Amazon Studios has acquired the global rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. The long-awaited sequel to the iconic comedy Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video on March 5th 2021. Eddie Murphy will return in the role of [now] King Akeem alongside his trusted confidante […]
Content delivery specialist Limelight Networks is claiming that online video can now feature truly live and interactive experiences on a global scale thanks to new features and enhancements for the next generation of Realtime Streaming, providing sub-second latency for time-sensitive video applications that enable live interaction with viewers. The majority of online video viewers (64 […]
The UK advertising industry’s education non-profit body, Media Smart, in partnership with The Industry Trust for IP Awareness, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Intellectual Property Office, has launched a new school resource focused on intellectual property. The resource – Piracy: What’s The Big Deal? – turns the spotlight on film and TV piracy. […]
Sky has announced the acquisition of Blithe Spirit from StudioCanal UK. The film will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema on January 15th across the UK and Ireland, and will also be available on streaming service NOW TV via the Sky Cinema Pass. The fantasy comedy, based on the play by Noël Coward, […]
Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has confirmed a partnership with Chinese live streaming platform Huya. The live racing action, which starts in early 2021, will be streamed across Huya, a live streaming platform in China with a community of over 250 million. Alongside the live action, the platform will also show a […]
SF Studios and Netflix have signed a new content partnership deal that lets Netflix’s members in the Nordics be the first to stream SF Studios’ local and international distribution titles, after the films have been shown at the cinema and offered as purchase or rental films. SF Studios’ catalogue of content is also part of […]
Shutterstock has announced the official launch of Shutterstock Studios along with the hire of their new Head of Global Production, Aiden Darné. This new creative division extends Shutterstock’s offering by providing custom, high-quality content matched with production tools and services at scale. Shutterstock Studios delivers end-to-end custom creative services providing data-driven content strategy, full scale […]
Wonder Woman 1984, the DC movie sequel, will launch on streaming platform HBO Max in the US on Christmas Day, and be released in cinemas the same day, Warner Bros has confirmed. The release of Wonder Woman 1984, along with many other tentpole features, had already been delayed several times as a result of the […]
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has announced it will invest 25 per cent of its budget in Latin America to create and develop BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) content. This initiative is part of the company’s No Diversity, No Commission” global policy, a commitment to expand its diverse and inclusive representation, both on and […]
Gazprom Media Entertainment TV’s flag ship Russian channe,l TNT-International, has expanded its audience in the UK via free-to-air Channelbox on Freeview 271. There are over 300,000 Russian speakers living in the UK and TNT-International became the first free-to-air Russian channel launched on on the UK Freeview platform. Channelbox is a multi-channel OTT platform available on […]