The National Basketball Association (NBA) and VIDAA have announced a multiyear partnership to make NBA League Pass, the league’s premium live game subscription service, available for purchase on all Hisense and Toshiba TVs through the VIDAA smart TV platform. Beginning with the 2020-21 NBA season, more than 20 million users of VIDAA-enabled smart TVs across […]
Media & Entertainment company ZEE Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has announced the launch of its content brand Zindagi on its digital entertainment platform ZEE5. Zindagi’s shows have gained huge appeal in India earlier for its realistic appeal, superlative character portrayals, and its ability to satiate the evolving content preferences of the viewers. Zindagi is being launched […]
Insight TV, the leading millennial-focused producer, distributor and broadcaster, is making eight of its original series available via Amazon Prime Video. Available immediately, Amazon Prime Video members in the K, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa and 55 other territories around the world will have access to the following series: Access All Areas – […]
Apple has given a straight-to-series order for Echo 3, a new action-thriller written by Academy Award-winning producer and writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) that will be produced by Apple and Keshet Studios. Set in South America, the 10-part series is the latest project to join a growing lineup of premium international […]
HBO Max, the direct-to-consumer offering from WarnerMedia, has announced a ten-episode order of A World of Calm. A totally new type of television experience that combines mesmeric imagery with narration by A-list stars – including Mahershala Ali, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Lucy Liu, Cillian Murphy, and Keanu Reeves. HBO Max’s first project in the health […]
SpotX, the global video advertising platform, has revealed research into the behaviour of connected TV (CTV) audiences in Europe. Conducted by research firm Statista, the report reveals the latest data identifying the characteristics of CTV viewers in the big five markets. The findings, complemented by insights from Samsung Ads Europe, aim to help advertisers better […]
Streaming services such as Netflix have completely transformed entertainment consumption, making it normal for box sets to be polished off over the space of a weekend, according to British online retailer musicMagpie, which has surveyed the UK to reveal what the new streaming etiquette guidelines are, how often they are watching, and what the most […]
As BritBox escalates its plans to launch in Australia later this year, joint venture partners BBC Studios and ITV have announced the appointment of Moira Hogan as Country Manager. Tasked with leading the BritBox Australia strategy and team, Moira joins from Network 10, where she was Head of Content and Commercial Partnerships for Digital Media. […]
On the heels of the debut of Tom Hanks’ Greyhound, Apple is expanding its slate of original films with Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake and directed by Fisher Stevens, from SK Global. Written by Cheryl Guerriero, Palmer follows a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer (played by Timberlake) who, after a stint in prison, returns […]
UK drama studio Lookout Point has partnered with Netflix on its adaptation of A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth’s best-selling novel, which will be airing later this month in the UK on BBC One. Netflix will be the exclusive home of A Suitable Boy for all global territories, except Canada, the US and China. In the […]