India: Pokémon on Voot Kids
Indian content platform Voot Kids has announced the addition of popular anime franchise Pokémon to its line-up in India. Voot Kids is now offering 21 movies and over 10,000+ minutes…
Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU for metaverse
Facebook has revealed plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to develop a metaverse – an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual…
FIFA “bullish” on gaming, eSports
Football’s governing body FIFA has declared itself “bullish and excited” about its long-term future in gaming and eSports following a comprehensive and strategic assessment of the gaming and interactive entertainment…
Hollywood avoids production strike
Hollywood has dodged a damaging strike as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) agreed with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on improved working conditions…
Bank: Streamers winning Hollywood battle
A report from investment bank Morgan Stanley looks at the impact Covid has had on the film industry and with movie-going restarting assesses future industry prospects. But there’s one powerful…
ITV reveals Climate Action Week plans
ITV has announced that it plans to put the environment front and centre for its viewers during the channel’s Climate Action Week, taking place from November 1st alongside the COP26…
Irvine Welsh’s Crime premieres Nov 18 on BritBox
BritBox UK has announced that first TV series from celebrated writer Irvine Welsh, Crime, will be available as a box set exclusively to stream on BritBox from November 18th. Crime…
Newsflare ranked in ScaleUp Tech Top 50
Newsflare, a licensing platform for user generated video, has been ranked in a listing of the 50 most promising high-growth technology companies in the UK by tech group Silicon Valley…
Bloomberg Adria to launch in SE Europe
Bloomberg Media and Mtel Swiss – a broadcaster majority-owned by Telekom Srbija – have announced an agreement to create Southeast Europe’s first pan-regional, multi-platform business news network, with hubs in…
Copyright suit against Desi TV/Live TV
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has announced another member lawsuit, this one filed in a federal court in New York against South Asian pirate video services branded as…
ShortsTV, Condé Nast channels on Rakuten TV
Shorts International, owner of ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced a deal with Rakuten TV to bring Shorts and Cortos, the network’s free-to-view advertising supported short film channels,…
Curiosity Stream on Redbox
Redbox, the US entertainment company, today has signed a multi-faceted agreement with Curiosity, the global factual media company, to bring more entertainment options to Redbox customers. As part of the…
Lionsgate, Redbox distribution deal
Lionsgate and Redbox, the US entertainment company, have announced a multiyear distribution deal under which Lionsgate will handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment windows in addition to…
Good Morning Britain launching YouTube series
ITV’s Good Morning Britain has announced its first YouTube original series, Off The Table – a mini series which takes the heart of breakfast show to 18-34 year olds Produced…
VIS, Minera announce first Paramount+ Original for Italy
VIS, the international studio division of ViacomCBS Network International (VCNI), and Minerva Pictures, the independent Italian film production and distribution company,have announced their first co-production for the TV series Miss…
Vewd, Vestel SaaS-based Operator TV solution
OTT software solutions provider Vewd and TV manufacturer Vestel have introduced the Vewd Operator TV, a fully-featured Smart TV with a built-in, content-enriched pay-TV experience which they say will allow…