcoming release of the new DreamWorks Animation film Trolls Band Together, in cinemas from October 20th. Trolls Happy Place is a smile-powered pop-up that will unlock 2,500 square feet of experiences inspired by […]

September 26, 2023

UK digital download sales top 100m

The Official Charts Company and British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) have revealed that there have been 100,000,000 digital downloads since Official Charts records began. The Official Charts Company (OCC) began tracking digital downloads of home entertainment titles in 2016, before launching the Official Film Chart in tandem with BASE in November 2018 – the […]

June 25, 2021

Boss Baby 2 same day Peacock, cinema release

US streaming service Peacock will premiere Universal Pictures’ The Boss Baby: Family Business on July 2nd – the same day it will land in US cinemas The release has been brought forward having originally been slated to hit cinemas on September 17th, followed by a debut on the streaming platform in October. “Families are at […]

May 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

DreamWorks deal for Sky Kids

In a boost to its kids programming having lost linear access to Disney content, and in a sign of the benefit of their common Comcast ownership, Sky and NBCUniversal Global Distribution have agreed a long-term partnership to bring Sky customers hundreds of hours of animated series featuring celebrated characters from DreamWorks Animation. The deal includes […]

October 19, 2020