ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has confirmed the production of Dale Gas, an action series produced in conjunction with Dynamo and Netflix. It is being filmed in Mexico City and will premiere on Netflix at the beginning of 2021. The series will be comprised of 10 episodes, each 45-minutes in length, telling the story of Kike […]
Western European commissioners are driving a new boom in format production fuelling a huge uptick in commissioning of formatted shows in the past year. European format commissioning activity reached a high in July 2020 with 30 unscripted remakes announced in a single month. While Covid-19 has added fuel to the format fire, growing demand for […]
Disney+ has rolled out its GroupWatch viewing feature in the UK and the rest of Europe. Previously only available in the US, GroupWatch connects up to seven friends and family homes (who all must have a Disney+ account), in order to watch content on the SVoD platform together. “Storytelling comes alive when you’re able to […]
Quibi, the short-form mobile content platform, is closing down after just six months, becoming the first big casualty of the streaming era. The company is expected to hold a conference call later today (October 23rd) to outline the decision to investors. Reports emerged last month that the platform – founded by US media co-founder and […]
Netflix’s Q3 subscriber growth – or lack of – made headlines around the world and sent its share price down 6 per cent on October 20th in after-hours trading. Netflix said that Covid had brought forward better subscriber growth earlier in the year and this meant that its Q3 growth (2.2 million compared to guidance […]
Netgem has announced a partnership with France Channel for the upcoming launch of the first SVoD service for French original programming, starting with the US market in the coming months. The offering follows a similar model as BritBox for British content, where the France Channel premium offering will promote French original programming abroad. The new […]
Apple has landed the rights to The Velvet Underground, a new feature documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Todd Haynes and Polygram Entertainment, produced by Motto Pictures and Killer Films in association with Federal Films. The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock ’n’ roll’s […]
Netflix added 2.2 million new subscribers in the three months to September 30th – significantly lower than the 3.4 million predicted by analysts. Revenue growth also fell short of expectations as a result, but net profits still rose to $790 million (€667m) from $665.2 million in the same period last year. Netflix had already warned […]
Research from Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker shows that through Q3 2020, the number of OTT video services in the US has more than doubled since 2014, currently reaching nearly 300 different services. The rate of closure has also declined, from a peak in 2018 when
Celebrated cult movie Willow, the George Lucas fantasy epic released in 1988, will be returning as a Disney+ sequel series slated to begin production next year. The story’s namesake hero, Willow Ufgood, will once again be portrayed by Hollywood actor Warwick Davis. Jon M. Chu is set to direct the pilot, and will serve as […]