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Discovery commissions lifestyle & paranormal titles for Really

Discovery has announced the commission of a raft of new lifestyle and paranormal shows for Really. Paranormal offerings Spooked: Scotland and Trapped Underground and lifestyle stories from Dales for Sale, The Big Clean with Jo & Al (working title) and It’s Me or The Dog will sonn be coming to Really and discovery+. Produced by […]

September 2, 2021

HBO Max starts European rollout this autumn

WarnerMedia has confirmed that is will launch its HBO Max streaming service in the Nordics and Spain this autumn, followed by Central and Eastern Europe and Portugal in 2022. The anouncement was made by Priya Dogra, president at WarnerMedia EMEA and Asia (excluding China) and Christina Sulebakk, general manager at HBO Max EMEA at a […]

September 1, 2021

HBO: 45-day Asia SVoD window for Warner titles

New blockbuster movies from Warner Bros such as The Suicide Squad will soon be available to stream on HBO GO as early as 45 days after their in-market theatrical premiere in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The first movies out of the blocks are The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – available […]

September 1, 2021

HBO Max, YouTube launch on Spectrum TV platform

Spectrum has announced the launch of HBO Max and YouTube within Spectrum Guide on eligible devices across its service area in the US, providing customers access to the streaming services directly from the Spectrum TV platform. “As the video landscape continues to change, we are evolving our products and making it easier for our customers […]

August 31, 2021

Lakeside Studio in development in Sydney

Lakeside Studio and Penrith Lakes Development Corporation have announced a commercial agreement to develop a  purpose-built film studio and production training facility in Western Sydney to service the growth in demand for new content and Australia’s creative industry. The new Lakeside Studio complex, incorporating next-generation technology to produce motion pictures and television series will be […]

August 16, 2021

HBO Max app on US LG Smart TVs

LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia have confirmed that the HBO Max app is now available on LG Smart TVs in the US, including its line-up of LG OLED TVs. The arrival of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming offering  on LG Smart TVs makes it easier than ever for subscribers to access the popular streaming platform’s full portfolio of […]

August 4, 2021

Warner Bros acquires The Fallout

Warner Bros Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the SXSW multiple-award-winning feature The Fallout. Written and directed by Megan Park in her feature filmmaking debut, The Fallout won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards for Narrative Feature, and Park won the Brightcove Illumination Award honouring a filmmaker on the rise at this year’s SXSW Film […]

July 28, 2021

Viva TVoD launches in France

Netgem’s Fibre Internet Service Provider Videofutur has launched a new subscription-free TVoD platform, branded Viva, on the French market. Dedicated to movies, with a mission statement to provide viewers with all the new films within three or four months after their theatrical release, Viva launche with a catalogue of 15,000 titles available for rent (TVoD) […]

July 5, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

BBC acquires Gossip Girl

The BBC has acquired the hit US drama Gossip Girl, and will give the new sequel series its UK debut on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. BBC iPlayer will also be home to every episode of the pop culture classic Gossip Girl so far, offering viewers the chance to watch all six seasons […]

July 2, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Ownzones appoints Ramamurthy as CTO

Ownzones Entertainment Technologies, a cloud-based video supply chain company, has announced that Arjun Ramamurthy is joining the company as Global Chief Technology Officer. Ramamurthy was most recently the Senior Vice President of Technology at Twentieth Century Fox/Disney. In that capacity, he was responsible for setting the technology direction for Motion Picture and TV Production, post […]

June 29, 2021