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Myers producing Netflix series

Mike Myers, the Hollywoood actor and screenwriter behind the hit movie franchises Austin Powers and Wayne’s World, has agreed a deal with Netflix to produce a new comedy series. Netflix has ordered a 6 x half-hour episodes in which Myers will also star – playing multiple roles. A launch date for the show has not […]

April 23, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 W Series live coverage

UK commercial PSB Channel 4 is to show live coverage of all six races of the new all-female W Series racing championship. W Series will see 18 women from 13 countries compete in mechanically identical single-seater cars. The women have been chosen after an extensive selection process which assessed their abilities on the track. The […]

April 23, 2019By Colin Mann

Singapore: Mediacorp, VICE collaboration

VICE, the global youth media brand and content studio, and Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and transmedia platform, have announced a collaboration that will bring a raft of original VICE digital and TV content to a new Singapore audience. The agreement combines Mediacorp’s multiplatform r commercial relationships with VICE’s youth audience and award-winning story-telling and […]

April 23, 2019

YouTube on Fire TV; Prime Video on Chromecast & Android TV

Amazon and Google have announced that the two companies will launch the official YouTube apps on Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire TV Edition smart TVs in the coming months, as well as the Prime Video app for streaming to Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices. In addition, Prime Video will be broadly available across Android […]

April 18, 2019

D2C competition: Winter is coming

Netflix continues to grow fast and can appear invulnerable. It has just reported record subscriber growth. But, alongside, it is also making records in cash burning – $460 million versus $287 million in the same quarter a year ago. And this is before new competition arrives in the form of Disney+ and Apple TV+. The […]

April 18, 2019

Olympic Channel on Roku

Roku has announced the launch of the Olympic Channel on its streaming players. The Olympic Channel offers access to Olympic sports and athletes all year round. Through comprehensive coverage, original programming, never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, the channel takes viewers up close and behind the scenes with sports and athletes 24 hours a day, 7 days […]

April 18, 2019

Paramount Network joins Freesat

The Paramount Network has joined the Freesat entertainment channel line-up. The channel, on freesat channel slot 54, offers viewers a mix of movies and US dramas. TV titles include Designated Survivor, Agent Carter and the US version of The Office; whilst featured movies include Mean Girls, Moulin Rouge, The Breakfast Club and Easy A. Angie […]

April 18, 2019Nik Roseveare

My5 acquires Sony dramas

Channel 5 has acquired two new drama series from Sony Pictures Television for its VoD streaming service My5. The Oath and Bloom will both air on My5 as first-run exclusives in the UK, strengthening the platforms growing slate of scripted drama. The deals reflect My5’s strategy to complement its catch-up programming from both Channel 5 […]

April 18, 2019

GoT return pirated nearly 55m times

Data from digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO reveals that Winterfell – the first episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones, which aired on April 14th – was pirated 54,261,910 times globally within the first 24 hours of its premiere on HBO. With HBO totalling the ‘official’ viewing figures to 17.4 million, MUSO’s […]

April 17, 2019By Colin Mann

GoT premiere: Widespread online password-sharing

A survey of consumers conducted by Hub Entertainment Research and Dynata reveals widespread password sharing among viewers who watched the April 14th Game of Thrones (GoT) premiere from an online platform. Highlights from the study include:

April 17, 2019