World of Wonder, the award-winning media company behind the Drag Race franchise and documentaries including The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Party Monster, announces its brand-new documentary series, Frockumentary (4×25’) will air weekly from March 15th exclusively on WOW Presents Plus; World of Wonder’s very own streaming platform. The series follows the lives of RuPaul’s […]
Following a successful first season, Channel 4 daytime has commissioned a new series of quiz show Moneybags from Youngest Media. The quiz that challenges contestants to literally grab themselves a fortune every afternoon will be back later this year with host Craig Charles. The series has been recommissioned through Channel 4’s Global Format Fund, the […]
Discovery UK has unveiled plans to introduce an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering for discovery+ customers in the UK and Ireland. Discovery says discovery+ will be the first global SVoD service to launch an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering in the UK, this follows the successful launch of the product in the US, with a further roll-out across EMEA expected this […]
Based on preliminary data, the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the UK increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million admissions more than in 2020, representing a year-on-year growth of 28 per cent. The rebound was less pronounced in the European Union only […]
Searchlight Picture’s Sundance hit Fresh will be launching exclusively across the UK and Ireland on Disney+ under the Star banner on March 4th. The Legendary Entertainment film is directed by Mimi Cave and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”) and Sebastian Stan (Captain America franchise, I, Tonya). Penned by Lauryn Kahn, the evocative thriller was produced […]
Starz Original Series Power Book IV: Force debuted as the most-watched premiere ever in Starz history with 3.3 Million multiplatform views in the US on one day (February 6th) alone, based on early reporting.For the second time in less than three months, Starz broke app viewership records on with the Power Book IV: Force premiere […]
Consult Red, an employee-owned tech R&D innovator, has appointed experienced technology consulting leader Raghu Venkatesam as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A leader in software and hardware innovation of Media and IoT platforms for enterprise customers, Consult Red’s success is rooted in deep engineering and R&D. Venkatesam will assume day-to-day leadership of the company […]
Production company Nutopia and Creative Access, the leading diversity social enterprise, are launching ‘Nutopia Partnerships,’ an ambitious new collaboration to address the under-representation of people from Black, Asian and other ethnic backgrounds at senior levels in the TV industry. As part of the new landmark programme, Nutopia is offering a unique opportunity, funded by National […]
A British man has been sentenced by a New York court to 22 months in prison after admitting involvement in a global movie piracy ring. George Bridi had already spent over 17 months in jail since his arrest in Cyprus, and subsequent extradition to the US, over his work for online piracy operation Sparks Group […]
BritBox UK has announced that Hugh Laurie’s three-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, will launch exclusively on the streaming service this spring. The series is commissioned by BritBox North America and produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited. The cast features Will Poulter (The Revenant, Detroit, Dopesick) as […]