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Kardashians sign off

The Kardashian family is dropping its fly-on-the-wall reality series after 14 years. Keeping Up with the Kardashians will be end with its final season airing in early 2021. The show has been a mainstay for NBCUniversal’s E! Network. “While it has been an absolute privilege and we will miss them wholeheartedly, we respect the family’s […]

September 9, 2020

Walking Dead to end with 11th season

AMC has announced that the 11th season of The Walking Dead will be the final one. AMC revealed that the closing chapter of its flagship show will air over two years and consist of 24 episodes in total beginning in late 2021. The Season 10 finale, which was due to air in April, has yet […]

September 9, 2020

Peacock orders Fresh Prince reboot

US streaming service Peacock has ordered two seasons of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot. Original lead star Will Smith confirmed the news on his YouTube channel, commenting: “We have just officially closed the deal with Peacock with an unprecedented two-season-order from a pitch.” The series, with the title now shortened to just Bel-Air. will […]

September 9, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Limelight launches EdgeFunctions

Limelight Networks, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and edge cloud services, has expanded its edge capabilities by launching EdgeFunctions, a new serverless compute service which allows  developers to tap into the power of the company’s global network and gives them the flexibility to deploy and run their own code. EdgeFunctions provides a customisable […]

September 9, 2020

AdGreen initiative from UK advertising

The Climate Action Working Group, led by UK trade body the Advertising Association in partnership with ISBA and the IPA, has launched AdGreen, an initiative to unite the advertising industry to eliminate the negative environmental impacts of production. AdGreen is backed at launch by adam&eveDDB, APR (Advertising Production Resources), Havas, MullenLowe Group as part of […]

September 9, 2020

NBC Sports to televise XFC

Duke Mountain Resources has reached an agreement with NBC Sports to present the Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) live in the US. “We are pleased to partner with XFC and showcase their action-packed bouts and exciting fighters to fans in the United States,” says Gary Quinn, Vice President, Programming & Owned Properties, NBC Sports. NBCSN will […]

September 9, 2020

Law&Crime launches new syndicated series

The Law&Crime Network, along with Litton Entertainment, has announced the launch of Law&Crime Daily. The new first-run daily news magazine programme will feature coverage of the day’s most intriguing real-life court cases and true-crime events through exclusive footage, interviews, and analysis from the top legal experts in the country. Law&Crime Daily, Executive Produced by Dan […]

September 9, 2020

Channel 5 scores live NFL deal

In a new three-year partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), Channel 5 will bring live Monday Night Football back to free-to-air television and air a brand new Sunday morning magazine programme. The multiplatform deal, made in partnership with Velocity, VCNI’s branded content studio, will also see new and unique […]

September 8, 2020

Prime Video could bid for Eight Nations rugby

Amazon is reportedly considering bidding for the rights to the Eight Nations rugby tournament to boost sporting content on its Prime Video streaming platform. The tournament, which is taking place in November replacing the traditional autumn tours, is up for grabs with Sky Sport’s long-term deal expiring. The Daily Mail reports that Amazon is looking […]

September 8, 2020

Sky Q adds ROXi music service

Television-based music entertainment experience ROXi is launching on Sky Q, bringing what it says is an entertaining mix of unlimited music, music games, radio and Karaoke to the living room, all in one place. Until now, ROXi’s music entertainment experience has only been available on ROXi’s dedicated Music Entertainment Console. This is the first time […]

September 8, 2020